Mako
Appearance
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Mako may refer to:
Biology
- Mako shark, the genus Isurus, consisting of two living and several fossil species:
- Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, the more common mako
- Longfin mako shark, Isurus paucus, the rarer mako
Places
- Makó, a town in Hungary
- Mako, Taiwan, a Taiwanese city
- Mako, Oromia, Ethiopia, a village in Oromia Region. Such famous people as Tadese Tilahun and Belay Guta among others are from this remote village.
People
- Mako (actor) (1933—2006), Japanese American actor
- Mako (voice actress) (born 1986), member of Japanese popular music group Bon-Bon Blanco
- Princess Mako of Akishino (born 1991), member of the Japanese imperial family
- Mako Kobata (小幡 真子, born 1990), Japanese volleyball player
- Benjamin Mako Hill (born 1980), free/open source software developer and advocate
- Mako Vunipola (born 1991), New Zealand-born English rugby player
- Mako, chief of the Bedonkohe Apache and grandfather of Geronimo
- Mako (DJs), American DJs and electronic dance music producers
Organisations
- MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company
- Mako Networks, New Zealand network management company
- Mako Elektrik, a subsidiary of Magneti Marelli
- mako, Israeli news and entertainment portal owned by Keshet Broadcasting
- Fighting Makos, 93d Fighter Squadron based at Homestead ARB, Florida.
Products
- AgustaWestland AW109 "Mako", service name for the light utility helicopter of the Royal New Zealand Airforce
- UTAP-22 Mako, a jet UAV
- Diamond Mako, a re-branded version of the Psion Revo PDA
- EADS Mako/HEAT, a jet aircraft
- Lancair Mako, American kit aircraft
- Mako, boat brand of Tracker Marine Group
- Mako Shark (concept car), a concept car
- Nexus 4 (code name), a smartphone by Google and LG Electronics
Fiction
- Mako, a clone Shark-like on the fictional video game Brawlout Character is Paco as Prequels to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series.
- Mako, a substance on the fictional video game planet Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)
- Mako Ballistics, a fictional weapons manufacturer in the video game Deus Ex: Invisible War
- Mako, a companion character from Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Mako Spince, a minor character introduced in Star Wars: Dark Empire
- Mako, one of the Initial D characters
- Mako, a villain from the Savage Dragon comic book
- Mako Hooker, the main character from Something's Down There by Mickey Spillane
- M35 Mako, an infantry fighting vehicle in the game Mass Effect
- Mako Island, a fictional island in the television programme H2O: Just Add Water and in:
- Mako: Island of Secrets, a television programme
- Mako Tsunami, in the list of Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters
- Mako: The Jaws of Death, 1976 film
- Mako (The Legend of Korra), a major character in The Legend of Korra
- Task Force Mako, an elite American task force in the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter
- Mako Mori, a major character in the motion picture Pacific Rim
- USS Mako, a fictitious United States Navy Cold War submarine which appears in the 1986 novel To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph
- Mako Mankanshoku, a major character in Kill la Kill
- Mako Rutledge, or Roadhog, a hero in Overwatch (video game)
- Mako Shiraishi, one of the protagonists in the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Other uses
- Maku people or Mako people, an indigenous people of South America
- Mako (dance), an action dance from Tonga
- Mako (SeaWorld Orlando), a roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando, opened in 2016
- Mako cotton, a high grade of cotton used in bedding
- MAKO, a rock group from Ireland that includes former Cyclefly member Declan O'Shea