# Tsutomu

Tsutomu is a masculine Japanese given name.

## Written forms

Tsutomu' can be written using different kanji characters. Here are some examples:
* 勉, "make effort"
* 務, "affairs"
* 勤, "diligence"
* 努, "strive"
* 力, "power"
The name can also be written in hiragana つとむ or katakana ツトム.

## Notable people with the name

* Tsutomu Adachi (あだち 勉, 1947–2004),Japanese manga artist
* Tsutomu Akinaga (秋永 力, 1894–1978), Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
* Tsutomu Aragaki (新垣 勉, born 1952), Japanese tenor
* Tsutomu Chida (千田 務, born 1950), former Japanese shihan
* Tsutomu Fujimura (藤村 勉, born 1982), Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
* Tsutomu Hanabusa (英 勉), Japanese film director
* Tsutomu Hanahara (花原 勉, born 1940), Japanese wrestler
* Tsutomu Hanzawa (榛沢 務, born 1948), Japanese ice hockey player
* Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜, 1935–2017), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
* Tsutomu Hirose (広瀬 務, born 1963), Japanese rugby union player
* Tsutomu Irie (入江 勉, born 1948), Japanese professional golfer
* Tsutomu Isa (伊佐 勉, born 1969), Japanese head coach of the Sun Rockers Shibuya
* Tsutomu Isobe (磯部 勉, born 1950), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Tsutomu Itō (伊東 勤, born 1962), Japanese former manager
* Tsutomu Iwamoto (岩本 勉, born 1971), Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
* Tsutomu Kashiwakura (カシワクラ ツトム, born 1966), Japanese voice actor
* Tsutomu Kawabuchi (河渕 務, 1925–2014), Japanese ice hockey player, coach and administrator
* Tsutomu Kawasaki (川崎 努, born 1969), Japanese short track speed skater
* Tsutomu Katsuki (香月 勗, 1946–2014), Japanese organic chemist
* Tsutomu Kitade (北出 勉, born 1976), Japanese football player
* Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多川 務, born 1957), Japanese actor and stuntman
* Tsutomu Koyama (小山 勉, 1936–2012), Japanese volleyball player
* Tsutomu Minakami (水上 勉, 1919–2004), Japanese writer
* Tsutomu Miura (三浦 つとむ, 1911-1989), Japanese linguist
* Tsutomu Miyasaka (宮坂 力, born 1953), Japanese engineer
* Tsutomu Miyazaki (宮﨑 勤, 1962-2008), Japanese cannibalistic serial killer and necrophile
* Tsutomu Mitsudome (満留 勉, 1914-1945), Japanese rower
* Tsutomu Mizushima (水島 努, born 1965), Japanese animation and sound director
* Tsutomu Nakano (中野 勉, born 1973), Japanese freestyle swimmer
* Tsutomu Nagata (永田 務, born 1984), Japanese Paralympic athlete
* Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉, born 1971), Japanese manga artist
* Tsutomu Nishino (西野 努, born 1971), Japanese football player
* Tsutomu Nishioka (西岡 力, born 1956), Japanese professor of International Christian Studies
* Tsutomu Ogura (小倉 勉, born 1966), Japanese footballer and manager
* Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼, born 1930), Japanese master of Shotokan karate
* Tsutomu Oosugi (大杉 勉, born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
* Tsutomu Okabori (岡堀 勉, born 1957), Japanese former cyclist
* Tsutomu Okubo (大久保 勉, born 1961), Japanese politician
* Tsutomu Sakamoto (坂本 勉, born 1962), Japanese racing cyclist
* Tsutomu Sakuma (佐久間 勉, 1879–1910), Japanese career naval officer
* Tsutomu Sato (politician) (佐藤 勉, born 1952), Japanese politician
* Tsutomu Sato (ophthalmologist) (1902–1960), Japanese ophthalmologist
* Tsutomu Sato (windsurfer) (佐藤 務, born 1960), Japanese windsurfer
* Tsutomu Seki (関 勉, born 1930), Japanese astronomer
* Tsutomu Sekido (関戸 力, 1915–1987), Japanese alpine
* Tsutomu Sekine (関根 勤, born 1953), Japanese comedian and television presenter
* Tsutomu Shibayama (芝山 努, born 1941), Japanese anime director
* Tsutomu Shimomura (下村 努, born 1964), Japanese-born American physicist and computer security expert
* Tsutomu Sonobe (園部 勉, born 1958), Japanese football player
* Tsutomu Takahashi (高橋 ツトム, born 1965), Japanese manga artist
* Tsutomu Takahata (高畠 勉, born 1968), Japanese former football
* Tsutomu Takebe (武部 勤, born 1941), Japanese secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
* Tsutomu Tanaka (田中 勉, born 1939), Japanese baseball player
* Tsutomu Tomioka (冨岡 勉, born 1948), Japanese doctor and politician
* Tsutomu Tomita (冨田 務, born 1943), Japanese president of Fuji Speedway
* Tsutomu Wakamatsu (若松 勉, born 1947), Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager
* Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, 1916–2010), Japanese marine engineer
* Tsutomu Yamazaki (山崎 努, born 1936), Japanese actor
* Tsutomu Yanagida (柳田 勉, born 1949), Japanese physicist
* Tsutomu Yukawa (湯川 勉, 1911–1942), Japanese aikidoka
* Tsutomu Ōhashi (大橋 力, born 1933), Japanese artist and scientist
* Tsutomu Ōyokota (大横田 勉, 1913–1970), Japanese freestyle swimmer

## Fictional characters

* Tsutomu Goshiki (五色 工), a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Shiratorizawa Academy
* Tsutomu Ryuuzaki (竜崎 勤), a character from Tenjo Tenge