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 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

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]}

Mamoru

Fictional characters

See also