Katō (surname) explained

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

• , Japanese actress and idol
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese curler and coach
• , Japanese Go player
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese comedian, actor and musician
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese Yokohama DeNA Baystars baseball player
• , Japanese motorcycle racer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese ninja
• , Imperial Japanese Navy officer
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese poet
• , Japanese cross-country skier
• Funky Kato (born 1978), Japanese singer-songwriter
• , Japanese entertainer and actor
• Hajime Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese gravure idol, television personality and professional wrestler
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese musician and composer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese racing driver and team manager
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese academic and politician
• , Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese contemporary artist
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese tennis player
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese streamer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese naval officer
• Kaori Kato (born 1977), Japanese women cricketer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese actor and singer
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese women's professional shogi player
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese daimyō
• Kiyomi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese footballer
• Koichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese baseball player
• , better known as Koyuki, Japanese model and actress
• , Japanese animator
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese figure skater
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese game developer and scenario writer
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese entomologist
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese singer-songwriter
• , Japanese idol and singer
• , Japanese basketball coach
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese samurai and daimyō
• , Japanese speed skater
• Miyu Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese illustrator
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese engineer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sprinter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer and actress
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer and idol
• Ricky Kato (born 1994), Australian golfer
• , Japanese figure skater
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese actress and model
• , Japanese actor and television personality
• , Japanese lawyer and diplomat
• , Japanese footballer
• Sachiko Kato (born 2000), Japanese rugby union player
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Satori Kato, Japanese chemist
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese activist and politician
• , Japanese idol and singer
• , Japanese idol and model
• , Japanese Go player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , better known as SO-SO, Japanese beatboxer and looper
• Shuichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese samurai
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese film director and screenwriter
• , Japanese Nordic combined skier
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese pornographic film actor
• , Japanese politician, diplomat and Prime Minister of Japan
• Takako Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese cyclist
• Takeshi Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese World War II flying ace
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese composer
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• , Japanese surgeon
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese mass murderer
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese contemporary artist
• , cofounder of Korg
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese neurosurgeon
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese film director and screenwriter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese Paralympic judoka
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese idol and singer
• Yuki Kato (born 1995), Indonesian actress, model, television presenter
• Yukiko Kato (born 1936), Japanese writer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese triathlete
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese model, actress and beauty pageant winner

Fictional characters

• , 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
• , a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers
• , a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
• Kazumi Kato, a character in The Order of the Stick webcomic
• , a character in the light novel and anime series Sound! Euphonium
• , protagonist of the light novel series Bodacious Space Pirates
• , a character in the video game Shadow Hearts: Covenant
• , a character in the manga series Gantz
• , a character in the light novel series
• , a character in the visual novel School Days
• , a character in the anime series Space Battleship Yamato
• , a character in the tokusatsu series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
• , protagonist of the novel series Teito Monogatari
• , a character in the manga series Angel Sanctuary
• , a character in the manga series Doubt!
• Haru Kato (加藤 春), a character in the anime series

Notes and References

1. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-03-09.