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).

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), Japanese basketball player
 * Makoto Chūza (中座 真), Japanese shogi player
 * Makoto Fujita (藤田 まこと), Japanese actor
 * Makoto Fujita (chemist) (藤田 誠), Japanese chemist
 * Makoto Fukami (深見 真), Japanese writer
 * Makoto Furukawa (古川 慎), Japanese voice actor
 * Makoto Furukawa (writer) (古川 真人), Japanese writer
 * Makoto Gonokami (五神 真), Japanese academic
 * Makoto Hagiwara (萩原 眞), landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie
 * Makoto Hasebe (長谷部 誠), Japanese footballer
 * Makoto Hiejima (比江島 慎), Japanese basketball player
 * Makoto Hirose (広瀬 誠), Japanese Paralympic judoka
 * Makoto Horikawa (堀川 亮), birth name of Ryō Horikawa (堀川 りょう), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Makoto Imaoka (今岡 誠), professional baseball player
 * Makoto Inoue (井上 信), professional golfer
 * Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠), Japanese economist
 * Mako (actor) (岩松 誠, 1933–2006), Japanese-American actor and voice actor frequently credited as Mako
 * Makoto Kamada (鎌田 誠), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Makoto Kawabata (河端 一), Japanese musician
 * Makoto Kawahira (川平 誠), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Makoto Kawamoto (川本 真琴), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
 * (1925–2012), Japanese physicist
 * Makoto Kikuchi (菊地 信), Japanese field hockey player
 * Makoto Kimura (木村 誠), Japanese footballer
 * Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Makoto Kōsaka (高坂 真琴), Japanese voice actress
 * Makoto Minamiyama (南山 真), Japanese basketball player
 * Makoto Moroi (諸井 誠), Japanese composer, son of Saburō Moroi
 * Makoto Muramatsu (村松 誠), artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
 * Makoto Nagano (長野 誠), 2006 SASUKE winner
 * Makoto Nakajima (中嶋 誠), former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
 * Makoto Nakamura (中村 誠), Japanese anime screenwriter
 * Makoto Niwano (にわの まこと), manga artist
 * Makoto Ogawa (小川 麻琴), former member of the idol group Morning Musume
 * Makoto Oishi (大石 真翔), professional wrestler
 * Makoto Okazaki (岡崎 慎, born 1998), Japanese football player
 * Makoto Okunaka (奥仲 麻琴), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
 * Makoto Ōoka (大岡 信), Japanese poet and literary critic
 * Makoto Ozone (小曽 根真), Japanese jazz pianist
 * Makoto Raiku (雷句 誠), Japanese manga artist
 * Makoto Rindo (林堂 眞), Japanese footballer
 * Makoto Saitō (斎藤 実), 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), anime director
 * Makoto Shiraishi (白石 洵), Japanese sport shooter
 * Makoto Sumikawa (澄川 真琴), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Makoto Takasaka (高坂 真琴), Japanese child actress cast in Japanese television series Fugo Keiji
 * Makoto Tamada (玉田 誠), former Japanese professional motorcycle racer
 * Makoto Tamamura (玉村 誠), Japanese engineer
 * Makoto Taniguchi (谷口 誠), Japanese diplomat and academic
 * Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞), Japanese film and anime director, son of Osamu Tezuka
 * Makoto Tobe (戸辺 誠), Japanese shogi player
 * Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist
 * Makoto Tsumura (津村 まこと), Japanese voice actress
 * Makoto Ueda (disambiguation)
 * Makoto Yamaguchi (山口 真), origami artist
 * Makoto Yamazaki (山崎 真), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Makoto Yasumura (保村 真), Japanese voice actor
 * Makoto Yonekura (米倉 誠), Japanese footballer
 * Makoto Yukimura (幸村 誠), 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