Makoto

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

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Meaningsincerity

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Makoto
Origin
Gender	Male/Female
Language	Japanese
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 (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 Ito (born 2004), Japanese ice hockey player
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 Koichi (小市眞琴), Japanese voice actress
Makoto Kōsaka (高坂真琴; born 1950), Japanese voice actress
Makoto Koshinaka (越中睦 / 越中睦士; born 1980), Japanese musician, actor and model
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 Nishimoto (西本誠; born 1986), Japanese politician
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 (岡崎慎, born 1998), Japanese football player
Makoto Okunaka (奥仲麻琴; born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
Makoto Ojiro (オジロマコト), manga artist
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 Takahashi, drummer of Boøwy
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; 1930–2024), 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 Yamashita (山下真; born 1968), current governor of Nara Prefecture
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 (マコト) (Mako), a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
Makoto (マコト), in Enchanted Arms
Makoto/Proto-Makoto, a character in the MySims series
Makoto (まこと), in the Street Fighter series
Makoto, in Tales of the Otori
Makoto Aihara (藍原誠), in Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX
Makoto Aikawa (愛川誠), in Machine Robo Rescue
Makoto Amano (天野真琴), in W Juliet
Makoto "Mako-chan" Ariga (有賀誠), in Wandering Son.
Makoto Date (伊達真), in Yakuza Kiwami
Makoto Edamura (枝村真人), a character in the anime series Great Pretender.
Makoto Ese (絵瀬まこと) (Vera Misham), a character in the video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Makoto Fukami (深海マコト), in Kamen Rider Ghost
Makoto Hanamiya (花宮真), in Kuroko's Basketball
Makoto Hashimoto (橋本真恋人), in Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale
Makoto Hozumi (穂積真琴), in Sasami: Magical Girls Club
Makoto Hyuga (日向マコト), in Neon Genesis Evangelion
Makoto Isshiki (一色真), in RahXephon
Makoto Itō (伊藤誠), in School Days
Makoto Jin (神誠), in Battle Fever J
Makoto Kashino (樫野真), in Yumeiro Patissiere
Makoto Kenzaki (剣崎真琴) in DokiDoki! PreCure
Makoto Kibune (貴船理), in Bleach (manga)
Makoto Kikuchi (菊地真), in The Idolmaster
Makoto Kino (木野まこと) (Lita Kino), in Sailor Moon
Makoto Konno (紺野真琴), in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Makoto Kousaka (高坂真琴), in Genshiken
Makoto Kozuka (狐塚誠), in Paranoia Agent
Makoto Kyogoku (京極真), in Detective Conan
Makoto Majima (真島誠), in Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Makoto Makimura (マキムラマコト), in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
Makoto Misumi (深澄真), in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
Makoto Mizoguchi (溝口誠), in Fighter's History
Makoto Mizuhara (水原誠), in El-Hazard
Makoto Morishita (森下マコト), in Wangan Midnight
Makoto Munechika (宗近真) in Kattobi Itto
Makoto Naegi (苗木誠), a major character in the Danganronpa series
Makoto Nakashima (中島真), a character in Haikyū!!
Makoto Nanaya (マコト＝ナナヤ) in the BlazBlue series
Makoto Narita (成田真), in W Juliet
Makoto Nijigahara (虹ヶ原マコト), in Aikatsu!
Makoto Niijima (新島真), in Persona 5
Makoto Ōgami (大神信), in Ghost Hound
Makoto Onoda (小野田真), in Futari Ecchi
Makoto "Baal" Raiden (雷電眞), a side character in Genshin Impact
Makoto Sako (迫真琴), in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
Makoto Sakurai (桜井誠), a character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
Makoto Saotome (早乙女マコト), a character in Kannazuki no Miko.
Makoto Sawatari (沢渡真琴), in Kanon
Makoto Shido (獅堂まこと), in Idaten Jump
Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin
Makoto Sugihara (杉原誠) in Crows
Makoto Tachibana (橘真琴), in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Makoto Takei (竹井誠), in Fruits Basket
Makoto Teruhashi (照橋信), a character in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..
Makoto Yanagi (八凪真人), in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
Makoto Yokomizo (横溝真琴) in AKB0048
Makoto Yuki (結城理), in Persona 3
Makoto Yutaka (豊麻琴), a character in the manga The Day of Revolution and Princess Princess
Makoto Yuuki (優木誠人) (Jacques Portsman), a character in the video game Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Makoto Yuuki (遊木真), a character in Ensemble Stars!

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