Makoto is a Japanese teenager who lives in Azabu-Juuban, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In Act 17, it is revealed that her parents died in an airline accident when she was younger and Makoto lived all by herself ever since. After she got a sense that there was a place she had to be, she transferred to Juuban Municipal Junior High School, the same school Usagi Tsukino and Ami Mizuno go to. When she transferred, a rumor went around saying that she was expelled from her old school. In Chapter 1 - The Melancholy of Mako-chan, the first story of the Exam Battle series that takes place in the Infinity arc, it is shown that Makoto is very scared of airplanes because of the accident. The story also revealed that Makoto likes cooking and bargain hunting. Also, Makoto is 15 years old in the Infinity arc. In the Dream arc, she and the other Sailor Senshi (excluding Rei, Chibiusa, Setsuna, and Hotaru) attend Juuban Municipal High School. In Act 42, it is shown that Makoto dreams of getting married, opening up a small flower shop and cake bakery, and growing up to be as pretty as Michiru and as strong as Haruka.