Makoto (Street Fighter)
Makoto is a female video game character who features in Street Fighter.
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Biography
Makoto (JapaneseL: まこと, Hepburn: Makoto)
Whilst growing up, Makoto became a young Japanese tomboy, raised in the rural Tosa region of Japan and trained in Rindo-kan karate. Since her father's death, Makoto's dojo has been floundering, and her older brother decided to become a businessman, leaving Makoto to elevate her dojo back to its former glory.
Makoto came to be horrified to discover the decrepit state the dojo is in and enters S.I.N.'s tournament in order to win money to renovate it. During the tournament, she encounters and fights Fei Long in the hopes that the publicity will enhance Rindo-kan's reputation. In her ending, she says that she "beats the pants off" of all her opponents - however, she did not win any money since the tournament sponsor, Seth was killed by Juri and S.I.N. disbanded. She decides to rebuild her father's dojo by hand, and make money the old-fashioned way.
Makoto develops something of a rivalry with kunoichi Ibuki, as shown by their alternate opening when they fight each other. She also finds Ryu and challenges him to enhance her dojo's reputation. After her fight with Ryu, the publicity attracts a swarm of potential students to her dojo. Makoto's was later shown standing in front of a pile of defeated fighters; among them are Cammy, Alex, Zangief, Ryu, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay. The news on Makoto quickly spreads around, many fighters assemble at the Rindo-kan Dojo where Makoto beats them one by one, such as Kenichi Kakutani and Somsak. Her older brother informs everyone that only thirty challengers will be accepted. Makoto's brother and grandfather are happy to see how popular the family dojo is, and her brother tells their grandfather to take care of Makoto while he goes on a trip. In the meantime, Makoto was getting ready to face more fighters.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Makoto is tomboyish, brash and very competitive, always looking forward to new challenges; she often accuses her opponents of sandbagging if the fight feels too easy. Although having little fashion sense for a girl her age, she still hates when she is mistaken for a boy.
Makoto loves the heat of battles, and fights to revive the honor of her father's dojo. She fears no one, and will challenge any opponent. While she is still young and inexperienced, many fighters are impressed by her skill and power, and urge her to continue her training.
Powers and abilities
Makoto is a student of Rindo-kan; as such, her style is boisterous and aggressive (much like Makoto herself), characterized by powerful punches and kicks, as well as formidable karate techniques such as chops and throws. But as many have noted, despite her strength in Rindo-kan her style is considered basic, amateur and textbook that needs its own tweaks to be truly effective.
Makoto's overall styles revolves around sudden strikes with precision, often anticipating an opening to deal heavy damage to the opponent. Makoto's slow ground speed is her greatest strength, since she can catch the opponent off guard with attacks which are extremely fast, and can start dealing cross up attacks. However, she is prone to being thrown since her attacks usually place her in throwing range right in front of the opponent if jumped over, blocked, dodged, or parried. Despite this, Makoto's combo ability is extremely huge, but requires precise timing to get some of her combos right. She has particularly powerful and brutal attacks, such as choking her opponent to momentarily stun them.
Notes
- Makoto featured in the setting of the Street Fighter universe.
In other media
Comics
Appearances
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike: (1999)
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