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)
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