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Makoto Ishii

Makoto Ishii

Actor · Born February 24, 1976 (50) · Chiba, Japan

Makoto Ishii was born on 24 February 1976 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Initial D (2005), Tales of Vesperia (2008) and Tears to Tiara (2009).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
February 24, 1976 (50)
From
Chiba, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 8% in 30 days

What are Makoto Ishii's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Survival
38%
Morality
13%
Self
10%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Melancholic
3
Romantic
1
Elegiac
1
Hopeful
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Makoto Ishii's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Makoto Ishii's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • Fafner: Behind the Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · as Mikhail (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Fafner: The Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kazuki Makabe(voice)

  • Maho Girls Precure! the Movie: The Miraculous Transformation! Cure Mofurun! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Francois

  • Big Order(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Lauryn Wright (voice)

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • Fafner Exodus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 26 episodes · as Kazuki Makabe (voice)

  • The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa(2014)

    as Henmi

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Koitabi: True Tours Nanto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cheap Trick (voice) · as Masazo Kinoto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Future Diary(2011)

    Show 26 episodes · as Masumi Nishijima (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Fafner: Heaven and Earth(2010)

    as Kazuki Makabe (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Guin Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 26 episodes · Actor

  • Tears to Tiara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 26 episodes · as Arthur (voice)

  • Shangri-La(2009)

    Show 24 episodes · as Kunihito Kusanagi (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Blassreiter(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • True Tears(2008)

    Show 13 episodes · as Shinichiro Nakagami (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Clannad(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Male Student (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Big Windup! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 38 episodes · as Akimaru

  • Nodame Cantabile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 11 episodes · as Roland (voice)

  • Pururun! Shizuku-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 154 episodes · as Namida-kun (voice)

  • Fafner in the Azure - Right of Left(2005)

    as Kazuki Makabe

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Largo (voice)

  • Fafner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 25 episodes · as Kazuki Makabe · as Makabe Kazuki (voice)

  • Uninhabited Planet Survive! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show as Louis (voice)

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex(2002)

    Show 26 episodes · as Tsujisaki Yuu (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 2002 to 2023.

Highest rated

The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa (2014)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

True Tears (2008)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting24 of 24: 24 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

2000s14 · acting2010s9 · acting2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Makoto Ishii's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 12 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Shangri-La (2009)

72nd percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)

Midcredits 96th · 90% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Makoto Ishii work with?

People who share at least 2 of Makoto Ishii's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Toshimasa Suzuki shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles