is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive): as a given name 真貴, "true, precious" 真樹, "true, timber trees" 真紀, "true, chronicle" 真希, "true, hope" 麻紀, "linen, chronicle" 麻貴, "linen, precious" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. as a surname 巻, "roll" 槙, "evergreen tree" 槇, "yew plum pine" 牧, "herd" 真木, "true, tree"
People Given name Women , known as Maki Onaga, Japanese musician , Japanese tennis player , Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer , Japanese transgender actress , Japanese former basketball player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese former volleyball player , Japanese singer, lyricist, and former actress , Japanese singer and voice actress , Japanese former football player , Japanese former actress , Japanese actress , Japanese politician , Japanese para table tennis player , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese writer , Japanese chemist , Japanese ballerina , Japanese writer , Japanese voice actress Maki Kenjo (born 1970), Japanese former cricketer , Japanese professional footballer , Japanese rower , Japanese manga artist , Japanese actress , Japanese television announcer , Japanese actress , Japanese manga author , Japanese swimmer , Japanese pop singer , Japanese actress , Japanese announcer , Japanese soprano , Japanese manga artist , Japanese LGBTQ activist , Japanese pianist , Japanese retired professional wrestler , Japanese model and actress , Japanese singer and musician , Japanese pop singer and songwriter , Japanese Paralympic athlete , Japanese TV announcer, news presenter and tarento , Japanese singer and musician , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese actress , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese speed skater and track cyclist , Japanese basketball player , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese speed skater , Japanese judoka , Japanese artist , Japanese retired professional wrestler , Japanese track and field sprinter , Japanese J-pop singer
Men , Japanese composer , Japanese businessman , Japanese footballer , Japanese illustrator, picture book writer and manga artist
Surname , born Maki Annette Lovelace, American-Japanese singer , Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer , Japanese architect , Japanese actor , Japanese sōsaku-hanga , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese copywriter , Japanese Team handball player , Japanese theoretical physicist , Japanese former professional baseball pitcher , Japanese manga artist , Japanese former professional footballer , Japanese fencer , Japanese mandan comedian , Japanese professional baseball infielder , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese samurai of the late Edo period , Japanese actress , Japanese former manga artist , Japanese politician , Japanese former footballer Yukiko Maki (1902–1989), Japanese educator , Japanese mountain climber
Non-Japanese people Given name Maki (singer) (born 1999), Filipino singer Maki Esther Ortiz (born 1962), Mexican politician Maki Gingoyon (born 1990), Filipino transgender model, beauty queen, transgender activist, and businesswoman Maki Kureishi (1927–1995), Pakistani poet Maki Petratos (born 2000), Australian professional footballer Maki Pitolo (born 1990), American mixed martial artist Maki Pulido (born 1972), Filipino broadcaster
Surname Ally Maki (born 1986), American actress and former musician Chico Maki (1939–2015), Canadian ice hockey forward Pete Maki (born 1982), American professional baseball coach Roger A. Maki, American politician Tomi Maki (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey player Wayne Maki (1944–1973), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Fictional characters Given name Maki Aikawa (相川 摩季), the protagonist in the Air Master series Maki Genryusai (源柳斉 真紀; マキ), character in Final Fight and Street Fighter video game series Maki Karii (雁井 真希), an alias Minami Maki uses in Magical Trans! Maki Katsuragi (桂木 眞己), a male main character in Stars Align Maki Harukawa (春川 魔姫), a character from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Maki Nikaido, one of the main characters of Death Note film series spin-off L: Change the World Maki Nishikino (西木野 真姫), character in the Love Live! School Idol Project series Maki Oze (茉希 尾瀬), a character in Fire Force Maki Shijo (四条 眞妃), character in the Kaguya-sama series Maki Zen'in (禪院真希), a character from Jujutsu Kaisen Maki Konuri (小塗 マキ), a character from the role-playing game Blue Archive
Surname Kiyoka Maki, the Ultimate Sniper, from Danganronpa Another Despair Academy Kiyoto Maki (真木 清人), character in the Kamen Rider OOO series Mahito Maki (牧 眞人), a character from The Boy and the Heron Minami Maki (真木 南), a character from Magical Trans! Natsuo Maki (真木 夏緒), a character from Love Lab Shinichi Maki (牧 紳一), a character from Slam Dunk Shoichi Maki (牧 勝一), a character from The Boy and the Heron Shoko Maki (間木 照子), the alias of Naomi Misora from Death Note Shunichi Maki, the main character in Ultraman (2004 film)