Famous People with Name Makoto

Makoto Kano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Kano: a Japanese figure skater. He was placed 17th in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, won the Japan Figure Skating Championships, 1986 Winter Asian Games and 1989 Winter Universiade.

Makoto Koga            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Koga: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.

Makoto Nishida            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Nishida: a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

Makoto Taki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Taki: a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as an independent. A native of Ota, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he was elected for the first time in 1996.

Makoto Kakuda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Kakuda: is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the J. League.

Tomioka Makoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tomioka Makoto: was a Japanese author and terrorist. He was also known as Tetsu Nakahama. A member of the anarchist terrorist Guillotine Society which made two assassination attempts to avenge the murder of Sakae Osugi, Noe Ito, and Osugi's 6-year old nephew, by the military, on secret orders from Hirohito.He was executed for various anti-government acts, including a plan to assassinate Prince Hirohito.

Oda Makoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Oda Makoto: was a Japanese novelist, peace activist, academic and Time Asian Hero.[1]His travels through Europe and Asia on a budget of a dollar a day formed the basis of his 1961 bestseller Nandemo Mite yaro ("I'll go and see everything").[3] His first book Assatte no Shuki ("The Notebook of the Day After Tomorrow") was published in 1951. It was based on experiences during World War II and the Korean War.[4]Oda won the Lotus Prize in 1981 of the Afro-Asian Writers' Association for his book Hiroshima.[5] This led to a 1990 English translation as well as translations in French, Arabic, Italian, Korean and Russian. It was written about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only in Japan but on the Hopi Indians and Americans who lived near the testing sites.

Saito Makoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Saito Makoto: was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, two-time Governor-General of Korea from 1919 to 1927 and from 1929 to 1931, and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from May 26, 1932 to 8 July 8, 1934.In 1884, Saito went to the United States for four years to study as a military attaché.In 1888, after returning to Japan, he served as a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.