Les Maruo

Les Maruo (, Maruo Resuri, born February 14, 1996) is a Japanese professional gridiron football linebacker. He most recently played for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Early life Maruo attended Goddard High School in Wichita, Kansas. As a senior on the football team, he recorded 79 tackles in nine games.

College career Maruo first played college football for the Hutchinson Blue Dragons from 2014 to 2015. He played for the Challengers for two years. Instead, he returned in 2021 where he was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 CFL global draft by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and signed with the team on April 26, 2021.

Following training camp, Maruo made the team's active roster and made his CFL debut in week 1 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on August 5, 2021. He played in the team's first seven games where he had six special teams tackles before shifting to the practice roster for the remainder of the year. While he didn't play in the game, Maruo became a Grey Cup champion when the Blue Bombers defeated the Tiger-Cats in the 108th Grey Cup. He re-signed with the Blue Bombers on December 28, 2021.

In 2022, Maruo again made the team's opening day roster and began to see more playing time on defense. He played in 17 regular season games that year where he had 14 defensive tackles, seven special teams tackles, and one sack. He played in nine regular season games where he recorded eight special teams tackles.

Ottawa Redblacks On June 1, 2025, Maruo signed a practice roster agreement with the Ottawa Redblacks.

Personal life Maruo was born in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, and moved to Shizuoka when he was three years old. He then moved to Wichita, Kansas, with his family when he was nine years old. He picked up the English language in less than a year. His brother, Sean, went on to play college baseball at Nebraska–Kearney.

Maruo's father was Scottish but died due to a car accident when Maruo was three years old.