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"

The name can also be written in hiragana わたる or katakana ワタル.

Notable people with the name

• , Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
• , Japanese bureaucrat, politician and governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actor, singer, actor, narrator, radio MC and comedian
• , Japanese retired sumo wrestler
• , Japanese philosopher
• , Japanese professional baseball outfielder
• , Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator
• , Japanese former professional rugby union player
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese paleontologist and geologist
• , Japanese politician, social worker and former school teacher
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese writer, literary critic and political activist
• , Japanese professional soccer player
• , Japanese professional shogi player
• , Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• , Japanese futsal player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese professional baseball player
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese screenwriter
• , Japanese-American basketball player
• Wataru Miyawaki (宮脇 渉, born 1980), vocalist of Japanese rock band 12012
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese former rugby player and coach
• , Japanese manga writer
• , Japanese footballer
• , American United States Army soldier
• , Japanese football player
• , Japanese professional wrestler and martial arts fighter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese professional baseball infielder
• , Japanese music video director
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese artistic gymnast
• , Japanese singer and voice actor
• , Japanese light novel author and screenwriter
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese hurdler
• , Japanese singer, actor and haiku poet
• , Japanese motorcycle rider
• , Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Wataru Ikusabe (戦部 ワタル)), a character from Mashin Hero Wataru
• Wataru Kurenai (紅 渡), main character from Kamen Rider Kiva
• Wataru Hoshi (ホシ・ワタル), the main character from Star Trigon
• Wataru Azuma (東 航), the main character from Tumbling
• Wataru Sanzu (三途 渡), a character from Inazuma Eleven
• Wataru Onaga (尾長 渉), a character from the manga and anime Haikyu!! with the position of middle blocker from Fukurodani Academy
• Wataru Kuon (久遠 渡,), a supporting character from the football manga Blue Lock
• Wataru Hibiya (日比谷 渉), a character from the dating sim video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
• Wataru Hibiki (日々樹 渉,), a character from the anime and game Ensemble Stars!