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 , Japanese basketball player Makoto Chūza, Japanese shogi player , Japanese actor , Japanese chemist , Japanese writer Makoto Furukawa, Japanese voice actor , Japanese academic Makoto Hagiwara (1854–1925), landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie Makoto Hasebe (長谷部 誠, born 1984), Japanese footballer Makoto Hiejima (born 1990), Japanese basketball player , Japanese Paralympic judoka Makoto Horikawa or Ryō Horikawa Makoto Imaoka (born 1974), professional baseball player Makoto Inoue (born 1974), professional golfer , Japanese economist Mako (actor) (岩松誠, 1933–2006), Japanese-American actor and voice actor frequently credited as Mako , Japanese sport wrestler Makoto Kawabata, Japanese musician , Japanese ice hockey player Makoto Kawamoto (born 1974), singer-songwriter , Japanese physicist Makoto Kikuchi, Japanese field hockey player , Japanese footballer Makoto Kobayashi (artist) (born 1958), manga artist Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (born 1944), physicist , Japanese basketball player 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 , Japanese anime screenwriter Makoto Niwano (born 1964), manga artist Makoto Ogawa (born 1987), J-pop singer Makoto Oishi (born 1979), professional wrestler Makoto Okazaki (disambiguation), multiple people Makoto Okunaka (born 1993), J-pop idol and member of idol group Passpo Makoto Ōoka (1931–2017), Poet Makoto Ozone, jazz pianist Makoto Raiku, manga artist , Japanese footballer Makoto Saitō (1858–1936), viscount Makoto Sakamoto (マコト・サカモト), drummer Makoto Sasaki, Japanese shogi player , Japanese actor , Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai (born 1973), anime director , Japanese sport shooter , Japanese actress and voice actress Makoto Tamada (born 1976), former Japanese professional motorcycle racer Makoto Tamamura, engineer Makoto Taniguchi, Japanese diplomat and academic Makoto Tezuka (born 1961), the son of Osamu Tezuka Makoto Tobe, Japanese shogi player Makoto Tomioka (1897–1926), terrorist , Japanese voice actress Makoto Ueda (architecture critic) (born 1935), architecture critic) Makoto Ueda (poetry critic) (1931–2020), professor from Stanford Makoto Yamaguchi (born 1944), origami artist , Japanese footballer and manager Makoto Yasumura (born 1975), Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer Makoto Yukimura (born 1976), manga artist Family name Naoya