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Around the world, Mamoru (守 , Mamoru , マモル , and others...) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female given name. The first name Mamoru is characteristic of Japan, where it is a rare masculine name, China, where it is a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name. More prevalently, Mamoru is the last name as well as the forename.
Mamoru is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tuxedo Mask , the fictional character from Sailor Moon; Mamoru Uchuu , the fictional character from Seitokai no Ichizon, Seitokai no Ichizon Lv.2; Mark Evans , the fictional character from Inazuma Eleven; Mamoru Kodai , the fictional character from the Space Battleship Yamato franchise and Mamoru Takamura , the Hajime no Ippo character, among other works.