Mamoru

Mamoru
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Mamoru (まもる, マモル) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Marcus Mamoru Toji (born 1984), American actor
Mamoru Fujieda (藤枝守; born 1955), Japanese composer
Mamoru Fujisawa or Joe Hisaishi (藤澤守 or 久石譲; born 1950), Japanese composer best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki
Mamoru Fukuyama (福山守; born 1952), Japanese politician
Mamoru Harada (原田衛; born 1999), Japanese rugby union player
Mamoru Hatakeyama (畠山鎮; born 1969), Japanese shogi player
Mamoru Hosoda (細田守; born 1967), Japanese film director
Mamoru Imura (井村守; born 1948), Japanese inventor, music composer, and Chief Executive Officer of VitaCraft and VitaCraft Japan
Mamoru Inagaki (稲垣守; born 1949), Olympics marksmen
Mamoru Iriguchi, Japanese multimedia artist and theatre designer
Mamoru Kanbe (神戸守; born 1962), Japanese anime director
Mamoru Kishida (岸田護; born 1981), Japanese former professional baseball starting pitcher
Mamoru Kobayashi (小林守; 1944–2023), Japanese politician
Mamoru Kuroiwa (黒岩守; born 1962), Japanese boxer
Mamoru Matsunaga (松永護; 1936–2016), Japanese ninth degree (kudan) judo sensei
Mamoru Miura (三浦守; born 1956), Japanese jurist
Mamoru Miyano (宮野真守; born 1983), Japanese actor and voice actor
Mamoru Mohri (毛利衛; born 1948), Japanese astronaut
Mamoru Morimoto (森本葵; born 1939), Japanese middle-distance runner
Mamoru Nagano (永野護; born 1960), Japanese mechanical designer, character designer, and manga artist
Mamoru Nakamura (died 1992), Palauan jurist
Mamoru Oguma (小熊捍; 1885–1971), Japanese entomologist and geneticist
Mamoru Okochi (大河内守; born 1967), Japanese mixed martial artist
Mamoru Oshii (押井守; born 1951), Japanese film director
Mamoru Oye (born 1937), Canadian judoka
Mamoru Ozaki (尾崎護; born 1935), Japanese high-level official
Mamoru Samuragochi (佐村河内守; born 1963), Japanese composer
Mamoru Sasaki (佐々木守; 1936–2006), Japanese TV and film screenwriter and author
Mamoru Sato (born 1937), American modernist sculptor
Mamoru Seki (関衛; 1909–1942), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光葵; 1887–1957), Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War II
Mamoru Shinozaki (篠崎護; 1908–1991), Japanese journalist for Dentsu
Mamoru Shiragami (白神守; born 1944), Japanese former volleyball player
Mamoru Shō (尚衞; born 1950), Ryukyuan businessman
Mamoru Sugiura (杉浦守; born 1964), Japanese illustrator/manga artist
Mamoru Takahashi (高橋完; born 1956), Japanese professional golfer
Mamoru Takashima (高島守; born 1938), Japanese ice hockey player
Mamoru Takuma (宅間守; 1963–2004), Japanese criminal/murderer
Mamoru Uchida (内田守; 1900–1982), Japanese ophthalmologist
Mamoru Watanabe (渡辺護; 1931–2013), Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor
Mamoru Yamada (山田守; 1894–1966), Japanese architect
Mamoru Yamaguchi (山口マモル; born 1977), Japanese mixed martial artist
Mamoru Yokota (横田守), Japanese anime illustrator, and character designer and producer
Mamoru Yoshikawa (吉川守; born 1970), Japanese ice sledge hockey player

Fictional characters

Mamoru Akasaka (赤坂衛), a character in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel and anime series
Mamoru Amami (天海護), a character in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
Mamoru Chiba (地場衛), a character in the Sailor Moon series
Mamoru Endo (円堂守), a character in the Inazuma Eleven
Mamoru Itou (伊東守), a character in From the New World
Mamoru Itsuki (一樹守), a character in Forbidden Siren 2
Mamoru Izawa (井沢守), a character in the Captain Tsubasa series
Mamoru Kagemori (陰守マモル), a character in Kage Kara Mamoru!
Mamoru Kodai (古代守), a character in Space Battleship Yamato
Mamoru Takamura (鷹村守), a character in the Hajime no Ippo series
Mamoru Yoshimura (吉村護), a character in Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!
Mamoru-kun, the anthropomorphic canine mascot for Fukuoka Prefecture's disaster prevention, created by CyberConnect2. Mamoru-kun was originally planned to be the main character of Tail Concerto II, but due to the poor sales of the last game, it never came to fruition.^{[citation needed]}

Fictional characters

See also