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Makoto, Drum & Bass from Japan

Makoto

World rank
#812
NEWvs last week
Monthly listeners
171K
≈ 170,500 · rounded by Spotify
Spotify followers
41.7K
41,704
Rank in Japan
#13
among tracked acts
Popularity
42
Spotify index, 0–100
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Who Makoto is

Makoto Shimizu (清水誠, Shimizu Makoto) (born 1977 in Tokyo, Japan), professionally known as Makoto (マコト, Makoto), is a Japanese drum and bass musician, producer and DJ. Among other distinctive elements of Makoto's musical style, a heavy influence of 1970s-era soul, funk and jazz fusion can be heard throughout the vast majority of his repertoire.

Biography from the Makoto article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Catalogue

Most played tracks

The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Makoto, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.

Discography

Latest releases

20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.

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Makoto in numbers

How many monthly Spotify listeners does Makoto have?

Makoto has 170,500 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.

What is Makoto's world ranking?

Makoto is ranked #812 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.

Where is Makoto from?

Makoto is from Japan, where they rank #13 among the acts we track.

What kind of music does Makoto make?

Makoto is categorised as Drum & Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as liquid funk, drum and bass, jungle.

Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.