Wataru
Wataru is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Wataru can be written using several kanji characters. Here are some examples:- 渉, "ford"
- 渡, "ferry over"
- 亘, "extend across"
- 航, "navigate"
- 和, "harmony"
- 亙, "extend across"
- 弥, "more and more"
Notable people with the name
- Wataru Abe, Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
- Wataru Asō, governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan
- Wataru Endo, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Fukuda, Japanese actor
- Wataru Hashimoto, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Hatano, Japanese voice actor
- Wataru Hokoyama, music composer
- Wataru Inoue, Japanese professional wrestler
- Wataru Inoue, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Ishijima, paleontologist and geologist
- Wataru Ito, Japanese politician
- Wataru Kamimura, Japanese shogi player
- Wataru Kubo, Japanese politician
- Wataru Misaka, Japanese-American basketball player
- Wataru Miyawaki, vocalist of Japanese rock band 12012
- Wataru Murayama, Japanese manga writer
- Wataru Murofushi, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Nakamura, American United States Army soldier
- Wataru Sakata, professional wrestler and martial arts fighter
- Wataru Sasaki, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Takagi, Japanese voice actor
- Wataru Takeishi, music video director
- Wataru Takeshita, Japanese politician
- Wataru Tanaka, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Yamada, Japanese boxer
- Wataru Yamazaki, Japanese footballer
- Wataru Yashiro, Japanese shogi player
- Wataru Yazawa, Japanese hurdler
- Wataru Yoshikawa, Japanese motorcycle rider
- Wataru Yoshizumi, Japanese manga artist
Fictional characters
- Wataru Ikusabe ), a character from Mashin Hero Wataru
- Wataru Kurenai, main character from Kamen Rider Kiva
- Wataru Hoshi, the main character from Star Trigon
- Wataru Azuma, the main character from Tumbling
- Wataru Sanzu, a character from Inazuma Eleven
- Wataru Onaga, a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of middle blocker from Fukurodani Academy
- Wataru Kuon, a supporting character from the football manga Blue Lock
- Wataru Hibiya, a character from the dating sim video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
- Wataru Hibiki, a character from the anime and game Ensemble Stars!
Category:Masculine given names