Mako In Pacific Rim. Mako Mori is a Japanese name which was my first clue that shes Japanese. She portrays Mako Mori in Guillermo del Toros Pacific Rim and reprised her role in Pacific Rim.

Mako played by Rinko Kikuchi was a co-protagonist in the original Pacific Rim but was killed off rather unceremoniously at the end of Uprisings first act. Pan Pacific Defense Corps. Inside the Kaiju dimension Raleigh ejects Mako in a life pod and manually initiates the detonation of the nuclear core.
Mako played by Rinko Kikuchi was a co-protagonist in the original Pacific Rim but was killed off rather unceremoniously at the end of Uprisings first act.
The following is to only promote the film further and purposed for entertainment. Inside the Kaiju dimension Raleigh ejects Mako in a life pod and manually initiates the detonation of the nuclear core. The cast behind the characters were great too. His new partner is Mako Mori a Japanese girl who wants to be a pilot to avenge the death of her family.