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

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 (中座 真, born 1970), Japanese shogi player
• Makoto Fujita (藤田 まこと, 1933–2010), Japanese actor
• Makoto Fujita (chemist) (藤田 誠, born 1957), Japanese chemist
• Makoto Fukami (深見 真, born 1977), Japanese writer
• Makoto Furukawa (古川 慎, born 1989), Japanese voice actor
• Makoto Furukawa (writer) (古川 真人, born 1988), Japanese writer
• Makoto Gonokami (五神 真, born 1957), Japanese academic
• Makoto Hagiwara (萩原 眞, 1854–1925), landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie
• Makoto Hasebe (長谷部 誠, born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Hiejima (比江島 慎, born 1990), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Hirose (広瀬 誠, born 1976), Japanese Paralympic judoka
• Makoto Horikawa (堀川 亮), birth name of Ryō Horikawa (堀川 りょう, born 1958), Japanese actor and voice actor
• Makoto Imaoka (今岡 誠, born 1974), professional baseball player
• Makoto Inoue (井上 信, born 1974), professional golfer
• Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠, 1936–2023), 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 Kawabata (河端 一), Japanese musician
• Makoto Kawahira (川平 誠, born 1971), Japanese ice hockey player
• Makoto Kawamoto (川本 真琴, born 1974), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• Makoto Kikuchi [ ja] (1925–2012), Japanese physicist
• Makoto Kikuchi (菊地 信, 1911–unknown), Japanese field hockey player
• Makoto Kimura (木村 誠, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Kōsaka (高坂 真琴, born 1950), Japanese voice actress
• Makoto Minamiyama (南山 真, born 1973), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Moroi (諸井 誠, 1930–2013), Japanese composer, son of Saburō Moroi
• Makoto Muramatsu ( 村松 誠, born 1947), artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
• Makoto Nagano (長野 誠, born 1972), 2006 SASUKE winner
• Makoto Nakajima (中嶋 誠, born 1952), former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
• Makoto Nakamura (中村 誠, born 1970), Japanese anime screenwriter
• Makoto Niwano (にわの まこと, born 1964), manga artist
• Makoto Ogawa (小川 麻琴, born 1987), former member of the idol group Morning Musume
• Makoto Oishi (大石 真翔, born 1979), professional wrestler
• Makoto Okazaki (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Okunaka (奥仲 麻琴, born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
• Makoto Ōoka (大岡 信, 1931–2017), Japanese poet and literary critic
• Makoto Ozone (小曽 根真, born 1961), Japanese jazz pianist
• Makoto Raiku (雷句 誠, born 1974), Japanese manga artist
• Makoto Rindo (林堂 眞, born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Saitō (斎藤 実, 1858–1936), Japanese naval officer and politician
• Makoto Sakamoto ( マコト・サカモト), drummer
• Makoto Sakamoto (born 1947), retired Japanese-born American artistic gymnast and coach
• Makoto Sasaki (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Satō (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, 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 Takasaka (高坂 真琴, born 1998), Japanese child actress cast in Japanese television series Fugo Keiji
• Makoto Tamada (玉田 誠, born 1976), former Japanese professional motorcycle racer
• Makoto Tamamura (玉村 誠), Japanese engineer
• Makoto Taniguchi (谷口 誠, born 1930), Japanese diplomat and academic
• Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, born 1961), Japanese film and anime director, son of Osamu Tezuka
• Makoto Tobe (戸辺 誠, born 1986), Japanese shogi player
• Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist
• Makoto Tsumura (津村 まこと, born 1965), Japanese voice actress
• Makoto Ueda (disambiguation)
• Makoto Yamaguchi (山口 真, born 1944), origami artist
• Makoto Yamazaki (山崎 真, born 1970), Japanese footballer and manager
• Makoto Yasumura (保村 真, born 1975), Japanese voice actor
• Makoto Yonekura (米倉 誠, born 1970), Japanese footballer
• Makoto Yukimura (幸村 誠, born 1976), Japanese manga artist

Family name

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

Characters

• Makoto, in Tales of the Otori
• Makoto, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
• Makoto "Mako-chan" Ariga, in Wandering Son.
• 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 Date, in Yakuza Kiwami
• Makoto Fukami Kamen Rider Specter (1987), in Kamen Rider Ghost
• Makoto Edamura (枝村真人), a character in the anime series Great Pretender.
• 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 Kibune, in Bleach (manga)
• 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 Munechika in Kattobi Itto
• Makoto Naegi, a major character in the Danganronpa series
• Makoto Nakashima, a sister is Ai Nakashima in Haikyū!!
• 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 Raiden (Raiden Makoto, Baal), a side character in Genshin Impact and Ei Raiden (Raiden Ei, Raiden Shogun, Beelzebul)’s twin sister.
• Makoto Sako, in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
• Makoto Sakurai, a character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
• Makoto Saotome, a character in Kannazuki no Miko.
• Makoto Sawatari, in Kanon
• Makoto Shido, in Idaten Jump
• Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin
• Makoto Sugihara in Crows
• Makoto Tachibana (橘 真琴), in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
• Makoto Takei, in Fruits Basket
• Makoto Teruhashi, a character in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..
• Makoto Yanagi, in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
• Makoto Yutaka, a character in the manga The Day of Revolution and Princess Princess
• Makoto Yuki, in Persona 3
• Makoto Yuuki, a character in Ensemble Stars!.
• Mizoguchi Makoto, in Fighter's History
• Nijigahara Makoto in Aikatsu!
• Yokomizo Makoto in AKB0048

See also

• Motoko, a given name

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