>Makoto - fairly common (at least in fiction) unisex first name; Makoto
>Kino from Sailor Moon, Makoto Mizuhara from El Hazard, Makoto from
>BlazBlue, plus probably whichever different Makoto was actually being
>referred to
>
>Mikoto - (note first vowel) cheerful feline death machine in human
>form, from Mai-Hime
>
>Motoko - (first vowel, transposed consonants) Beautiful cyborg spec
>ops philosopher from Ghost in the Shell
>
>It took me years to start getting them right.

I'm pretty sure the Makoto described in the narrative is this one. :)
http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Makoto

If you're ever curious enough to pick up SSF4 or youtube pros playing her you'll see why compound fractures is a part of her fighting style :P
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