Makoto

Makoto means 'sincerity' and generally a Japanese given name for both males and females.

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.

People

Given name

• Makoto (Sharan Q) (まこと) (Drummer of Sharan Q)
• Makoto (artist) (Drum and bass artist)
• Makoto Hagiwara (Landscape designer)
• Makoto Horikawa, a.k.a. Ryo Horikawa
• Makoto Iwamatsu (Actor)
• Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)
• Makoto Kobayashi (Manga artist)
• Makoto Nagano (2006 SASUKE winner)
• Niwano Makoto (にわのまこと) (Manga artist)
• Makoto Ogawa (J-pop singer)
• Makoto Ooka (Poet)
• Makoto Raiku (Manga artist)
• Saito Makoto (Viscount)
• Makoto Sakamoto (マコト・サカモト) (Musician; drummer)
• Makoto Shinkai (Anime director)
• Makoto Tamamura (Engineer)
• Macoto Tezka (the son of Osamu Tezuka)
• Tomioka Makoto (Terrorist)
• Makoto Tsumura (Voice actor)
• Makoto Ueda (architecture critic)
• Makoto Ueda (Professor from Stanford)
• Makoto Yamaguchi (Origami artist)
• Makoto Yuan (Head of the BH Gaming Club)
• Makoto Yukimura (Manga artist)
• Makoto Muramatsu (村松誠) artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
• Quek "Makoto" Licheng A stubborn 14 year old student from WSSS who calls himself Makoto

Family name

• Naoya Makoto (actor)

Fictional characters

• Makoto Aihara (character in Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX)
• Makoto Sawatari (character in Kanon)
• Makoto (Street Fighter) (character in the Street Fighter series)
• Makoto/ Proto-Makoto: A robot girl (On MySims)
• Makoto Hashimoto in Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale
• Makoto Hozumi in Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club
• Makoto in Enchanted Arms
• Makoto Hyuga in Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Makoto Jin (character in Battle Fever J)
• Makoto Kino (Lita Kino) (character in Sailor Moon).
• Makoto Kohsaka (character in Genshiken)
• Makoto Konno (character in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
• Makoto Kozuka (character in Paranoia Agent)
• Makoto Kyogoku (character in Case Closed (Detective Conan))
• Mizoguchi Makoto (character in Fighter's History)
• Makoto Mizuhara (character in El-Hazard)
• Makoto Ohkawa, character in Man of Many Faces and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
• Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin.
• Makoto Kawamura, character in Futari Ecchi
• Makoto Isshiki in RahXephon
• Makoto Yutaka in The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess
• Makoto Itō in School Days
• Makoto Amano/Makoto Narita in W Juliet
• Makoto Shido in Idaten Jump
• Makoto Ōgami in Ghost Hound
• 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

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