# Makoto

Makoto (まこと, マコト) 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
* 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 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 Kōsaka (高坂 真琴, born 1950), Japanese voice actress
* 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 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 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 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, born 1930), 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 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, in Tales of the Otori
* Makoto, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers
* Makoto "Mako-chan" Ariga, in Wandering Son.
* 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 Date, in Yakuza Kiwami
* Makoto Fukami, in Kamen Rider Ghost
* Makoto Edamura (枝村真人), a character in the anime series Great Pretender.
* 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 Kenzaki in DokiDoki! Pretty Cure
* Makoto Kibune, in Bleach (manga)
* 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 Majima, in Ikebukuro West Gate Park
* Makoto Makimura, in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2
* Makoto Mizuhara, in El-Hazard
* Makoto Morishita, in Wangan Midnight
* Makoto Munechika in Kattobi Itto
* Makoto Naegi, a major character in the Danganronpa series
* Makoto Nakashima, a sister is Ai Nakashima in Haikyū!!
* Makoto Nanaya in the BlazBlue series
* Makoto Narita, in W Juliet
* Makoto Niijima, in Persona 5
* Makoto Ōgami, in Ghost Hound
* Makoto Ohkawa, in Man of Many Faces and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
* Makoto Onoda, in Futari Ecchi
* Makoto Raiden (Raiden Makoto, Baal), a side character in Genshin Impact and Ei Raiden (Raiden Ei, Raiden Shogun, Beelzebul)’s twin sister.
* Makoto Sako, in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
* Makoto Sakurai, a character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
* Makoto Saotome, a character in Kannazuki no Miko.
* Makoto Sawatari, in Kanon
* Makoto Shido, in Idaten Jump
* Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin
* Makoto Sugihara in Crows
* Makoto Tachibana (橘 真琴), in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
* Makoto Takei, in Fruits Basket
* Makoto Teruhashi, a character in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..
* Makoto Yanagi, in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
* Makoto Yutaka, a character in the manga The Day of Revolution and Princess Princess
* Makoto Yuki, in Persona 3
* Makoto Yuuki, a character in Ensemble Stars!.
* Mizoguchi Makoto, in Fighter's History
* Nijigahara Makoto in Aikatsu!
* Yokomizo Makoto in AKB0048