Naoto Tsuru

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Naoto Tsuru

| image = HT-Naoto-Tsuru.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Tsuru with the Hanshin Tigers

| position = Pitcher

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|26}}

| birth_place = Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 2008

| debutteam = Hanshin Tigers

| statyear = 2016

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 9–8

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 3.80

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 126

| teams =

• Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2008}}–{{npby|2016}})

}}

{{Nihongo|Naoto Tsuru|鶴 直人|Tsuru Naoto|born April 25, 1987 in Neyagawa, Osaka}} is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Hanshin Tigers from 2008 to 2016.