Itō (surname) explained

Itō, Ito, Itou, Itoh or Itoo (written: or in hiragana) is the sixth most common Japanese surname. Another Kanji variant shares the same pronunciation is .

Notable people with the surname

• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese manga artist
• Akira Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese comedian
• Atsushi Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer, actress, dancer and model
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese architect, architectural historian and critic
• Daisuke Itō (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese footballer
• David Ito (born 1966), Japanese comedian, actor and businessman
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese long jumper
• , Japanese motorcycle racer
• , Japanese surgeon
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Prime Minister of Japan in the late 19th century
• , Japanese shogi player
• Hiroki Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese game producer, director and designer
• , Japanese mayor
• , Japanese guitarist
• , Japanese character designer and animator
• , Japanese swordsman
• , Japanese painter
• Jeremy Ito (born 1986), American football player
• Jerry Ito (1927–2007), American actor
• , Japanese Confucian philosopher and educator
• , Japanese activist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist
• , Japanese medical researcher and psychiatrist
• , Japanese horror manga artist
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese baseball player
• Junko Itō, American linguist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese dancer and choreographer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese softball player
• , Japanese anime screenwriter and artist
• , Japanese astronomer
• , Japanese photographer and installation artist
• , Japanese physician and biologist
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese composer, conductor, and writer
• Kenichi Itō (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese video game composer and musician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese jazz singer
• , Japanese art director
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese illustrator
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• Lance Ito (born 1950), American judge
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese economist
• , the first official Japanese emissary to Europe
• , Japanese actress, artist, model and idol
• Maryanne Ito (born 1983), American musician
• Mary Ito, Canadian television and radio personality
• , Japanese video game artist
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese trampolinist
• Masanori Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese neuroscientist
• , Japanese World War II holdout
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• , also known as Hikaru Nanase, Japanese singer and composer
• , Japanese synchronized swimmer
• , Japanese choreographer
• , Japanese figure skater
• , birth name of Mika Doi, Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese freestyle skier
• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese table tennis player
• Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• Japanese actress and model
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese politician
• Miyoko Ito (1918–1983), American artist
• , Japanese cultural anthropologist
• , Japanese automotive engineer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese anime director
• , Japanese writer, social critic and feminist
• , Japanese manga artist
• , better known as Noriko Hidaka, Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• Ogura Yonesuke Itoh (1870–1940), Japanese-American artist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese sculptor
• , Japanese conductor
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actress, model and gravure idol
• Robert Ito (born 1931), Canadian actor and voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese tanka poet and novelist
• , Japanese softball player
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese singer and actress
• , Japanese television personality
• , the real name of Project Itoh, Japanese science fiction writer and essayist
• Saya Ito (born 1999), Japanese kickboxer
• , Japanese announcer and television personality
• , also known as Hitoshi Itō, Japanese poet, writer and translator
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese voice actor
• Sharon Ito (born 1960), American journalist
• , Japanese table tennis player
• (born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Shin Ito (born 1964), Japanese wingsuit pilot and skydiver
• Shingo Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese motorcycle racer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese Buddhist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese actor and comedian
• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese swimmer, Japanese freestyle swimmer
• , Japanese historian of science
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese samurai and daimyō
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• Susumu Ito (1919–2015), American cell biologist and soldier
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese kickboxer
• , Japanese economist and academic
• , Japanese manga artist
• Takenori Ito, Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese footballer
• Takuma Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takuya Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tari Ito (born 1951), Japanese performance artist
• , Japanese tennis player
• Tatsuya Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese composer
• Terry Ito (born 1949), Japanese director, television producer, critic and writer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Tomohiko Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese Paralympic athlete
• , Japanese actor
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Japanese architect
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese baseball player and manager
• , Japanese politician
• Willie Ito (born 1934), American animator
• , Japanese classical composer
• , Japanese boxer
• , Japanese engineer and scientist
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese chemist
• Yoshihiro Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese actor and singer
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese footballer
• Yuji Ito (fighter), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Yuki Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese fashion model and actress
• Yuna Ito (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and actress
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Yuzuru Ito (before 1989 – 2000), quality assurance expert
• , Japanese singer and guitarist

Fictional characters

• , a character in the manga series Hikaru no Go
• Ayami Itō, a character in the video game Tokyo Dark
• , a character in the media franchise Gakuen Heaven
• Kōsaku Itō, a character in the 2017 romantic drama film My Teacher based on the manga series of the same name
• , protagonist of the visual novel School Days
• Satomi Ito, a character in the television series Teen Wolf
• Saya Itō, a character in Japanese drama series Hanbun, Aoi
• Isa Itou, a character in the sci-fi survival horror game Signalis

See also

• Itō clan, a Japanese clan