# Mako

Mako may refer to:

## Biology

* Aristotelia serrata, a New Zealand tree also known as mako or makomako
* 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

## Military

* AgustaWestland AW109 "Mako", the service name for the light utility helicopter of the Royal New Zealand Airforce
* Fighting Makos, the 93rd Fighter Squadron based at Homestead ARB, Florida
* Mako (missile), a hypersonic air-to-air missile from Lockheed Martin
* UTAP-22 Mako, a jet UAV, a variant of the Composite Engineering BQM-167 Skeeter § UTAP-22

## Organisations

* MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company
* mako (website), an Israeli news and entertainment portal owned by Keshet Media Group

## People
### Given name

* Mako (actor), stage name of Japanese-American actor Makoto Iwamatsu (1933–2006)
* Mako (DJ), American DJ and electronic dance music producer, real name Alexander Seaver
* Mako (voice actress) (born 1986), member of Japanese popular music group Bon-Bon Blanco
* Mako Hyōdō (兵藤 まこ, born 1962), Japanese actress
* Mako Idemitsu (出光 真子, born 1940), Japanese media artist
* Mako Ishino (石野 真子, born 1961), Japanese singer and actress
* Mako Midori (緑 魔子, born 1944), Japanese actress
* Mako Miyata (宮田 真子, born 1973), Japanese singer and vocalist
* Mako Kamitsuna, American Film director
* Mako Komao (駒尾 真子, born 1982), Japanese author
* Mako Komuro (小室 眞子, Komuro Mako, born 1991), formerly Princess Mako of the Japanese imperial family
* Mako Kojima (小嶋 真子, born 1997), Japanese fashion producer
* Mako Kudo (born 1997), Japanese professional footballer
* Mako Oliveras (born 1946), is a former Minor League Baseball player
* Mako Tabuni (1979-2012), was an activist for Papuan interests
* Mako Yamada (山田 真子, born 1994), Japanese kickboxer
* Mako Yamashita (山下 真瑚, born 2002), Japanese figure skater
* Mako Yoshikawa (漆﨑 真子, born 1992), Japanese badminton player
* Mako Urushizaki (born 1966), American novelist
* Mako Vunipola (born 1991), New Zealand-born English rugby player

### Surname

* Laura Mako (1916–2019), American interior designer
* Zach Mako (born 1988), American politician

### Ethnic group

* Maku people or Mako people, an indigenous people of South America

## Places

* Magong or Mako, a Taiwanese city
* Makó District, Hungary
** Makó, a town and district seat

## Products

* Diamond Mako, a re-branded version of the Psion Revo PDA
* EADS Mako/HEAT, a jet aircraft
* Lancair Mako, an American kit aircraft
* Mako, a boat brand of White River Marine Group
* Mako Shark, a series of concept cars produced by Chevrolet
* Nexus 4 (codenamed "Mako"), a smartphone by Google and LG Electronics

## In fiction

* Mako, a magical substance from the Final Fantasy VII metaseries
* Mako, a fictional scribe in the Samurai Jack comic series
* Mako, a companion character from Star Wars: The Old Republic
* Mako Spince, a minor character introduced in Star Wars: Dark Empire
* Mako, a villain from the Savage Dragon comic book
* Mako (Mass Effect) (M35 Mako), an infantry fighting vehicle in the game Mass Effect
* Mako (The Legend of Korra), a major character in The Legend of Korra
* Mako Ballistics, a fictional weapons manufacturer in the video game Deus Ex: Invisible War
* Mako Hooker, the main character from Something's Down There by Mickey Spillane
* Mako Island, a fictional island in the television programme H$_2$O: 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 Mankanshoku, a major character in Kill la Kill
* Mako Mori, a major character in the motion picture Pacific Rim
* Mako Rutledge, or Roadhog, a hero in Overwatch (video game)
* Mako Shiraishi, one of the protagonists in the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
* Myron Mako, the main protagonist of the 2008 strategy game Robocalypse
* Task Force Mako, an elite American task force in the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter
* USS Mako, a fictitious United States Navy Cold War submarine which appears in the 1986 novel To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph

## Other uses

* Mako (dance), an action dance from Tonga
* Mako (musical instrument), the West Arnhem Land name for a didgeridoo
* Mako (SeaWorld Orlando), a roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando, opened in 2016
* Mako (template engine), a template engine library written in Python