Tsuru (鶴) is the Japanese word for crane. It may refer to: Tsuru (name), a Japanese name Tsuru, Yamanashi, a city in Japan Tsuru University, located in the city Tsuru Shima, a uninhabited island in Okayama Prefecture, Japan Nissan Sentra, a car formerly marketed in Mexico as the Tsuru See also Tsurui, a village in Hokkaido