Mamoru (まもる, マモル) is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Marcus Mamoru Toji (born 1984), American actorMamoru Fujieda (born 1955), Japanese composerMamoru Fujisawa or Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), Japanese composer best known for his work with animator Hayao MiyazakiMamoru Hosoda (born 1967) Japanese film directorMamoru Imura (born 1948), Japanese inventor, music composer, and Chief Executive Officer of VitaCraft and VitaCraft JapanMamoru Miyano (born 1983), Japanese actor and voice actorMamoru Mohri (born 1948), Japanese astronautMamoru Nagano (born 1960), Japanese animator and character designerMamoru Oshii (born 1951), Japanese film directorMamoru Samuragochi (born 1963), Japanese impostorMamoru Sato (born 1937), American modernist sculptorMamoru Shigemitsu (1887–1957), Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War IIMamoru Takuma (1963–2004), Japanese criminal/murdererMamoru Inagaki, Olympics marksmenMamoru Sugiura, Japanese illustrator/manga artistMamoru Hamatsu, anime directorFictional characters:
Mamoru, in the GBA video game "Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue/White"Mamoru Akasaka a character in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel and anime seriesMamoru Chiba, a character in the Sailor Moon seriesMamoru Endo, a character in the Inazuma ElevenMamoru Itsuki, a character in Forbidden SirenMamoru Izawa, a character in the Captain Tsubasa seriesMamoru Kagemori, a character in Kage Kara Mamoru!Mamoru Takamura, a character in the Fighting Spirit (はじめの一歩, Hajime no Ippo) seriesMamoru Yoshimura, a character in Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!Mamoru Itou, a character in From the New WorldMamoru-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.