Katō (surname)

Katō, Kato, Katou or Katoh (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "wisteria") is the 10th most common Japanese surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ai Kato (加藤 あい, born 1982), Japanese actress and idol
  • Akemi Kato (加藤 明美, born 1970), Japanese field hockey player
  • Akiko Kato (加藤 彰子, born 1988), Japanese field hockey player
  • Akiko Kato (curler) (加藤 彰子, born 1978), Japanese curler and coach
  • Atsushi Kato (加藤 充志, born 1974), Japanese Go player
  • Ayuko Kato (加藤 鮎子, born 1979), Japanese politician
  • Cha Katō (加藤 茶, born 1943), Japanese comedian, actor and musician
  • Chihiro Kato (加藤 千尋, born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
  • Daijiro Kato (加藤 大治郎, 1976–2003), Japanese motorcycle racer
  • Daishi Kato (加藤 大志, born 1983), Japanese footballer
  • Daisuke Katō (加東 大介, 1911–1975), Japanese actor
  • Daisuke Kato (baseball) (加藤 大輔, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
  • Katō Danzō (加藤 段蔵, c. 1503 – 1569), Japanese ninja
  • Eikichi Kato (加藤 榮吉, 1897–1946), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
  • Eizō Katō (加藤 栄三, 1906–1972), Japanese painter
  • Emiri Katō (加藤 英美里, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
  • Katō Enao (加藤 枝直, 1693–1785), Japanese poet
  • Fujiko Kato (加藤 富士子, born 1946), Japanese cross-country skier
  • Funky Kato (born 1978), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Go Kato (加藤 剛, 1938–2018), Japanese entertainer and actor
  • Hajime Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Haruka Kato (加藤 悠, born 1989), Japanese gravure idol, television personality and professional wrestler
  • Haruko Kato (加藤 治子, 1922–2015), Japanese actress
  • Hideji Katō (加藤 秀司, born 1948), Japanese baseball player
  • Kato Hideki (加藤 英樹, born 1962), Japanese musician and composer
  • Hidenori Kato (加藤 秀典, born 1981), Japanese footballer
  • Hifumi Katō (加藤 一二三, born 1940), Japanese shogi player
  • Hiroki Kato (加藤 広樹, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  • Hiroshi Kato (加藤 寛, born 1951), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Hiroshi Kato (aikido) (加藤 弘, 1935–2012), Japanese aikidoka
  • Katō Hiroyuki (加藤 弘之, 1836–1916), Japanese academic and politician
  • Hisaki Kato (加藤 久輝, born 1982), Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer
  • Hisashi Kato (加藤 久, born 1956), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Izumi Kato (加藤 和, born 1990), Japanese swimmer
  • Joji Kato (加藤 条治, born 1985), Japanese speed skater
  • Jun Kato (加藤 純, born 1980), Japanese tennis player
  • Junichi Kato (加藤 順一, born 1935), Japanese rower
  • Junya Kato (加藤 潤也, born 1994), Japanese footballer
  • Kanji Kato (1870–1939), Japanese naval officer
  • Kaori Kato (born 1977), Japanese women cricketer
  • Katsunobu Katō (加藤 勝信, born 1955), Japanese politician
  • Kazue Katō (加藤 和枝, 1937–1989), better known as Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress
  • Kazuhiko Kato (1947–2009), nicknamed "Tonovan", Japanese record producer, songwriter and singer
  • Kazuhiko Katō (1937–2019), pen name Monkey Punch, Japanese manga artist
  • Kazuki Kato (加藤 和樹, born 1984), Japanese actor and singer
  • Kazuya Kato (加藤 和也, born 1952), Japanese mathematician
  • Kazuyo Kato (加藤 一義, born 1932), Japanese sport shooter
  • Keisuke Kato (加藤 慶祐, born 1988), Japanese actor
  • Kenta Kato (加藤 健太, born 1987), Japanese footballer
  • Kento Kato (加藤 健人, born 1995), Japanese footballer
  • Kenzō Katō (加藤 賢三, born 1980), Japanese sport wrestler
  • Katō Kiyomasa (加藤 清正, 1562–1611), Japanese daimyō
  • Kiyomi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kohei Kato (加藤 恒平, born 1989), Japanese footballer
  • Koichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Koken Kato (加藤 弘堅, born 1989), Japanese footballer
  • Kosuke Kato (加藤 康介, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
  • Koyuki Kato (加藤 小雪, born 1976), better known as Koyuki, Japanese model and actress
  • Kunio Katō (加藤 久仁生, born 1977), Japanese animator
  • Kyōhei Katō (加藤 恭平, 1909–1983), Japanese photographer
  • Masaaki Kato (加藤 正明, born 1958), Japanese footballer
  • Masako Kato (加藤 雅子, born 1965), Japanese figure skater
  • Masao Kato (加藤 正夫, 1947–2004), Japanese Go player
  • Masaru Kato (加藤 大, born 1991), Japanese footballer
  • Masashi Kato (加藤 真志, born 1970), Japanese swimmer
  • Masato Kato (加藤 正人, born 1963), Japanese game developer and scenario writer
  • Masaya Kato (加藤 雅也, born 1963), Japanese actor
  • Masayo Kato (加藤 正世, 1898–1967), Japanese entomologist
  • Masayoshi Kato (加藤 政義, born 1987), Japanese baseball player
  • Midori Katō (加藤 みどり, born 1939), Japanese voice actress
  • Mikiko Kato (加藤 美起子, born 1954), Japanese handball player
  • Miliyah Kato (加藤 ミリヤ, born 1988), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Minami Kato (加藤 美南, born 1999), Japanese idol and singer
  • Mitsuhiko Kato (加藤 三彦, born 1962), Japanese basketball coach
  • Mitsuo Kato (加藤 光雄, born 1953), Japanese footballer
  • Katō Mitsuyasu (加藤 光泰, 1537–1593), Japanese samurai and daimyō
  • Miyoshi Kato (加藤 美善, born 1962), Japanese speed skater
  • Miyu Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Momoko Katō (加藤 桃子, born 1993), Japanese shogi player
  • Nanae Katō (加藤 奈々絵, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
  • Naoyuki Kato (加藤 直之, born 1952), Japanese illustrator
  • Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希, born 1985), Japanese actress
  • Nei Kato (加藤 寧), Japanese engineer
  • Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  • Nobuya Kato (加藤 修也, born 1995), Japanese sprinter
  • Nobuyuki Kato (加藤 信幸, born 1920), Japanese footballer
  • Noriko Katō (加藤 紀子, born 1973), Japanese singer and actress
  • Nozomu Kato (加藤 望, born 1969), Japanese footballer
  • Rena Kato (加藤 玲奈, born 1997), Japanese singer and idol
  • Ricky Kato (born 1994), Australian golfer
  • Riona Kato (加藤 利緒菜, born 1998), Japanese figure skater
  • Ryōhei Katō (加藤 凌平, born 1993), Japanese gymnast
  • Rosa Kato (加藤 ローサ, born 1985), Japanese actress and model
  • Ryo Kato (加藤 諒, born 1990), Japanese actor and television personality
  • Ryōzō Katō (加藤 良三, born 1941), Japanese lawyer and diplomat
  • Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二, born 1969), Japanese footballer
  • Katō Sadakichi (加藤 定吉, 1861–1927), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
  • Sakuko Kato (加藤 作子), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
  • Satori Kato, Japanese chemist
  • Sawao Katō (加藤 沢男, born 1946), Japanese gymnast
  • Seishiro Kato (加藤 清史郎, born 2001), Japanese child actor
  • Seizō Katō (加藤 精三, born 1927), Japanese voice actor
  • Katō Shidzue (加藤 シヅエ, 1897–2001), Japanese activist and politician
  • Shigeaki Kato (加藤 成亮, born 1987), Japanese idol and singer
  • Shiho Katō (加藤 史帆, born 1998), Japanese idol and model
  • Shin Kato (加藤 信, 1891–1952), Japanese Go player
  • Shinya Kato (加藤 慎也, born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Shohei Kato (加藤 翔平, born 1991), Japanese baseball player
  • Shuichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sogen Kato (加藤 宗現, 1899 – c. 1978)
  • Sonoko Kato (加藤 園子, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Katō Tadaaki (加藤 忠明), Japanese samurai
  • Tadamasa Kato (加藤 忠正, born 1944), Japanese rower
  • Tadashi Kato (加藤 忠, born 1935), Japanese cyclist
  • Tai Kato (加藤 泰, 1916–1985), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Taihei Kato (加藤 大平, born 1984), Japanese Nordic combined skier
  • Taiki Kato (加藤 大樹, born 1993), Japanese footballer
  • Taka Kato (加藤 鷹, born 1959), Japanese pornographic film actor
  • Katō Takaaki (加藤 高明, 1860–1926), Japanese politician, diplomat and Prime Minister of Japan
  • Takako Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士, born 1989), Japanese handball player
  • Takayuki Kato (加藤 貴之, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
  • Takeharu Kato (加藤 武治, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
  • Takehiro Kato (加藤 豪宏, born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Takehisa Kato (加藤 武久, born 1941), Japanese cyclist
  • Takeshi Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Takuma Kato (加藤 匠馬, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
  • Tateo Katō (加藤 建夫, 1903–1942), Japanese World War II flying ace
  • Tatsuhito Katoh (加藤 竜人, born 1976), Japanese baseball player
  • Tatsuya Kato (加藤 達也, born 1980), Japanese composer
  • Tatsuya Kato (journalist) (加藤 達也, born 1966), Japanese journalist
  • Tetsuji Kato (加藤 鉄史), Japanese mixed martial artist
  • Tōichi Katō (加藤 東一, 1916–1996), Japanese painter
  • Tokiko Kato (加藤 登紀子, born 1943), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
  • Tomoaki Kato (加藤 友朗, born 1963), Japanese surgeon
  • Tomoe Kato (加藤 與惠, born 1978), Japanese women's footballer
  • Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大, born 1982), Japanese mass murderer
  • Katō Tomosaburō (加藤 友三郎, 1861–1923), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
  • Toshikazu Kato (加藤 寿一, born 1981), Japanese footballer
  • Toshiyuki Kato (加藤 敏幸, born 1949), Japanese politician
  • Tosio Kato (加藤 敏夫, 1917–1999), Japanese mathematician
  • Tsubasa Kato (加藤 翼, born 1984), Japanese contemporary artist
  • Tsutomu Kato (加藤 孟, 1926-2011), cofounder of Korg
  • Yasuaki Kato (加藤 泰明, born 1976), Japanese footballer
  • Katō Yasuaki (加藤 泰秋, 1846–1926), Japanese daimyō
  • Yasuhiro Kato (加藤 康弘, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  • Yoichi Kato (加藤 陽一, born 1976), Japanese volleyball player
  • Yoko Kato (born 1952), Japanese neurosurgeon
  • Yoshi Katō (加藤 嘉, 1913–1988), Japanese actor
  • Katō Yoshiaki (加藤 嘉明, 1563–1631), Japanese daimyō
  • Yoshikazu Katō (加藤 義一, born 1972), Japanese film director and screenwriter
  • Yoshio Kato (加藤 好男, born 1957), Japanese footballer
  • Yoshiyuki Kato (加藤 善之, born 1964), Japanese footballer and manager
  • Yuji Kato (加藤 裕司, born 1978), Japanese Paralympic judoka
  • Yuka Kato (加藤 ゆか, born 1986), Japanese swimmer
  • Yūka Kato (加藤 夕夏, born 1997), Japanese idol and singer
  • Yuki Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Yuria Katō (加藤 結李愛, born 2003), Japanese shogi player
  • Yurie Kato (加藤 友里恵, born 1987), Japanese triathlete
  • Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介, born 1986), Japanese footballer
  • Yuumi Kato (加藤 遊海, born 1996), Japanese model, actress and beauty pageant winner

Fictional characters
  • Kato (The Green Hornet) (加藤), a character in the Green Hornet series
  • Go Kato, a character in the manga series Someday's Dreamers
  • Griffin Kato, a character in the manga series Rave Master
  • Jeri Katou (加藤 樹莉), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers
  • Kachiro Kato (加藤 勝郎), a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
  • Kazumi Kato, a character in The Order of the Stick webcomic
  • Hazuki Katou (加藤 葉月), a character in the light novel and anime series Sound! Euphonium
  • Marika Katō (加藤 茉莉香), protagonist of the light novel series Bodacious Space Pirates
  • Masaji Kato (加藤 政二), a character in the video game Shadow Hearts: Covenant
  • Masaru Kato (加藤 勝), a character in the manga series Gantz
  • Megumi Kato (加藤 恵), a character in the light novel series Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
  • Otome Katou (加藤 乙女), a character in the visual novel School Days
  • Saburo Kato (加藤 三郎), a character in the anime series Space Battleship Yamato
  • Yakumo "Cloud" Kato (加藤 クラウド 八雲), a character in the tokusatsu series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
  • Yasunori Katō (加藤 保憲), protagonist of the novel series Teito Monogatari
  • Yue Kato (加藤 故), a character in the manga series Angel Sanctuary
  • Yuichiro Kato (加藤 雄一郎), a character in the manga series Doubt!
  • Haru Kato (加藤 春), a character in the anime series The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited

References
  1. "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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