Wataru

Wataru (written: 渉, 渡, 亘, 航, 和, 亙, or わたる in hiragana) is a common masculine Japanese name. The most common characters used to write Wataru are '渉'. Notable people with the name include:

• Wataru Asō (born 1939), governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan
• Wataru Endo (遠藤 航, born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Wataru Fukuda (born 1964), Japanese actor
• Wataru Hatano (born 1982), Japanese voice actor
• Wataru Hokoyama (born 1974), music composer
• Wataru Inoue (born 1973), professional wrestler
• Wataru Ishijima (1906–1980), paleontologist and geologist
• Wataru Ito (born 1969), Japanese politician
• Wataru Kamimura, professional shogi player
• Wataru Kozuki (born 1971), actress
• Wataru Kubo (1929 – 2003), Japanese politician
• Wataru Misaka (born 1923), American basketball player
• Wataru Miyawaki (born 1980), vocalist of Japanese rock band 12012
• Wataru Murayama, Japanese manga writer
• Wataru Sakata (born 1973), professional wrestler and martial arts fighter
• Wataru Takagi (born 1966), Japanese voice actor
• Wataru Takeishi (born 1982), music video director
• Wataru Takeshita (born 1946), Japanese politician
• Wataru Yamazaki (born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Wataru Yashiro (八代 弥, born 1994), Japanese shogi player
• Wataru Yazawa (矢澤 航, born 1991), Japanese hurdler
• Wataru Yoshikawa (born 1968), Japanese motorcycle rider
• Wataru Yoshizumi (born 1963), Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Wataru Ikusabe, a character from Mashin Hero Wataru
• Wataru Kurenai, main character from Kamen Rider Kiva
• Wataru Akiyama, a driver from Initial D
• Wataru Hoshi, the main character from Star Trigon
• Wataru Azuma, the main character from Tumbling
• Wataru Sanzu, a character from Inazuma Eleven