Masaru Kageura

Masaru Kageura (景浦 將, Kageura Masaru, July 20, 1915 – May 20, 1945) was a Japanese baseball player from Matsuyama, Ehime. His team reached the final in the 1932 National High School Baseball Championship, but his team was defeated by Masao Yoshida in the final. He joined Tigers and he was a good rival for Eiji Sawamura in Giants. He was killed in the battle of the Philippines in World War II. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965. He is one of two baseball players (Eiji Sawamura is the other) who was inducted into the Hall of Fame after being killed in World War II.