Masaru (まさる, マサル) is a masculine Japanese given name. Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 勝, "excel" 優, "excel" 大, "large"...
Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru; April 11, 1908 – December 19, 1997) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio...
Masaru Konuma (小沼勝, Konuma Masaru, December 30, 1937 – January 22, 2023) was a Japanese film director known for his Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu during...
Masaru Emoto (江本 勝, Emoto Masaru, July 22, 1943 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness...
Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was best known for his...
Masaru Imada (今田勝, Imada Masaru, born 21 March 1932) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Imada was born in Tokyo on 21 March 1932. He had classical...
Masaru Okunishi (奥西勝, Okunishi Masaru, born January 14, 1926 – October 4, 2015) was a convicted murderer who was on death row in Japan for 46 years. Masaru...
Masaru Hayami (速水 優, Hayami Masaru, 24 March 1925 – 17 May 2009) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ)...
Masaru Hashimoto (橋本 昌, Hashimoto Masaru, born 19 November 1945) is Japanese politician who was the governor of Ibaraki Prefecture from 1993 to 2017. Masaru...
Masaru Gokita (born September 29, 1970; Japanese: 後田勝) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Bantamweight division. List of male mixed...
Masaru Hanada (Japanese: 花田 虎上, previously 花田 勝, born January 20, 1971) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. As an active wrestler he was known...
Masaru Hamaguchi (Japanese: 濱口 優, Hepburn: Hamaguchi Masaru, born January 29, 1972) is a Japanese comedian and actor from Konohana-ku, Osaka. He is the...
Masaru Mukai (向井 優, Mukai Masaru, born 1949) is a Japanese astronomer. He is credited with the discovery of 13 asteroids by the Minor Planet Center. "Minor...
Masaru Kitsuregawa (喜連川 優, Kitsuregawa Masaru, born 13 July 1955) is a Japanese computer scientist. Currently he is a professor at the University of Tokyo...
Masaru Aoki (青木 正児, Aoki Masaru, or Seiji, 1887–1964) was a Japanese Sinologist. Masaru Aoki was born in Shimonoseki in 1887. His father, Tanpei Aoki(青木坦平)...
Masaru Akiba (秋葉 勝, Akiba Masaru, born February 19, 1984) is a former Japanese football player. Akiba was born in Kaminoyama on February 19, 1984. He joined...
Masaru Yokoyama (横山 克, Yokoyama Masaru, born November 3, 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series...
Masaru Kanbe (神戸 勝, Kanbe Masaru, born 30 October 1938) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
Masaru Hashiguchi (橋口 勝, Hashiguchi Masaru, born May 21, 1974) is a former Japanese football player. Hashiguchi was born in Amagasaki on May 21, 1974....
Masaru Nashimoto (梨元 勝, Nashimoto Masaru, 1 December 1944 – 21 August 2010) was a Japanese reporter who specialized in covering show-business gossip and...
Masaru Furukawa (古川 勝, Furukawa Masaru, January 6, 1936 – November 21, 1993) was a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1956 Olympic...
Masaru Takumi (宅見 勝 Takumi Masaru; June 22, 1936 – August 28, 1997) was a powerful Japanese organized crime figure assassinated in 1997. Until his death...
Masaru Kato (加藤 大, Katō Masaru, born May 7, 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for V-Varen Nagasaki. Born in Fukuoka, Kato signed...
Masaru Motegi (茂木 優, Motegi Masaru, born 23 April 1950) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde,...
Masaru Kamata (蒲田 勝, Kamata Masaru, born 21 April 1940) is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and the men's 4 × 100 metres relay...
Masaru Fuse (布施 勝, Fuse Masaru, born 14 October 1969) is a Japanese equestrian. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Evans...
Masaru Amono (9 August 1942 – 28 July 2006), also known as Masaru Amano, was a Japanese professional golfer. Amono played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning...
3, 1999) was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka. Akio Morita was born in Nagoya. Morita's family was involved in sake...
Masaru Wakasa (若狭 勝, Wakasa Masaru, born 12 December 1956) is a Japanese lawyer, politician and former member of the House of Representatives in Japan...
Masaru Maeta (前田勝, Maeta Masaru), known by his shikona Maeta (前田), (24 June 1982 – 26 August 2020) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from the city of Tsuruoka...