Kato

Surname

Katō, Kato or Katou (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "wisteria") is the 11th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ai Kato, an actress
• Akemi Kato, a field hockey player
• Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino fighter
• Daijiro Kato, a motorcyclist
• David Kato, Ugandan gay activist who was murdered in 2011
• Eizō Katō, a painter
• Emiri Katō, a female Japanese voice actress working for 81 Produce
• Joji Kato, speedskater
• Kazuhiko Kato a.k.a. Monkey Punch, a manga artist
• Kazuko Kato, an actress
• Katō Kiyomasa, a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history
• Kazue Katō – real name of Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress, National Treasure of Japan
• Kazuya Kato, a Japanese mathematician, working in number theory and algebraic geometry
• Koyuki Kato, a model and actress
• Masao Kato, a Go player
• Masashi Kato, a freestyle swimmer
• Masato Kato, a game developer and scenario writer
• Miliyah Kato, a singer
• Natsuki Katō, an actress
• Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大 Katō Tomohiro), murderer at Akihabara massacre
• Ryohei Kato, Olympic gymnast
• Rosa Kato, an actress/ commercial model of Japanese and Italian origin
• Ryozo Kato (born 13 September 1941), former Japanese diplomat
• Sawao Kato, an Olympic gymnast and eight-time gold medal winner
• Katō Takaaki (1860–1926), Prime Minister of Japan from 11 June 1924 to 28 January 1926
• Tōichi Katō, a painter
• Katō Tomosaburō (1861–1923), Prime Minister of Japan from 12 June 1922 to 24 August 1923
• Shigeaki Kato (born 11 July 1987), a singer
• Tosio Kato (1917–1999), Japanese mathematician
• Yoichi Kato, a volleyball player
• Yuki Kato (disambiguation), people with this name

Fictional characters

• Kato, from The Green Hornet
• Ayano Katou, from Someday's Dreamers
• Otome Kato from School Days
• Go Kato, from Someday's Dreamers
• Griffin Kato (Griff), from Rave Master
• Jeri Katou (Juri Katou in Japan), from Digimon Tamers
• Kachiro Kato, from Prince of Tennis
• Kyōji Katō, from School Rumble
• Kazumi Kato and Daigo, characters in The Order of the Stick webcomic.
• Marika Katō, protagonist of Bodacious Space Pirates
• Masaji Kato, a special agent from Shadow Hearts: Covenant
• Masaru Kato, from Gantz
• Megumi Kato, from Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
• Yasunori Kato, from Teito Monogatari
• Yue Kato, from the manga Angel Sanctuary
• Yuichiro Kato, from Doubt!
• Saburo Kato, a fighter pilot from Space Battleship Yamato

Radio Station

KATO-FM (93.1 FM) licensed to New Ulm, Minnesota, serving Mankato, Minnesota.

See also

• Kaito (disambiguation)