Famous People with Name Makoto

Makoto Sato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Sato: was a Japanese documentary film maker. Among his best-known films were "Living On The River Agano" and "Self and Other."His final film, "Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said" (2005), was named Best Documentary at the 2007 Mainichi Film Awards.

Makoto Nakamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Nakamura: a Japanese screenwriter of anime from Saitama, Japan.

Makoto Ueda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Ueda: an editor and architecture critic.After graduating in French literature from Waseda University, Ueda worked as an editor of architectural magazines, notably as chief editor of Toshi Jutaku.

Makoto Imaoka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Imaoka: a professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. He is an infielder for the Hanshin Tigers.Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues before being chosen as the lead-off batter by Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Hanshin Tigers from 2002-2004. Imaoka won the batting title in 2003 with a .340 batting average, and his team won the Central League pennant the same year. He had previously played shortstop and second base, but was converted to third base in 2004. He continued his hitting prowess, and led the league with 147 RBIs in 2005. He fell into a huge slump in 2006, and missed half of the season due to injuries.

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.

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.