# Satoru

Satoru (さとる, サトル) is a Japanese verb meaning "to know" or "understand". It is a common masculine Japanese given name. Satoru is the root of the Zen Buddhist word Satori (悟り, enlightenment).

## Written forms

Satoru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 悟る, "be spiritually awakened" or "attain higher perception"

### as a given name

* 悟, "enlightenment"
* 聡, "smart"
* 智, "wisdom"
* 知, "knowledge"
* 了, "understanding"
* 哲, "philosophy"
* 聖, "virtuous"
* 暁, "daybreak"
The name can also be written in hiragana

## People with the name

* Satoru Abe (1926–2025), American painter and sculptor
* Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる, born 1965), Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author
* Satoru Asako (浅子 覚, born 1971) Japanese professional wrestler
* Satoru Higashi (東 悟, born 1963), Japanese boxer
* Satoru Ienishi (家西 悟, born 1960), Japanese politician
* Satoru Inoue (井上 悟, born 1971), Japanese sprinter
* Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡, 1959-2015), fourth president and CEO of Nintendo
* Satoru Kawahara (河原 智), Japanese table tennis player
* Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
* Satoru Komiyama (小宮山 悟, born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player
* Satoru Kōsaki (神前 暁, born 1974), Japanese music composer
* Satoru Matsuhashi (松橋 暁, born 1961), Japanese ski jumper
* Satoru Misawa (三沢 悟, born 1943), Japanese ice hockey player
* Satoru Miyano (宮野 悟, born 1954), Japanese bioinformatician
* Satoru Miyoshi (三好 悟, born 1963), Japanese rower
* Satoru Mizushima (水島 総, born 1949), Japanese film maker
* Satoru Nakajima (中嶋 悟, born 1953), Japanese racing driver
* Satoru Nakano (中野 悟, born 1947), Japanese swimmer
* Satoru Noda (artist) (野田 サトル), Japanese manga artist
* Satoru Noda (footballer) (野田 知, born 1969), Japanese footballer
* Satoru Nomura (野村 悟, born 1946), Japanese Yakuza leader
* Satoru Okada (岡田 智), general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
* Satoru Otomo (大友 哲, born 1957), a Japanese astronomer
* Satoru Sakaguchi (阪口 悟, born 1978), Japanese shogi player
* Satoru Sasaki (佐々木 悟, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
* Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡, born 1957), Japanese professional wrestler
* Satoru Shibata (柴田 聡, born 1962), president of Nintendo of Europe
* Satoru Tanigawa (谷川 聡, born 1972), Japanese hurdler
* Satoru Terao (寺尾 悟, born 1975), Japanese speed skater
* Satoru Yamagishi (山岸 智, born 1983), Japanese football player
* Satoru Yamamoto (山本 悟, 1925–2006), Grand Chamberlain of Japan
* Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟, born 1970), Japanese footballer

## Fictional characters

* Satoru (サトル), a side character in the manga and anime series One Punch Man
* Satoru Akefu (明負 悟), a major antagonist in the eighth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series JoJolion
* Satoru Akashi (明石 暁), the main hero of the tokusatsu series GoGo Sentai Boukenger
* Satoru Arihara (在原 暁), the main character in the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
* Satoru Fujinuma (藤沼 悟), the main character in the manga, anime, and film Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
* Satoru Furuya (降谷 暁), a character in the manga and anime series Ace of Diamond
* Satoru Gojo (五条 悟), one of the protagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen
* Satoru Hani (羽仁 悟), a character in the manga and anime series Shion no Ō
* Satoru Ikaruga (悟), the main character in the manga series D-Live!!
* Satoru Kamio (神尾 悟), a character in the manga and anime series Gingitsune
* Satoru Kanzaki (悟), a character in the manga and anime series Area 88
* Satoru Mikami (三上 悟), a character and Rimuru Tempest's previous self in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
* Satoru Ohkura (大蔵 智), a character in the Japanese drama Atashinchi no Danshi
* Satoru Tojo (東條 悟), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki
* Satoru Toyama (兎山悟), a character in the anime series Wonderful PreCure!
* Satoru Tsukada (悟る 塚田), a character in the web comics Randal's Friends
* Satoru Yotsumura (四ツ村 暁), a character in the manga series Sakamoto Days