Masaru

{{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Masaru | image= Masaru Hayami.jpg | imagesize= | caption= Masaru Hayami,<br />the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan | pronunciation= Má-sá-rú | gender = Male | meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. | region = Japanese | origin = Japanese | related names = Suguru | footnotes = }}

{{nihongo|'''Masaru'''|まさる, マサル}} is a masculine Japanese given name.

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

==People with the name==

*{{Nihongo|Masaru Akiba|秋葉勝||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Amono|天野勝||1942–2006}}, Japanese professional golfer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Aoki|青木正児||1887–1964}}, Japanese Sinologist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Arai|新井優||born 1952}}, Japanese amateur astronomer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Emoto|江本勝||1943–2014}}, Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Fujii|藤井聖||born 1996}}, Japanese professional baseball pitcher *{{Nihongo|Masaru Furukawa|古川勝||1936–1993}}, Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion *{{Nihongo|Masaru Fuse|布施勝||born 1969}}, Japanese equestrian *{{Nihongo|Gagamaru Masaru|臥牙丸勝||born 1987}}, Georgian sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Masaru Gokita|後田勝||born 1970}}, Japanese mixed martial artist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Hamaguchi|濱口優||born 1972}}, Japanese comedian and actor *{{Nihongo|Masaru Hashiguchi|橋口勝||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Hashimoto|橋本昌||born 1945}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Masaru Hayami|速水優||1925–2009}}, Japanese businessman, central banker *{{Nihongo|Masaru Hidaka|日高大||born 1995}}, Japanese professional footballer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Ibuka|井深大||1908–1997}}, Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony *{{Nihongo|Masaru Ikeda|池田勝||1942–2026}}, Japanese actor and voice actor *{{Nihongo|Masaru Imada|今田勝||1932–2025}}, Japanese jazz pianist and composer *Grant Masaru Imahara (1970–2020) American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor *{{Nihongo|Masaru Inada|稲田勝||born 1978}}, Japanese skeleton racer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Inoue|井上勝||1843–1910}}, Japanese engineer and bureaucrat, "Father of Japan's Railways" * {{Nihongo|Masaru Ishizaka|石坂太||born 1980}}, Japanese politician who elected the member of the House of Representatives in Tochigi 4th *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kageura|景浦將||1915–1945}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kamata|蒲田勝||born 1940}}, Japanese sprinter *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kanbe|神戸勝||born 1938}}, Japanese field hockey player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kaneko|金子勝||born 1952}}, Japanese Marxian economist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kashiwahara|柏原勝||born 1914}}, Japanese rower *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kato|加藤大||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Katori|かとりまさる||born 1968}}, female Japanese writer and manga author *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kawasaki|川崎優||1924–2018}}, Japanese conductor and composer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kitao|北尾勝||born 1961}}, Japanese animator *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kitsuregawa|喜連川優||born 1955}}, Japanese computer scientist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Konuma|小沼勝||1937–2023}}, Japanese film director *{{Nihongo|Masaru Kurotsu|黒津勝||born 1982}}, Japanese football player *{{Nihongo|Kyokutenhō Masaru|旭天鵬勝||born 1987}}, Mongolian sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Masaru Maeta|前田勝||1982–2020}}, Japanese sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Masaru Masuda|増田勝||born 1955}}, Japanese former taijiquan athlete *{{Nihongo|Masaru Matsuhashi|松橋優||born 1985}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Miyauchi|宮内優||born 1984}}, Japanese bobsledder *{{Nihongo|Masaru Miyazaki|宮崎勝||born 1958}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Masaru Motegi|茂木優||born 1950}}, Japanese sport wrestler *Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi (born 1977) Wushu martial artist, stuntman and an actor *{{Nihongo|Masaru Mukai|向井優||born 1949}}, Japanese astronomer *Masaru Nagai (born 1978 ), Japanese actor known for Mirai Sentai Timeranger *{{Nihongo|Masaru Nagaoka|長岡勝||born 1962}}, Japanese ski jumper *{{Nihongo|Masaru Nakamura|中村勝||born 1991}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Nakashige|中重勝||born 1963}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Masaru Nashimoto|梨元勝||1944–2010}}, Japanese reporter *{{Nihongo|Masaru Ogawa|小川勝||born 1964}}, Japanese former competitive figure skater *{{Nihongo|Masaru Okunishi|奥西勝||1926–2015}}, Japanese murderer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Saito|齊藤勝||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Sakano|坂野勝||born 1942}}, Japanese modern pentathlete * {{Nihongo|Masaru Sakurai|桜井賢||born 1955}}, member of the Japanese musical group The Alfee *{{Nihongo|Masaru Sato|佐藤勝||1928–1999}}, Japanese composer of film scores *Masaru Shimabukuro (優), a member of the Okinawan music band ''Begin'' *{{Nihongo|Masaru Shintani|新谷勝||1928–2000}}, Japanese-Canadian master of karate *{{Nihongo|Masaru Takeda|武田勝||born 1978}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and coach *Masaru Takiguchi (born 1941), Japanese-born American artist and arts educator *{{Nihongo|Masaru Takumi|宅見勝||1936–1997}}, Japanese yakuza *{{Nihongo|Masaru Tomita|冨田勝||born 1957}}, Japanese scientist *{{Nihongo|Masaru Uchiyama|内山勝||born 1957}}, Japanese former football player *{{Nihongo|Masaru Uesaka|上坂勝||1892–1982}}, Japanese deputy team leader *{{Nihongo|Masaru Uno|宇野勝||born 1958}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder *{{Nihongo|Masaru Urata|浦田勝||1925–2026}}, Japanese politician *{{Nihongo|Wakanohana Masaru|若乃花勝||born 1971}}, Japanese sumo wrestler *{{Nihongo|Masaru Wakasa|若狭勝||born 1956}}, Japanese lawyer and politician *{{Nihongo|Masaru Watanabe|渡辺勝||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball outfielder *{{Nihongo|Masaru Yamada|山田優||born 1994}}, Japanese right-handed épée fencer *{{Nihongo|Masaru Yanagida|柳田勝||born 1969}}, Japanese sport shooter *{{Nihongo|Masaru Yanagisawa|柳沢勝||died 2007}}, Chairman of the Hakodate Singapore Society *{{Nihongo|Masaru Yokoyama|横山克||born 1982}}, Japanese composer and arranger

==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

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