Tsuru (name)

Tsuru is a Japanese name. It means crane, and is used as a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Japanese stage and silent film actress

Surname

• Ayako Tsuru (born 1941), Mexican artist of Japanese descent
• Hiromi Tsuru (born 1960), Japanese voice actress
• Naoto Tsuru (born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Norihiro Tsuru, Japanese violinist and composer
• Shigeto Tsuru (1912–2006), Japanese economist and politician
• Toshiyuki Tsuru, anime director