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 (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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