Makiko Maki

Makiko Maki

Names
English	Makiko Maki
Japanese Japanese 巻（まき） 巻（まき）子（こ） Base 巻 巻子 Furigana まき まきこ Rōmaji Maki Makiko
Personal
Gender	Female
Career
Organization	UTS
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! episode 0022: "The Organization for Monitoring Interstellar Kriminals"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
Voice actors
Japanese	Mari Uchiyama
Maki, Makiko

Makiko Maki (巻（まき） 巻（まき）子（こ） Maki Makiko) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime. She is a veteran member of UTS.

Design

Appearance

Lineart of Makiko depicting her from different angles.

Makiko closely resembles Sushiko Maki from Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, but significantly older. She is an older woman with olive eyes and purple heart-shaped hair and a beauty mark beneath her lip; Makiko's is on the left side of her face as opposed to the right on Sushiko's. She wears the orange overalls and black and white boots of UTS, with an aquamarine scarf around her neck under her overalls' collar.

Biography

First Arc

A client arrived while Yuhi, Yuamu and Yudias were out on a job, so Tazaki kept the client waiting until they returned to the UTS Main Office. Maki, Omaeno and Purisaki accompanied Tazaki to congratulate them on a successful request and reassured the disappointed Yuhi that he would soon recover his Earthdamar. The client turned out to be an MIK agent, Manabu Sogetsu, and Yuamu ordered Yudias to run, Maki taking up arms with the other adults as the office was surrounded by MIK agents. Yudias challenged Manabu to a Rush Duel, so Tazaki suggested they Duel outside given the small size of the room. Yudias eventually defeated Manabu, forcing MIK to leave.

After Yuamu successfully completed a high-profile request involving a culprit that attacked Yagi, Maki assisted in taking the numerous phone calls that poured in as a result of UTS' higher profile. She joined most of her fellow employees that evening to enjoy more of Yagi's yakitori skewers, talking with Zomyoji.

Maki was watering the plants one Sunday when Yuhi rushed out the door, and she tried to tell Yuhi they would be having sushi for lunch that day, but Yuhi sped off without acknowledging her. She informed Yuamu and Yudias of the occurrence after she heard them calling Yuhi's name.

Second Arc

Following Yudias' Rush Duel with Zuwijo zir Velgear, Yuamu promoted him to Chief of the Alien Investigations Division, Maki applauding Yudias' promotion. Manya's manager London Kirishima then visited the UTS Main Office with a request for them to find an elementary schooler who had gone missing in the Alien Residential Area, a request Maki and the other adults were against the twins accepting due to the danger the aliens living there posed and their previous encounter with Zuwijo. Despite the adults' misgivings, the twins remained enthusiastic and London continued to press for them to accept the request, so Tazaki Rush Dueled London to settle the matter. Maki encouraged Tazaki's piercing strategy, but London defeated Tazaki with his own piercing effect, suggesting the experience could be a worthy challenge for the twins. After Tazaki admitted to London he hadn't expected the desire for challenge, London admitted he'd been distracting the adults to allow Yudias and the twins to sneak away, to Maki's shock, and the adults pursed the trio to the entrance to the Alien Residential Area. Instead of stopping them, they provided them with bento boxes and they told them the UTS family motto, encouraging them to challenge themselves for their dreams, complete the request and return safely.

Maki and the other adults welcomed Yudias and the twins when they returned that evening having not found Yuna, but having been instructed to seek "the Informant", telling Maki they had enjoyed their bento. Yuhi then ran screaming from the bathroom claiming to have seen a ghost, and though no ghost was found, Maki consoled Yuhi. The following day they learned that Yuhi had thrown all the mirrors in the building outside at the request of the "ghost", and Yuhi further tried to cover up all reflections. Yuamu's decision to return to look for the Informant prompted the building to shake, but Yuamu declared a UTS Special Emergency and instructed Maki and the other adults to create a reflective room for her in the UTS cipher, while she and Yudias carried Yuhi around the city and the "ghost" continued to attempt to obstruct them. Maki and the other adults prepared Yuamu's room for her and signaled its location to Yuamu.

After Yudias and the twins went underground to gather Duel Power at the Coruffium, Manabu returned with Yudias and the twins, Yudias having been defeated by Yuna at the Coruffium and his Duel Disk taken from him, and all three of them having lost their Duel Power and been unable to move in the high gravity of the Alien Residential Area. Maki, Yagi, and Purisaki were with Tazaki when he forbade Yudias and the twins from returning underground, but noted they'd been rolled up in something strange learn that Yuna was with the Rovian Bandits of her own volition. Despite the confusion, Yuamu and Yuhi still intended to complete the job the following day, Yuhi's drive surprising Maki. The following morning Tazaki told the twins that Yudias had vanished and he, Maki and the other adults warned the twins not to return to the underground before they left to search for Yudias.

The Rovian Bandits visited UTS, intending to purchase the property, and to Maki's alarm, Yudias stated they would consider Rovian's offer if she Rush Dueled him. Despite Maki's advice to slow down and rollback the situation, Yuamu agreed with Yudias, claiming the Rovian Bandits had made fools out of them. Maki, Tazaki, Purisaki cheered Yudias on during the Rush Duel, which Yudias was forced to play with two Monster Zones due to the damage to Valvelgear, which he was using as a Duel Disk. Yudias made a comeback with an Equip Spell Card, the same type of Spell the Rovian Bandits had been using, but Manabu was alerted by his superiors to something entering the solar system, which Rovian and her Chapeaunian Camos claimed to be the Great King of Terror.