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, Japanese manga artist
  • Tsutomu Akinaga, Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Tsutomu Aragaki, Japanese tenor
  • Tsutomu Chida, former Japanese shihan
  • Tsutomu Fujimura, Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Tsutomu Hanabusa, Japanese film director
  • Tsutomu Hanahara, Japanese wrestler
  • Tsutomu Hanzawa, Japanese ice hockey player
  • Tsutomu Hata, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
  • Tsutomu Hirose, Japanese rugby union player
  • Tsutomu Irie, Japanese professional golfer
  • Tsutomu Isa, Japanese head coach of the Sun Rockers Shibuya
  • Tsutomu Isobe, Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Tsutomu Itō, Japanese former manager
  • Tsutomu Iwamoto, Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
  • Tsutomu Kashiwakura, Japanese voice actor
  • Tsutomu Kawabuchi, Japanese ice hockey player, coach and administrator
  • Tsutomu Kawasaki, Japanese short track speed skater
  • Tsutomu Katsuki, Japanese organic chemist
  • Tsutomu Kitade, Japanese football player
  • Tsutomu Kitagawa, Japanese actor and stuntman
  • Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player
  • Tsutomu Minakami, Japanese writer
  • Tsutomu Miura, Japanese linguist
  • Tsutomu Miyasaka, Japanese engineer
  • Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese cannibalistic serial killer and necrophile
  • Tsutomu Mitsudome, Japanese rower
  • Tsutomu Mizushima, Japanese animation and sound director
  • Tsutomu Nakano, Japanese freestyle swimmer
  • Tsutomu Nagata, Japanese Paralympic athlete
  • Tsutomu Nihei, Japanese manga artist
  • Tsutomu Nishino, Japanese football player
  • Tsutomu Nishioka, Japanese professor of International Christian Studies
  • Tsutomu Ogura, Japanese footballer and manager
  • Tsutomu Ohshima, Japanese master of Shotokan karate
  • Tsutomu Oosugi, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Tsutomu Okabori, Japanese former cyclist
  • Tsutomu Okubo, Japanese politician
  • Tsutomu Sakamoto, Japanese racing cyclist
  • Tsutomu Sakuma, Japanese career naval officer
  • Tsutomu Sato, Japanese politician
  • Tsutomu Sato , Japanese ophthalmologist
  • Tsutomu Sato, Japanese windsurfer
  • Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer
  • Tsutomu Sekido, Japanese alpine
  • Tsutomu Sekine, Japanese comedian and television presenter
  • Tsutomu Shibayama, Japanese anime director
  • Tsutomu Shimomura, Japanese-born American physicist and computer security expert
  • Tsutomu Sonobe, Japanese football player
  • Tsutomu Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
  • Tsutomu Takahata, Japanese former football
  • Tsutomu Takebe, Japanese secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party
  • Tsutomu Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
  • Tsutomu Tomioka, Japanese doctor and politician
  • Tsutomu Tomita, Japanese president of Fuji Speedway
  • Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager
  • Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese marine engineer
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki, Japanese actor
  • Tsutomu Yanagida, Japanese physicist
  • Tsutomu Yukawa, Japanese aikidoka
  • Tsutomu Ōhashi, Japanese artist and scientist
  • Tsutomu Ōyokota, Japanese freestyle swimmer

    Fictional characters

  • Tsutomu Goshiki, a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Shiratorizawa Academy
  • Tsutomu Ryuuzaki, a character from Tenjo Tenge