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 , 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" , Japanese field hockey player Masaru Katori (まさる), a female Japanese writer and manga author Masaru Kageura (將), a Japanese baseball player , 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 , Japanese sport wrestler Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi, a Wushu martial artist, stuntman, and an actor , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese baseball player Masaru Ogawa (勝), a Japanese figure skater , 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 , 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