Makoto

Makoto
Pronunciation	MAH-koh-toh
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	sincerity
Depending on the kanji used to write the name 'Makoto', it can have different meanings. Alternately, 'Makoto' as a name can be written simply in katakana or hiragana.

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Makoto (まこと, マコト) is a unisex Japanese given name although it is more commonly used by males.

As a noun, Makoto means "sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真).

People

Given name

Makoto Niwano (born 1964), manga artist
Saito Makoto (1858–1936), viscount
Tomioka Makoto (1897–1926), terrorist
Makoto (Sharan Q) (まこと), drummer of Sharan Q
Makoto (artist), a drum and bass artist
Makoto Chikaraishi (born 1982), transportation researcher
Makoto Hagiwara (1854–1925), landscape designer
Makoto Horikawa or Ryo Horikawa
Makoto Imaoka (born 1974), professional baseball player
Makoto Inoue (born 1974), professional golfer
Makoto Inoue (author), a short novel writer
Makoto Kawamoto (born 1974), singer-songwriter
Makoto Kobayashi (artist) (born 1958), manga artist
Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (born 1944), physicist
Makoto Muramatsu (村松誠), an artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
Makoto Nagano (born 1972), 2006 SASUKE winner
Makoto Nakajima (born 1952), former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
Makoto Ogawa (born 1987), J-pop singer
Makoto Oishi (born 1979), professional wrestler
Makoto Okunaka (born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
Makoto Ooka (born 1931), Poet
Makoto Raiku, manga artist
Makoto Sakamoto (マコト・サカモト), drummer
Makoto Shinkai (born 1973), anime director
Makoto Tamamura, engineer
Makoto Tsumura (born 1965), voice actress
Makoto Ueda (architecture critic) (born 1935), architecture critic)
Makoto Ueda (poetry critic), professor from Stanford
Makoto Yasumura, (born 1975) Japanese voice actor
Makoto Yamaguchi, origami artist
Makoto Yukimura (born 1976), manga artist
Makoto (wrestler) (born 1989), professional wrestler

Family name

Naoya Makoto (actor)

Characters

Makoto is a monk at the temple of Terayama in the Lian Hearn novel series Tales of the Otori, who later takes up the position of Abbot after the death of Matsuda Shingen
Makoto Kibune, in Bleach (manga)
Mizoguchi Makoto, in Fighter's History
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 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 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 Mizuhara, in El-Hazard
Makoto Morishita, in Wangan Midnight
Makoto Naegi, the main protagonist in Dangan Ronpa
Makoto Nanaya, in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Makoto Narita, in W Juliet
Makoto Ōgami, in Ghost Hound
Makoto Ohkawa, in Man of Many Faces and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Makoto Onoda, in Futari Ecchi
Makoto Sako, in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Makoto Sawatari, in Kanon
Makoto Shido, in Idaten Jump
Makoto Shishio (志々雄真実), a villain in Rurouni Kenshin.
Makoto Tachibana (橘真琴), in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club.
Makoto Yutaka, in The Day of Revolution/Princess Princess'.'
Makoto Yuki, in the movie adaptation of Persona 3.
Kenzaki Makoto in Doki Doki! Pretty Cure.
Nijigahara Makoto in Aikatsu!.
Yokomizo Makoto in AKB0048.
Makoto Munechika in Kattobi Itto.
Makoto, a character in the anime Digimon Tamers.

Other uses

Makoto (game), a single-player aerobic electronic game
Makoto, the name of one of the Megatokyo servers as well as one of the characters in the Megatokyo omake Grand Theft Colo: Otaku City