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 * , Japanese composer * , Japanese composer best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki * , anime director * , Japanese shogi player * , Japanese film director * , Japanese inventor, music composer, and Chief Executive Officer of VitaCraft and VitaCraft Japan * , Olympics marksmen * , Japanese anime director * , Japanese boxer * , Japanese middle-distance runner * , Japanese actor and voice actor * , Japanese astronaut * , Japanese mechanical designer, character designer, and manga artist * Mamoru Nakamura (died 1992), Palauan jurist * , Japanese film director * , Japanese composer *

Mamoru Sato Mamoru Sato (born 1937) is an American modernist sculptor. He was born in El Paso, Texas in 1937. He initially majored in aeronautical engineering but switched to art, receiving a BA in fine art in 1963 and an MFA in sculpture in 1965, both f ...

(born 1937), American modernist sculptor * , Imperial Japanese Navy officer * , Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War II * , Japanese illustrator/manga artist * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese criminal/murderer * , Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor * , Japanese architect * , Japanese mixed martial artist

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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the ''When They Cry'' franchise. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fic ...

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The King of Braves GaoGaiGar is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise (company), Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" division alongside Tokyu Agency. It is the eighth installment in the ''Brave series'' franchise. Yoshitomo Yonetani is its director, with Yo ...

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Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into ...

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Inazuma Eleven is an association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football ...

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Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...

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Kage Kara Mamoru! is a Japanese series of light novels written by Achi Taro. The light novels had ended in March 2008 with the release of Volume 12, but as of July 2009, a new series entitled has started serialization. It features manga and anime adaptations. ...

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Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling u ...

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Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989, with its chapters collected in 143 volum ...

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CyberConnect2 is a Japanese video game developer. They are closely affiliated with Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Bandai), being best known for its work with the company on the .hack (video game series), ''.hack'' series, along with a series of fightin ...

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