Masaru

Masaru (まさる, マサル) is a masculine Japanese given name.

Masaru

Masaru Hayami, the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan
Pronunciation	Má-sá-rú
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Suguru

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 (勝), a Japanese author
• Masaru Furukawa (勝), a Japanese swimmer and olympic champion
• Masaru Fuse (布施 勝, born 1969), Japanese equestrian
• Gagamaru Masaru (勝), a Georgian sumo wrestler
• Masaru Hamaguchi (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 (勝), a Japanese samurai known as the "father of the Japanese railways"
• Masaru Kanbe (神戸 勝, born 1938), Japanese field hockey player
• Masaru Katori (まさる), a female Japanese writer and manga author
• Masaru Kageura (將), a Japanese baseball player
• Masaru Kato (加藤 大, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Masaru Kitao (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
• Masaru Motegi (茂木 優, born 1950), Japanese sport wrestler
• Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi, a Wushu martial artist, stuntman, and an actor
• Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, born 1962), Japanese ski jumper
• Masaru Nakamura (中村 勝, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Masaru Ogawa (勝), a Japanese figure skater
• Masaru Saito (齊藤 勝, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
• Masaru Sakurai (賢), a member of the Japanese musical group The Alfee
• Masaru Sato (勝), a Japanese composer
• Masaru Shimabukuro (優), a member of the Okinawan music band Begin
• Masaru Shintani, a Japanese-Canadian Karate master
• Masaru Takumi (勝), a Japanese yakuza
• Masaru Tobita (将), known as Survival Tobita, a Japanese professional wrestler
• Wakanohana Masaru (勝), a Japanese sumo wrestler
• Masaru Wakasa (若狭 勝, born 1956), Japanese lawyer and politician

Fictional characters

• Masaru (マサル), a character in the manga and animated film Akira
• Masaru Daimon (Marcus Damon in the English dub), a character from the anime series Digimon Savers
• Masaru Kato (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
• Konaka Masaru (Japanese name for Redd White), a character in Ace Attorney

See also

• 27791 Masaru, a main-belt asteroid
• IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
• Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san, a manga series