Toranosuke

Toranosuke is a masculine Japanese given name.

Toranosuke

Toranosuke Murata (1877–1945), Japanese politician
Pronunciation	toɾanosɯke (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Possible writings

Toranosuke can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 虎之介, "tiger, of, mediate"
• 虎之助, "tiger, of, help"
• 虎之輔, "tiger, of, help"
• 虎之丞, "tiger, of, help"
• 寅之介, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, mediate"
• 寅之助, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"
• 寅之輔, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"
• 寅之丞, "sign of the tiger (Chinese zodiac), of, help"

The name can also be written in hiragana とらのすけ or katakana トラノスケ.

Notable people with the name

• Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助, born 1935), Japanese politician.
• Toranosuke Murata (村田 虎之助, 1877–1945), Japanese politician.
• Toranosuke Nakagawa (中川 虎之助, 1542–1583), childhood name of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyō.
• Toranosuke Shimada (島田 虎之助, 1810–1864), Japanese samurai.
• Toranosuke Sugi (杉 寅之助, 1830-1859), childhood name of Yoshida Shōin, Japanese scholar.
• Toranosuke Takagi (高木 虎之介, born 1974), Japanese racing driver.
• Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, 1924–2008), Japanese politician.

Fictional characters

• Toranosuke Taiga (大河 虎之介), a character in the tokusatsu series Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger