Kakeru is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Kakeru Ayabe (綾部 翔, born 1997), Japanese baseball player
- Kakeru Funaki (舩木 翔, born 1998), Japanese footballer
- Kakeru Higuchi (樋口 叶, born 2001), Japanese footballer
- Kakeru Kobashiri (虎走かける, born 1986), Japanese novelist
- Kakeru Kumagawa (熊川 翔, born 1997), Japanese footballer
- Kakeru Narita (成田 翔, born 1998), Japanese baseball player
- Kakeru Sekiguchi (関口翔, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler
- Kakeru Suminaga (住永 翔, born 1998), Japanese footballer
- Kakeru Tanigawa (谷川 翔, born 1999), Japanese artistic gymnast
- Kakeru Yamanobe (山野辺 翔, born 1994), Japanese baseball player
Fictional Characters
edit- Kakeru, a female character from the manga and anime series Kekkaishi
- Kakeru Ryuuen, a male character from the light novel series Classroom of the Elite