Mako Explained
Mako may refer to:
Biology
- Mako shark, the genus Isurus, consisting of two living and several fossil species:
- Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, the more common mako
- Longfin mako shark, Isurus paucus, the rarer mako
- Aristotelia serrata, a New Zealand tree also known as mako or makomako
Places
People
- Mako (actor), stage name of Japanese-American actor Makoto Iwamatsu (1933–2006)
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese media artist
- , Japanese singer and actress
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese singer and vocalist
- Mako Kamitsuna, American Film director
- , Japanese author
- , formerly Princess Mako of the Japanese imperial family
- , Japanese fashion producer
- , Japanese professional footballer
- , Japanese kickboxer
- , Japanese figure skater
- , Japanese badminton player
- , American novelist
- Mako Vunipola (born 1991), New Zealand-born English rugby player
- Mako Tabuni (1979-2012), was an activist for Papuan interests
- Mako Oliveras (born 1946), is a former Minor League Baseball player
- Mako (DJ), American DJ and electronic dance music producer, real name Alexander Seaver
- Mako (voice actress) (born 1986), member of Japanese popular music group Bon-Bon Blanco
- Laura Mako (1916–2019), American interior designer
- Zach Mako (born 1988), American politician
- Maku people or Mako people, an indigenous people of South America
Organisations
- MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company
- mako (website), an Israeli news and entertainment portal owned by Keshet Media Group
Military
- AgustaWestland AW109 "Mako", the service name for the light utility helicopter of the Royal New Zealand Airforce
- Fighting Makos, the 93rd Fighter Squadron based at Homestead ARB, Florida
- UTAP-22 Mako, a jet UAV, a variant of the
- Mako (missile) -- a hypersonic air-to-air missile from Lockheed Martin
Products
- Diamond Mako, a re-branded version of the Psion Revo PDA
- EADS Mako/HEAT, a jet aircraft
- Lancair Mako, an American kit aircraft
- Mako, a boat brand of White River Marine Group
- Nexus 4 (codenamed "Mako"), a smartphone by Google and LG Electronics
- Mako Shark, a series of concept cars produced by Chevrolet
Fiction
- Mako, a magical substance from the Final Fantasy VII metaseries
- Mako Ballistics, a fictional weapons manufacturer in the video game
- Mako, a companion character from
- Mako Spince, a minor character introduced in Star Wars: Dark Empire
- Mako, a villain from the Savage Dragon comic book
- Mako Hooker, the main character from Something's Down There by Mickey Spillane
- M35 Mako, an infantry fighting vehicle in the game Mass Effect
- Mako Island, a fictional island in the television programme H2O: Just Add Water and in:
- Mako Tsunami, in the list of Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters
- , 1976 film
- Myron Mako, the main protagonist of the 2008 strategy game Robocalypse
- Mako (The Legend of Korra), a major character in The Legend of Korra
- Task Force Mako, an elite American task force in the video game
- Mako Mori, a major character in the motion picture Pacific Rim
- USS Mako, a fictitious United States Navy Cold War submarine which appears in the 1986 novel To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph
- Mako Mankanshoku, a major character in Kill la Kill
- Mako Rutledge, or Roadhog, a hero in Overwatch (video game)
- Mako Shiraishi, one of the protagonists in the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
- Mako, a fictional scribe in the Samurai Jack comic series
Other uses
See also
