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
, Japanese former football player , Japanese professional golfer , Japanese Sinologist , Japanese amateur astronomer , Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist , Japanese professional baseball pitcher , Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion , Japanese equestrian , Georgian sumo wrestler , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese comedian and actor , Japanese former football player , Japanese politician , Japanese businessman, central banker , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese jazz pianist and composer Grant Masaru Imahara (1970–2020) American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor , Japanese skeleton racer , Japanese engineer and bureaucrat, "Father of Japan's Railways" , Japanese politician who elected the member of the House of Representatives in Tochigi 4th , Japanese baseball player , Japanese sprinter , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese Marxian economist , Japanese rower , Japanese footballer , female Japanese writer and manga author , Japanese conductor and composer , Japanese animator , Japanese computer scientist , Japanese film director , Japanese football player , Mongolian sumo wrestler , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese former taijiquan athlete , Japanese former football player , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese politician , Japanese sport wrestler Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi (born 1977) Wushu martial artist, stuntman and an actor , Japanese astronomer Masaru Nagai (born 1978 ), Japanese actor known for Mirai Sentai Timeranger , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese baseball player , Japanese sport shooter , Japanese reporter , Japanese former competitive figure skater , Japanese murderer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese modern pentathlete , member of the Japanese musical group The Alfee , Japanese composer of film scores Masaru Shimabukuro (優), a member of the Okinawan music band Begin , Japanese-Canadian master of karate , Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and coach Masaru Takiguchi (born 1941), Japanese-born American artist and arts educator , Japanese yakuza , Japanese scientist , Japanese former football player , Japanese deputy team leader , Japanese former professional baseball infielder , Japanese politician , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese lawyer and politician , Japanese professional baseball outfielder , Japanese right-handed épée fencer , Japanese sport shooter , Chairman of the Hakodate Singapore Society , 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