 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
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