Masaru Imada (今田勝, Imada Masaru, born 21 March 1932) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.
Imada was born in Tokyo on 21 March 1932.
[1] He played jazz in student bands while a student at Meiji University, after which he worked in business for a year.
[1] He then decided to pursue music professionally.
[1] From 1953 he was part of clarinetist Eiji Kitamura's band.