Torii (surname) explained

Torii (written : 鳥居) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chiho Torii (born 1970), Japanese former volleyball player
• Hirofumi Torii (born 1988), Japanese figure skater
• Keiko Torii, Japanese plant scientist
• Torii Kiyohiro (died c. 1776), Japanese artist
• Torii Kiyomasu (fl. 1690s – 1720s), Japanese painter and printmaker
• Torii Kiyomasu II (c. 1720 - 1750), Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker
• Torii Kiyomitsu (1735 – 1785), Japanese painter and printmaker
• Torii Kiyomoto (1645 - 1702), Japanese actor
• Torii Kiyonaga (1752 – 1815), Japanese artist
• Torii Kiyonobu I (c. 1664 – 1729), Japanese painter and printmaker
• Torii Kiyonobu II (active 1725 - 1760), Japanese ukiyo-e artist
• Torii Kiyotsune (fl. mid-18th century), Japanese artist
• Torii Kotondo (1900 – 1976), Japanese artist
• Mitsuko Torii (born 1943), female Japanese high jump athlete
• Torii Mototada (1539 – 1600), Japanese samurai, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Torii Naritsugu (1570 - 1631), Japanese lord and son of Torii Mototada
• Torii Ryūzō (1870 – 1953), Japanese anthropologist, ethnologist, archaeologist and folklorist
• Torii Suneemon (1540 – 1575), Japanese samurai and ashigaru
• Torii Tadafumi (1847 – 1914), Japanese samurai and daimyō
• Torii Tadaharu (1624 – 1663), Japanese daimyō
• Torii Tadamasa (1567 – 1628), Japanese daimyō
• Torii Tadanori (1646 – 1689), Japanese daimyō
• Torii Tadateru (1665 – 1716), Japanese daimyō
• Torii Tadatsune (1604 – 1636), Japanese daimyō and son of Torii Tadamasa
• Torii Tadayoshi (died 1571), Japanese samurai
• Tokutoshi Torii (born 1947), Japanese architect
• Tomoo Torii (born 1973), Japanese judoka
• Yoshimasa Torii (born 1942), male Japanese pole vault athlete