Makoto

Makoto

Pronunciation	MAH-koh-toh
Gender	Unisex
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.

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

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

People

Given name

• Makoto Niwano (born 1964), manga artist
• Saito Makoto (1858–1936), viscount
• Tomioka Makoto (1897–1926), terrorist
• Makoto (Sharan Q) (まこと), drummer of Sharan Q
• Makoto (artist), a drum and bass artist
• Makoto Chikaraishi (born 1982), transportation researcher
• Makoto Hagiwara (1854–1925), landscape designer
• Makoto Hiejima (born 1990), Japanese basketball player
• Makoto Horikawa or Ryo Horikawa
• Makoto Imaoka (born 1974), professional baseball player
• Makoto Inoue (born 1974), professional golfer
• Makoto Inoue (author), a short novel writer
• Makoto Kawamoto (born 1974), singer-songwriter
• Makoto Kobayashi (artist) (born 1958), manga artist
• Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (born 1944), physicist
• 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 Ogawa (born 1987), J-pop singer
• Makoto Oishi (born 1979), professional wrestler
• Makoto Okunaka (born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
• Makoto Ooka (born 1931), Poet
• Makoto Raiku, manga artist
• Makoto Sakamoto (マコト・サカモト), drummer
• Makoto Shinkai (born 1973), anime director
• Makoto Tamamura, engineer
• Makoto Tsumura (born 1965), voice actress
• Makoto Ueda (architecture critic) (born 1935), architecture critic)
• Makoto Ueda (poetry critic), professor from Stanford
• Makoto Yasumura, (born 1975) Japanese voice actor
• Makoto Yamaguchi, origami artist
• Makoto Yukimura (born 1976), manga artist
• Makoto (wrestler) (born 1989), professional wrestler

Family name

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

Characters

• Makoto is 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 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 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 Mizuhara, in El-Hazard
• Makoto Morishita, in Wangan Midnight
• Makoto Naegi, the main protagonist in Danganronpa
• Makoto Nanaya, in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
• Makoto Narita, in W Juliet
• 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
• 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, in The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess'.'
• Makoto Yuki, in the movie adaptation of Persona 3.
• Kenzaki Makoto in Doki Doki! Pretty Cure.
• Nijigahara Makoto in Aikatsu!.
• Yokomizo Makoto in AKB0048.
• Makoto Munechika in Kattobi Itto.
• Makoto, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers.

Other uses

• Makoto (game), a single-player aerobic electronic game
• Makoto, the name of one of the Megatokyo servers as well as one of the characters in the Megatokyo omake Grand Theft Colo: Otaku City

See also

• Motoko, a given name
• Macoto Tezuka (the son of Osamu Tezuka)