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Also known as Mako Iwamatsu, Makoto Iwamatsu, Iwamatsu, Iwamatsu Makoto

Japanese-American actor (1933-2006)

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Mako (1933–2006) was a Japanese actor whose professional career spanned from 1959 to 2006. He had two children. In the music industry, an artist named Mako is identified as a United States-based group. This musical act is associated with electronic, electropop, eurobeat, and house genres. The group has received recognition within the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

Separately, an author named Suzy Mako has published 49 works. Titles include *Meine Großartige Mutti - Die Schönsten Märchen*, *Justin Bieber - Coloring Pictures*, and *35 Nails Tricks - Health, Strong and Long Nails*. Additionally, the name Mako appears in a Last.fm profile with 410,115 listeners and 4,598,926 plays, tagged with j-pop, japanese, eurobeat, electronic, and anime. Crossref lists five works under this name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
49

Top works

  • Meine Großartige Mutti - Die Schönsten Märchen
  • Justin Bieber - Coloring Pictures
  • 35 Nails Tricks - Health, Strong and Long Nails
  • Aprendan Los Colores
  • Aprendan Las Formas

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
2011
electronicelectropopeurobeathouse

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
410,115
Total plays
4,598,926

Tags

j-popjapaneseeurobeatelectronicanime

There are multiple artists who use the name Mako: [2] A Los Angeles / San Diego, CA, USA progressive house project, started as duo of Logan Light and Alex Seaver but before leaving Logan Light in 2017, operates as solo project. They débuted with track "Beam" (Aug 2012) and their latest is "Way Back Home" (Jan 2013). Other releases include tracks: "Mako Beam Feat Angle Taylor (2013)" (aka "Beam (2013 Original Mix)"), "Beam (The Orchestral Mix)" and "Spaceman". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

via Last.fm · Mako

Key facts

Born
Makoto Iwamatsu , ( 1933-12-10 ) December 10, 1933, Mikage , Kobe , Hyōgo , Japan
Died
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) (aged 72), Somis, California , U.S.
Other name
Mako Iwamatsu
Citizenship
Japan United States (after 1956)
Alma mater
Pratt Institute School of Architecture , Pasadena Playhouse
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1959–2006
Spouse
Shizuko Hoshi
Parent s
Taro Yashima (father), Mitsu Yashima (mother)
Kanji
岩松 信
Hiragana
いわまつ まこと
Katakana
イワマツ マコト
Romanization
Iwamatsu Makoto

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Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto; December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako (マコ; /ˈmɑːkoʊ/ MAH-koh). His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned five decades and 165 productions. He was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mako” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.