# Masaru

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{{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](/source/kanji) used.
| region = Japanese
| origin = Japanese
| related names = [Suguru](/source/Suguru)
| footnotes = 
}}

{{nihongo|'''Masaru'''|まさる, マサル}} is a masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name).

== Written forms ==
Masaru can be written using different [kanji](/source/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](/source/hiragana) or [katakana](/source/katakana).

==People with the name==

*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Akiba](/source/Masaru_Akiba)|秋葉 勝||born 1984}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Amono](/source/Masaru_Amono)|天野 勝||1942–2006}}, Japanese professional golfer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Aoki](/source/Masaru_Aoki)|青木 正児||1887–1964}}, Japanese Sinologist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Arai](/source/Masaru_Arai)|新井 優||born 1952}}, Japanese amateur astronomer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Emoto](/source/Masaru_Emoto)|江本 勝||1943–2014}}, Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Fujii](/source/Masaru_Fujii)|藤井 聖||born 1996}}, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Furukawa](/source/Masaru_Furukawa)|古川 勝||1936–1993}}, Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Fuse](/source/Masaru_Fuse)|布施 勝||born 1969}}, Japanese equestrian
*{{Nihongo|[Gagamaru Masaru](/source/Gagamaru_Masaru)|臥牙丸 勝||born 1987}}, Georgian sumo wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Gokita](/source/Masaru_Gokita)|後田 勝||born 1970}}, Japanese mixed martial artist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Hamaguchi](/source/Masaru_Hamaguchi)|濱口 優||born 1972}}, Japanese comedian and actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Hashiguchi](/source/Masaru_Hashiguchi)|橋口 勝||born 1974}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Hashimoto](/source/Masaru_Hashimoto)|橋本 昌||born 1945}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Hayami](/source/Masaru_Hayami)|速水 優||1925–2009}}, Japanese businessman, central banker
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Hidaka](/source/Masaru_Hidaka)|日高 大||born 1995}}, Japanese professional footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Ibuka](/source/Masaru_Ibuka)|井深 大||1908–1997}}, Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Ikeda](/source/Masaru_Ikeda)|池田 勝||1942–2026}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Imada](/source/Masaru_Imada)|今田 勝||1932–2025}}, Japanese jazz pianist and composer
*[Grant Masaru Imahara](/source/Grant_Imahara) (1970–2020) American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Inada](/source/Masaru_Inada)|稲田 勝||born 1978}}, Japanese skeleton racer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Inoue](/source/Inoue_Masaru_(civil_servant))|井上 勝||1843–1910}}, Japanese engineer and bureaucrat, "Father of Japan's Railways"
* {{Nihongo|[Masaru Ishizaka](/source/%3Aja%3A%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%82%E5%A4%AA)|石坂 太||born 1980}}, Japanese politician [who elected the member of the House of Representatives in Tochigi 4th](/source/Results_of_the_2026_Japanese_general_election)
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kageura](/source/Masaru_Kageura)|景浦 將||1915–1945}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kamata](/source/Masaru_Kamata)|蒲田 勝||born 1940}}, Japanese sprinter
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kanbe](/source/Masaru_Kanbe)|神戸 勝||born 1938}}, Japanese field hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kaneko](/source/Masaru_Kaneko)|金子 勝||born 1952}}, Japanese Marxian economist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kashiwahara](/source/Masaru_Kashiwahara)|柏原 勝||born 1914}}, Japanese rower
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kato](/source/Masaru_Kato)|加藤 大||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Katori](/source/Masaru_Katori)|かとり まさる||born 1968}}, female Japanese writer and manga author
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kawasaki](/source/Masaru_Kawasaki)|川崎 優||1924–2018}}, Japanese conductor and composer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kitao](/source/Masaru_Kitao)|北尾 勝||born 1961}}, Japanese animator
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kitsuregawa](/source/Masaru_Kitsuregawa)|喜連川 優||born 1955}}, Japanese computer scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Konuma](/source/Masaru_Konuma)|小沼 勝||1937–2023}}, Japanese film director
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Kurotsu](/source/Masaru_Kurotsu)|黒津 勝||born 1982}}, Japanese football player
*{{Nihongo|[Kyokutenhō Masaru](/source/Kyokutenh%C5%8D_Masaru)|旭天鵬 勝||born 1987}}, Mongolian sumo wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Maeta](/source/Masaru_Maeta)|前田 勝||1982–2020}}, Japanese sumo wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Masuda](/source/Masaru_Masuda)|増田 勝||born 1955}}, Japanese former taijiquan athlete
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Matsuhashi](/source/Masaru_Matsuhashi)|松橋 優||born 1985}}, Japanese former football player 
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Miyauchi](/source/Masaru_Miyauchi)|宮内 優||born 1984}}, Japanese bobsledder
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Miyazaki](/source/Masaru_Miyazaki)|宮崎 勝||born 1958}}, Japanese politician 
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Motegi](/source/Masaru_Motegi)|茂木 優||born 1950}}, Japanese sport wrestler
*[Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi](/source/Mark_Musashi) (born 1977) Wushu martial artist, stuntman and an actor
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Mukai](/source/Masaru_Mukai)|向井 優||born 1949}}, Japanese astronomer
*[Masaru Nagai](/source/Masaru_Nagai) (born 1978 ), Japanese actor known for [Mirai Sentai Timeranger](/source/Mirai_Sentai_Timeranger)
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Nagaoka](/source/Masaru_Nagaoka)|長岡 勝||born 1962}}, Japanese ski jumper
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Nakamura](/source/Masaru_Nakamura)|中村 勝||born 1991}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Nakashige](/source/Masaru_Nakashige)|中重 勝||born 1963}}, Japanese sport shooter
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Nashimoto](/source/Masaru_Nashimoto)|梨元 勝||1944–2010}}, Japanese reporter
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Ogawa](/source/Masaru_Ogawa)|小川 勝||born 1964}}, Japanese former competitive figure skater
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Okunishi](/source/Masaru_Okunishi)|奥西 勝||1926–2015}}, Japanese murderer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Saito](/source/Masaru_Saito)|齊藤 勝||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Sakano](/source/Masaru_Sakano)|坂野 勝||born 1942}}, Japanese modern pentathlete
* {{Nihongo|[Masaru Sakurai](/source/%3Aja%3A%E6%A1%9C%E4%BA%95%E8%B3%A2)|桜井 賢||born 1955}}, member of the Japanese musical group [The Alfee](/source/The_Alfee)
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Sato](/source/Masaru_Sato)|佐藤 勝||1928–1999}}, Japanese composer of film scores
*[Masaru Shimabukuro](/source/Masaru_Shimabukuro) (優), a member of the [Okinawa](/source/Hepburn_romanization)n music band ''[Begin](/source/Begin_(band))''
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Shintani](/source/Masaru_Shintani)|新谷 勝||1928–2000}}, Japanese-Canadian master of karate
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Takeda](/source/Masaru_Takeda)|武田 勝||born 1978}}, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and coach
*[Masaru Takiguchi](/source/Masaru_Takiguchi) (born 1941), Japanese-born American artist and arts educator
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Takumi](/source/Masaru_Takumi)|宅見 勝||1936–1997}}, Japanese [yakuza](/source/yakuza)
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Tomita](/source/Masaru_Tomita)|冨田 勝||born 1957}}, Japanese scientist
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Uchiyama](/source/Masaru_Uchiyama)|内山 勝||born 1957}}, Japanese former football player
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Uesaka](/source/Masaru_Uesaka)|上坂 勝||1892–1982}}, Japanese deputy team leader
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Uno](/source/Masaru_Uno)|宇野 勝||born 1958}}, Japanese former professional baseball infielder
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Urata](/source/Masaru_Urata)|浦田 勝||1925–2026}}, Japanese politician
*{{Nihongo|[Wakanohana Masaru](/source/Wakanohana_Masaru)|若乃花 勝||born 1971}}, Japanese sumo wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Wakasa](/source/Masaru_Wakasa)|若狭 勝||born 1956}}, Japanese lawyer and politician
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Watanabe](/source/Masaru_Watanabe)|渡辺 勝||born 1993}}, Japanese professional baseball outfielder
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Yamada](/source/Masaru_Yamada)|山田 優||born 1994}}, Japanese right-handed épée fencer
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Yanagida](/source/Masaru_Yanagida)|柳田 勝||born 1969}}, Japanese sport shooter
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Yanagisawa](/source/Masaru_Yanagisawa)|柳沢 勝||died 2007}}, Chairman of the Hakodate Singapore Society
*{{Nihongo|[Masaru Yokoyama](/source/Masaru_Yokoyama)|横山 克||born 1982}}, Japanese composer and arranger

==Fictional characters==
*[Masaru](/source/Masaru_(Akira)) (マサル), a character in the manga and animated film ''[Akira](/source/Akira_(manga))''
*[Masaru Daimon](/source/Digimon_Data_Squad) (Marcus Damon in the English dub), a character from the anime series ''[Digimon Savers](/source/Digimon_Data_Squad)''
*[Masaru Kato](/source/Masaru_Kato) (勝), a character from the anime and manga series ''Gantz''
*[Masaru Aoki](/source/Masaru_Aoki) of Hajime no Ippo
*Masaru Sera, the Third Chairman of the Tojo Clan in the [first](/source/Yakuza_(video_game)) game in the ''[Yakuza](/source/Yakuza_(series))'' series
**Masaru Watase, the [Waka gashira](/source/Yakuza) of the Omi Alliance in [Yakuza 5](/source/Yakuza_5)
*Masaru "Echo" Enatsu, an [SAT](/source/Special_Assault_Team) operative in ''[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege](/source/Tom_Clancy's_Rainbow_Six_Siege)''.
*Masaru Daimon, a character in [Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls](/source/Danganronpa_Another_Episode%3A_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](/source/My_Hero_Academia)''
*Konaka Masaru (Japanese name for Redd White), a character in [Ace Attorney](/source/Ace_Attorney)

==See also==
*[27791 Masaru](/source/27791_Masaru), a main-belt asteroid
*[IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award](/source/IEEE_Masaru_Ibuka_Consumer_Electronics_Award)
*''[Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san](/source/Sexy_Commando_Gaiden%3A_Sugoiyo!!_Masaru-san)'', a manga series

{{given name}}

Category:Japanese masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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