Toru Sanada

Name
Japanese	真田 徹
Rōmaji	Sanada Tōru
English	Toru Sanada
Personal Information
Birthday	September 11
Sign	Virgo
Age	24 (debut)
Gender	Male
Height	182 cm (5'11)
Weight	77 kg (169 lbs)
Blood Type	O
Relatives	Genji Sanada (Father) Tetsuko Sanada (Deceased Mother) Ryu Sanada (Younger Brother) Haruka Katayama (Fiancée/Later Wife) Ayu Sanada (Daughter) Second child expected
Professional Status
Affiliation	Kitahoro High School (OB)
First Appearance
Manga	Volume 5 Chapter 20
Anime	Episode 19 Dream
Voiced by
Japanese	Wataru Hatano
English	Nazeeh Tarsha
French	Marc Wilhelm (Black Box), Frédéric Philippe (Netflix)
Latin-American Spanish	Abraham Vega
Portrayed by
TV series	Atsuhiro Inukai

Toru Sanada (真田 徹 Sanada Tōru) is a character in the series Kimi ni Todoke. He is the older brother of Ryu Sanada by eight years and Chizuru Yoshida's crush since she was young, who lives three hours away from his parents, initially returning home to get married to his fiancée Haruka Katayama.

Appearance

Toru is a handsome and slim fair white-skinned young man with light-brown hair, slanted brown eyes that is the same color as his hair and he has a clear, white smile.

Personality

Toru is a kind and caring young man who is always full of enthusiasm. He cares about Ryu Sanada and Chizuru Yoshida a lot, and he loves Chizuru like a little sister. He calls her Chi because when he says it, it induces a smile.

Background

Toru grew up with his father Genji Sanada, his younger brother Ryu Sanada and his mother Tetsuko Sanada until her death when he was a teenager. He attended Kitahoro High School where he was good friends with Pin. Like the rest of his family, he has known Chizuru Yoshida ever since she was young, and views her as a little sister.

When he was staying at Sapporo for college and work, he met a woman named Haruka Katayama, and it is unclear how long they have known each other before announcing their engagement, although it is estimated to be no longer than six years. He later returns home where he introduces Haruka to Ryu and Chizuru, much to her shock. However, she has gotten over the heartbreak and later moved on.

Around a year after their wedding, it was later shown that Toru becomes the father to his first child named Ayu Sanada with Haruka. It is not until they visit the Sanada household again at the end of that year, in Vol. 28 Ch. 113, that Chizuru interacts with Haruka again, this time with her daughter as well. They appear to get along well with each other.

Etymology

• The name Toru means "pierce, penetrate" (徹).
• Toru's surname Sanada means "braid, plait" (真田).

Trivia

• Pin is a good friend of Toru as they have been together in high school.
• Although Toru is Ryu Sanada's brother and they resemble one another, their personalities are nearly opposite.
• Toru resembles Shouta Kazehaya's personality-wise and looks extremely refreshing except Toru is much more mature.

Notes

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