is a unisex Japanese name, although it is more commonly used by males.

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
  • , Japanese basketball player
  • , Japanese shogi player
  • , Japanese actor
  • , Japanese chemist
  • , Japanese writer
  • , Japanese voice actor
  • , Japanese writer
  • , Japanese academic
  • , landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese basketball player
  • , Japanese Paralympic judoka
  • , birth name of , Japanese actor and voice actor
  • , professional baseball player
  • , professional golfer
  • Makoto Ito (born 2004), Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese economist
  • Mako (actor) (岩松 誠, 1933–2006), Japanese-American actor and voice actor frequently credited as Mako
  • , Japanese sport wrestler
  • , Japanese musician
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • (1925–2012), Japanese physicist
  • , Japanese field hockey player
  • , Japanese footballer
  • Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese musician, actor and model
  • , Japanese basketball player
  • , Japanese composer, son of Saburō Moroi
  • , artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
  • , 2006 SASUKE winner
  • , former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
  • , Japanese anime screenwriter
  • , Japanese politician
  • , manga artist
  • , former member of the idol group Morning Musume
  • , professional wrestler
  • Makoto Okazaki (岡崎 慎, born 1998), Japanese football player
  • , J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
  • , manga artist
  • , Japanese poet and literary critic
  • , Japanese jazz pianist
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , 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
  • , anime director
  • , Japanese sport shooter
  • , Japanese actress and voice actress
  • Makoto Takahashi, drummer of Boøwy
  • , Japanese child actress cast in Japanese television series Fugo Keiji
  • , former Japanese professional motorcycle racer
  • , Japanese engineer
  • , Japanese diplomat and academic
  • , Japanese film and anime director, son of Osamu Tezuka
  • , Japanese shogi player
  • Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • Makoto Ueda (disambiguation)
  • , origami artist
  • , current governor of Nara Prefecture
  • , Japanese footballer and manager
  • , Japanese voice actor
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , Japanese manga artist

Family name

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

Characters

  • (Mako), a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
  • , in Enchanted Arms
  • Makoto/Proto-Makoto, a character in the MySims series
  • , in the Street Fighter series
  • Makoto, in Tales of the Otori
  • , in Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX
  • , in Machine Robo Rescue
  • , in W Juliet
  • , in Wandering Son.
  • , in Yakuza Kiwami
  • , a character in the anime series Great Pretender.
  • (Vera Misham), a character in the video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
  • , in Kamen Rider Ghost
  • , in Kuroko's Basketball
  • , in Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale
  • , in Sasami: Magical Girls Club
  • , in Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • , in RahXephon
  • , in School Days
  • , in Battle Fever J
  • , in Yumeiro Patissiere
  • in DokiDoki! PreCure
  • , in Bleach (manga)
  • , in The Idolmaster
  • (Lita Kino), in Sailor Moon
  • , in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  • , in Genshiken
  • , in Paranoia Agent
  • , in Detective Conan
  • , in Ikebukuro West Gate Park
  • , in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
  • , in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
  • , in Fighter's History
  • , in El-Hazard
  • , in Wangan Midnight
  • in Kattobi Itto
  • , a major character in the Danganronpa series
  • , a character in Haikyū!!
  • in the BlazBlue series
  • , in W Juliet
  • , in Aikatsu!
  • , in Persona 5
  • , in Ghost Hound
  • , in Futari Ecchi
  • , a side character in Genshin Impact
  • , in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
  • , a character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
  • , a character in Kannazuki no Miko.
  • , in Kanon
  • , in Idaten Jump
  • , a villain in Rurouni Kenshin
  • in Crows
  • , in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
  • , in Fruits Basket
  • , a character in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..
  • , in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
  • in AKB0048
  • , in Persona 3
  • , a character in the manga The Day of Revolution and Princess Princess
  • (Jacques Portsman), a character in the video game Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
  • , a character in Ensemble Stars!

See also

  • Motoko, a given name