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 Hamatsu (浜津 守, born 1954), anime director
  • 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 Kanbe (神戸 守, born 1962), Japanese anime director
  • Mamoru Kuroiwa (黒岩 守, born 1962), Japanese boxer
  • Mamoru Morimoto (森本 葵, born 1939), Japanese middle-distance runner
  • Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, born 1983), Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Mamoru Mohri (毛利 衛, born 1948), Japanese astronaut
  • Mamoru Nagano (永野 護, born 1960), Japanese mechanical designer, character designer, and manga artist
  • Mamoru Oshii (押井 守, born 1951), Japanese film director
  • Mamoru Samuragochi (佐村河内 守, born 1963), Japanese composer
  • 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 Sugiura (杉浦 守, born 1964), Japanese illustrator/manga artist
  • Mamoru Takashima (高島 守, born 1938), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Mamoru Takuma (宅間 守, 1963–2004), Japanese criminal/murderer
  • 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
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used

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