Tetsu

Tetsu

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Tetsu (written: 哲, 徹, 鉄 or テツ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Tetsu Iida (飯田 鉄, born 1948), Japanese photographer
• Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹, born 1972), Japanese voice actor
• Tetsu Inoue (テツ・イノウエ), Japanese musician
• Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲, 1887–1978), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• Tetsu Komai (駒井 哲, 1894–1970), Japanese-American actor
• Tetsu Nagasawa (長澤 徹, born 1968), Japanese footballer and manager
• Tetsu Nakamura (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tetsu Nishikawa (西川 哲, born 1968), Japanese golfer
• Tetsu Sawaki (沢木　哲, born 1982), Japanese actor
• Tetsu Shiratori (白鳥 哲, born 1972), Japanese voice actor
• Tetsu Sugiyama (杉山 哲, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Tetsu Takano (高野 哲, born 1972), Japanese musician
• Tetsu Watanabe (渡辺 哲, born 1950), Japanese actor
• Tetsu Yamato (大和 哲, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Tetsu Yamauchi (山内 テツ, born 1946), real name Tetsuo Yamauchi, Japanese musician
• Tetsu Yano (矢野 徹, 1923–2004), Japanese science fiction translator and writer
• Tetsushi Mizokami (born 1948), Japanese founder of Uncle Tetsu's Cheesecake
• Tetsuya (musician) (born 1969), formerly known as Tetsu, a musician

See also

• Tetsuzō Iwamoto (1916–1955), Sub-Lieutenant fighter plane ace during World War II
• Tetsu (railfan) - Short for tetsudōfan (鉄道ファン), literally "railway fan" in Japanese.