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

Masaru (まさる, マサル) 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 (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