Makoto

Makoto (まこと, マコト) is a unisex Japanese name although it is more commonly used by males.

For other uses, see Makoto (disambiguation).

Makoto

Gender	Male/Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	sincerity
Depending on the kanji used to write the name 'Makoto', it can have different meanings. Alternately, 'Makoto' as a name can be written simply in katakana or hiragana.

As a noun, Makoto means "sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真, 眞).

People

Given name

• Makoto (musician) (born 1977), drum and bass artist
• Makoto (Sharan Q) (まこと), drummer of Sharan Q
• Makoto (streamer) (まこと), Japanese streamer, voice actress
• Makoto (wrestler) (born 1989), professional wrestler
• Makoto Akaho (赤穂 真, born 1971), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Chūza, Japanese shogi player
• Makoto Fujita (藤田 まこと, 1933–2010), Japanese actor
• Makoto Fujita (chemist) (藤田 誠), Japanese chemist
• Makoto Furukawa, Japanese voice actor
• Makoto Gonokami (五神 真, born 1957), Japanese academic
• Makoto Hagiwara (1854–1925), landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie
• Makoto Hiejima (born 1990), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Hirose (広瀬 誠, born 1976), Japanese Paralympic judoka
• Makoto Horikawa or Ryō Horikawa
• Makoto Imaoka (born 1974), professional baseball player
• Makoto Inoue (born 1974), professional golfer
• Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠, born 1936), Japanese economist
• Mako (actor) (岩松誠, 1933–2006), Japanese-American actor and voice actor frequently credited as Mako
• Makoto Kamada (鎌田 誠, born 1950), Japanese sport wrestler
• Makoto Kawahira (川平 誠, born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
• Makoto Kawamoto (born 1974), singer-songwriter
• Makoto Kikuchi, Japanese physicist
• Makoto Kimura (木村 誠, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Kobayashi (artist) (born 1958), manga artist
• Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (born 1944), physicist
• Makoto Minamiyama (南山 真, born 1973), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Muramatsu (村松誠), an artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
• Makoto Nagano (born 1972), 2006 SASUKE winner
• Makoto Nakajima (born 1952), former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
• Makoto Nakamura (中村 誠, born 1970), Japanese anime screenwriter
• Makoto Niwano (born 1964), manga artist
• Makoto Ogawa (born 1987), J-pop singer
• Makoto Oishi (born 1979), professional wrestler
• Makoto Okazaki (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Okunaka (born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
• Makoto Ōoka (1931–2017), Poet
• Makoto Raiku, manga artist
• Makoto Rindo (林堂 眞, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Saitō (1858–1936), viscount
• Makoto Sakamoto (マコト・サカモト), drummer
• Makoto Sasaki, Japanese shogi player
• Makoto Satō (actor) (佐藤 允, 1934–2012), Japanese actor
• Makoto Satō (director) (佐藤 真, 1957–2007), Japanese film director
• Makoto Shinkai (born 1973), anime director
• Makoto Shiraishi (白石 洵, born 1940), Japanese sport shooter
• Makoto Sumikawa (澄川 真琴, born 1964), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Makoto Tamamura, engineer
• Makoto Taniguchi, Japanese diplomat and academic
• Makoto Tezuka (born 1961), the son of Osamu Tezuka
• Makoto Tobe, Japanese shogi player
• Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist
• Makoto Tsumura (津村 まこと, born 1965), Japanese voice actress
• Makoto Ueda (architecture critic) (born 1935), architecture critic)
• Makoto Ueda (poetry critic) (born 1931), professor from Stanford
• Makoto Yamaguchi (born 1944), origami artist
• Makoto Yasumura (born 1975), Japanese voice actor
• Makoto Yonekura (米倉 誠, born 1970), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Yukimura (born 1976), manga artist

Family name

• Naoya Makoto (born 1948), Japanese actor
• Shiela Makoto (born 1990), Zimbabwean association football defender

Characters

• Makoto, a monk at the temple of Terayama in the Lian Hearn novel series Tales of the Otori, who later takes up the position of Abbot after the death of Matsuda Shingen
• Makoto "Mako-chan" Ariga, a trans girl going through middle school in Wandering Son.
• Makoto Takei, in Fruits Basket
• Makoto Kibune, in Bleach (manga)
• Mizoguchi Makoto, in Fighter's History
• Makoto (Enchanted Arms), in Enchanted Arms
• Makoto (Street Fighter), in the Street Fighter series
• Makoto/Proto-Makoto: A robot girl (On MySims)
• Makoto Aihara, in Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX
• Makoto Aikawa, in Machine Robo Rescue
• Makoto Amano, in W Juliet
• Makoto Hanamiya, in Kuroko's Basketball
• Makoto Hashimoto, in Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale
• Makoto Hirano (Emmery), in HNMS Battle of the Schools and HNMS Battle of the Schools: A New Saga
• Makoto Hozumi, in Sasami: Magical Girls Club
• Makoto Hyuga, in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Makoto Isshiki, in RahXephon
• Makoto Itō, in School Days
• Makoto Jin, in Battle Fever J
• Makoto Kashino, in Yumeiro Patissiere
• Makoto Kawamura, character in Futari Ecchi
• Makoto Kenzaki in DokiDoki! Pretty Cure
• Makoto Kikuchi, in The Idolmaster
• Makoto Kino (Lita Kino), in Sailor Moon
• Makoto Kohsaka, in Genshiken
• Makoto Konno, in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Makoto Kozuka, in Paranoia Agent
• Makoto Kyogoku, in Detective Conan
• Makoto Makimura, in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Makoto Mizuhara, in El-Hazard
• Makoto Morishita, in Wangan Midnight
• Makoto Naegi, a major character in the Danganronpa series
• Makoto Nanaya in the BlazBlue series
• Makoto Narita, in W Juliet
• Makoto Niijima, in Persona 5
• Makoto Ōgami, in Ghost Hound
• Makoto Ohkawa, in Man of Many Faces and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Makoto Onoda, in Futari Ecchi
• Makoto Sako, in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
• Makoto Sawatari, in Kanon
• Makoto Shido, in Idaten Jump
• Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin
• Makoto Tachibana (橘 真琴), in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
• Makoto Yutaka, a character in the manga The Day of Revolution and Princess Princess
• Makoto Yuki, in the movie adaptation of Persona 3
• Nijigahara Makoto in Aikatsu!
• Yokomizo Makoto in AKB0048
• Makoto Munechika in Kattobi Itto
• Makoto, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
• Makoto Sugihara in Crows

See also

• Motoko, a given name