Makoto
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{{Infobox given name
| name = Makoto
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| gender = Male/Female
| meaning = sincerity
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| language = Japanese
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| footnotes = 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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{{nihongo|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).
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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
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Akaho|赤穂 真||born 1971}}, Japanese basketball player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Chūza|中座 真||born 1970}}, Japanese shogi player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Fujita|藤田 まこと||1933–2010}}, Japanese actor
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Fujita (chemist)|藤田 誠||born 1957}}, Japanese chemist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Fukami|深見 真||born 1977}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Furukawa|古川 慎||born 1989}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Furukawa (writer)|古川 真人||born 1988}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Gonokami|五神 真||born 1957}}, Japanese academic
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Hagiwara|萩原 眞||1854–1925}}, landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Hasebe|長谷部 誠||born 1984}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Hiejima|比江島 慎||born 1990}}, Japanese basketball player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Hirose|広瀬 誠||born 1976}}, Japanese Paralympic judoka
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Horikawa|堀川 亮}}, birth name of {{Nihongo|Ryō Horikawa|堀川 りょう||born 1958}}, Japanese actor and voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Imaoka|今岡 誠||born 1974}}, professional baseball player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Inoue|井上 信||born 1974}}, professional golfer
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kamada|鎌田 誠||born 1950}}, Japanese sport wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kawabata|河端 一}}, Japanese musician
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kawahira|川平 誠||born 1971}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kawamoto|川本 真琴||born 1974}}, Japanese pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- {{interlanguage link|Makoto Kikuchi (physicist)|ja|菊池誠 (電気試験所|lt=Makoto Kikuchi}} (1925–2012), Japanese physicist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kikuchi|菊地 信||1911–unknown}}, Japanese field hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kimura|木村 誠||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
- Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Kōsaka|高坂 真琴||born 1950}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Minamiyama|南山 真||born 1973}}, Japanese basketball player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Moroi|諸井 誠||1930–2013}}, Japanese composer, son of Saburō Moroi
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Muramatsu|村松 誠||born 1947}}, artist famous for pictures of cats and dogs
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Nagano|長野 誠||born 1972}}, 2006 SASUKE winner
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Nakajima|中嶋 誠||born 1952}}, former commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Nakamura|中村 誠||born 1970}}, Japanese anime screenwriter
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Nishimoto|西本 誠||born 1986}}, Japanese politician
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Niwano|にわの まこと||born 1964}}, manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Ogawa|小川 麻琴||born 1987}}, former member of the idol group Morning Musume
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Oishi|大石 真翔||born 1979}}, professional wrestler
- Makoto Okazaki (岡崎 慎, born 1998), Japanese football player
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Okunaka|奥仲 麻琴||born 1993}}, J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Ojiro|オジロ マコト|}}, manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Ōoka|大岡 信||1931–2017}}, Japanese poet and literary critic
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Ozone|小曽 根真||born 1961}}, Japanese jazz pianist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Raiku|雷句 誠||born 1974}}, Japanese manga artist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Rindo|林堂 眞||born 1989}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|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
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Shinkai|新海 誠||born 1973}}, anime director
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Shiraishi|白石 洵||born 1940}}, Japanese sport shooter
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Sumikawa|澄川 真琴||born 1964}}, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Makoto Takahashi, drummer of Boøwy
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Takasaka|高坂 真琴||born 1998}}, Japanese child actress cast in Japanese television series Fugo Keiji
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tamada|玉田 誠||born 1976}}, former Japanese professional motorcycle racer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tamamura|玉村 誠}}, Japanese engineer
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Taniguchi|谷口 誠||1930–2024}}, Japanese diplomat and academic
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tezuka|手塚 眞||born 1961}}, Japanese film and anime director, son of Osamu Tezuka
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tobe|戸辺 誠||born 1986}}, Japanese shogi player
- Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Tsumura|津村 まこと||born 1965}}, Japanese voice actress
- Makoto Ueda (disambiguation)
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Yamaguchi|山口 真||born 1944}}, origami artist
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Yamashita|山下真||born 1968}}, current governor of Nara Prefecture
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Yamazaki|山崎 真||born 1970}}, Japanese footballer and manager
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Yasumura|保村 真||born 1975}}, Japanese voice actor
- {{Nihongo|Makoto Yonekura|米倉 誠||born 1970}}, Japanese footballer
- {{Nihongo|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 Misumi (深澄真), in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
- 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