is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

* Masaru Akiba (勝), a Japanese football player *

Masaru Emoto was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book '' The Hidden Messages in Water'' was a New York Times best seller. His conjecture evolved o ...

(勝), a Japanese author * Masaru Furukawa (勝), a Japanese swimmer and olympic champion *, Japanese equestrian * Gagamaru Masaru (勝), a Georgian sumo wrestler *

Masaru Hamaguchi is a Japanese comedian and actor. Profile Together with his screen partner, Shinya Arino, Hamaguchi is part of the comic duo, Yoiko. He is well known for his fishing skills learned while doing the variety show ''Ikinari Ougon Densetsu'' jp ...

(優), Japanese comedian * Masaru Hayami (優), the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan * Masaru Ibuka (大), a Japanese electronics industrialist * Masaru Ikeda (勝), a Japanese actor and voice actor * Grant Masaru Imahara, an American electronics and radio control expert * Masaru Inada (勝), a Japanese skeleton racer *

Inoue Masaru Masaru Inoue may refer to: * Masaru Inoue (astronomer), an astronomer * Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat) Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways". Biography He was born into the C ...

(勝), a Japanese samurai known as the "father of the Japanese railways" *, Japanese field hockey player *

Masaru Katori , who is also known by the pen name , is a Japanese writer and manga author from Fukuoka. She had a successful career as professional shogi player but quit during a sex scandal with another professional player, Makoto Nakahara, in 1995. Since then ...

(まさる), a female Japanese writer and manga author *

Masaru Kageura was a Japanese baseball player from Matsuyama, Ehime. An accomplished two-way player, Kaguera is one of two players (Eiji Sawamura being the other) who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame after being killed in World War II. Kag ...

(將), a Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *

Masaru Kitao is a Japanese animator known for his work with Madhouse. Primarily a key animator and animation director for anime television series, Kitao has also on occasion done character designs. Recently, he has won much praise for his adapted character ...

(勝), a Japanese animator * Masaru Konuma (勝), a Japanese director * Masaru Kurotsu (勝), a Japanese football player * Kyokutenhō Masaru (勝), a Mongolian sumo wrestler * Masaru Matsuhashi (優), a Japanese football player *, Japanese sport wrestler * Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi, a Wushu martial artist, stuntman, and an actor *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese baseball player *

Masaru Ogawa is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is a four-time Japanese national champion and placed 14th at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Sloven ...

(勝), a Japanese figure skater *, Japanese baseball player *

Masaru Sakurai is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakan ...

(賢), a member of the Japanese musical group The Alfee * Masaru Sato (勝), a Japanese composer *

Masaru Shimabukuro is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ...

(優), a member of the Okinawan music band '' Begin'' *

Masaru Shintani Masaru Shintani (February 3, 1928 – May 7, 2000) was a Japanese-Canadian master of karate who introduced the Wadō-ryū style of karate in Canada and founded the Shintani Wado-Kai Karate Federation. At the time of his death he was the Sup ...

, a Japanese-Canadian Karate master * Masaru Takumi (勝), a Japanese yakuza *

Masaru Tobita , better known as , is a Japanese professional wrestler who owns and wrestles for the Saitama Pro Wrestling Company (SPWC). Career Survival Tobita started as a jobber for Pro Wrestling Crusaders (PWC). Since its collapse, he has wrestled for var ...

(将), known as Survival Tobita, a Japanese professional wrestler * Wakanohana Masaru (勝), a Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese lawyer and politician

Fictional characters

* Masaru (マサル), a character in the manga and animated film '' Akira'' *

Masaru Daimon is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakan ...

(Marcus Damon in the English dub), a character from the anime series '' Digimon Savers'' *

Masaru Kato is a Japanese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules footba ...

(勝), a character from the anime and manga series ''Gantz'' * Masaru Aoki of Hajime no Ippo *Masaru Sera, the Third Chairman of the Tojo Clan in the first game in the '' Yakuza'' series **Masaru Watase, the Waka gashira of the Omi Alliance in Yakuza 5 *Masaru "Echo" Enatsu, an SAT operative in '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege''. *Masaru Daimon, a character in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. *Masaru Bakugou (爆豪勝), Katsuki Bakugo's father and the husband of Mitsuki Bakugo in the manga and anime '' My Hero Academia''

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People with the name

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See also