Masaru

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 given name Masaru

• Masaru Akiba (勝), a Japanese football player
• Masaru Emoto (勝), a Japanese author
• Masaru Furukawa (勝), a Japanese swimmer and olympic champion
• 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 Katori (まさる), a female Japanese writer and manga author
• Masaru Kageura (將), a Japanese baseball player
• Masaru Kitao (勝), a Japanese animator
• Masaru Konuma (勝), a Japanese director
• Masaru Kurotsu (勝), a Japanese football player
• Masaru Matsuhashi (優), a Japanese football player
• Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi, a Wushu martial artist, stuntman, and an actor
• Masaru Ogawa (勝), a Japanese figure skater
• 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 Takumi (勝), a Japanese yakuza
• Masaru Tobita (将), known as Survival Tobita, a Japanese professional wrestler
• Kyokutenhō Masaru (勝), a Mongolian sumo wrestler
• Wakanohana Masaru (勝), a Japanese sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

with the given name Masaru

• Masaru (マサル), a character in the manga and animated film Akira
• Masaru Kato (勝), a character from the anime and manga series Gantz
• Masaru Aoki of Hajime no Ippo

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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