[1] He belongs to Toyota Motor East Japan.
[2] Makino was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on May 6, 1980.
He graduated from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he paired up with Kenji Takahashi in men's 49er class, and placed 18th.
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