Maki has been generally very well received by video game journalists and gamers alike. According to "Hyper" review of "Final Fight 2", "Capcom get PC (political correctness) points for including a female character. Too often the girls are just the helpless kidnap victim, but Maki is as hard and fast as the blokes, and has some very damaging kicks in her repertoire." "Electronic Gaming Monthly" ranked her first on their list of top ten fighting women in 1993. In the 2002 poll by Capcom, Maki was voted the 15th most popular "Street Fighter" character in Japan. In an official poll by Namco, Maki was the seventh most requested "Street Fighter" side character to be added to the roster of "Tekken X Street Fighter". In a 2018 worldwide poll by Capcom, Maki was voted 24th most popular "Street Fighter" character (out of 109).