Kato or Katō may refer to:

Places

* Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana * Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

, a city in Southern Poland, often abbreviated to Kato * Mankato, a city in Southern Minnesota, often abbreviated to Kato

Brands and enterprises

Kato Airline Kato Airline AS, trading as Kato Air, was an airline which operated in Northern Norway between 1995 and 2008. Although also operating some smaller aircraft, the main portion of the airline's fleet were two Dornier 228. The airline was based at th ...

, a small airline based in Evenes, Norway * Kato Airport, an airport in Guyana * Kato Precision Railroad Models, a manufacturer of model railroad equipment

Fictional characters

* Kato (The Green Hornet), comic book character *Kato, the main antagonist in Astrid Lindgren's book ''

Mio, My Son ''Mio, My Son'' is a children's book by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. It was first published in 1954 in Sweden with the Swedish title ''Mio, min Mio'' (literally "Mio, my Mio"). The writing is stylised and the story strongly reminiscent of tra ...

'' *Cato Fong (originally spelled "Kato"), character from the ''Pink Panther'' film series, see list of The Pink Panther characters

People

* Kato (name), a given name and surname * Katō (surname), a Japanese surname

Nickname or stage name

* Kato (DJ), Danish DJ * Kato (producer), Korean-American music producer *

Paul Diamond Thomas Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a Croatian retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling F ...

, Croatian professional wrestler Kato whose ring name is Kato * Kate Lambert, British British model and fashion designer known as Kato *

Kato Kaelin Brian Gerard Kaelin (born March 9, 1959), known as Kato Kaelin, is an American actor and radio and television personality, who was a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder case. Early life and education Kaelin was born on March 9, 1959, in Milwauk ...

, American actor *

Kato Ottio Benkato "Kato" Ottio (20 March 1994 – 9 January 2018) was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Primarily playing as a , Ottio represented Papua New Guinea, most notably at the 2017 World Cup. Early life Ottio was born and raised in t ...

, Papua New Guinean rugby league player *

Kato Svanidze Ekaterine "Kato" Svanidze, '; russian: Екатерина Семёновна Сванидзе, ' (2 April 1885 – 22 November 1907) was the first wife of Joseph Stalin and the mother of his eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili. Born in Racha, in we ...

, first wife of Joseph Stalin

Other uses

Kato (instrument) Kato ( pa, ਕਾਟੋ), also spelled as Kaato or Katto, is one of the traditional musical instruments of Punjab. It is used in various cultural activities specially in folk dances like Bhangra, Malwai Giddha. ''Kato'' literally means squirrel in ...

, a traditional musical instrument of Punjab *

Kato people The Cahto (also spelled Kato, especially in anthropological and linguistic contexts) are an indigenous Californian group of Native Americans. Today most descendants are enrolled as the federally recognized tribe, the Cahto Indian Tribe of the La ...

or Kato tribe, a group of Native American people in the United States **

Kato language Cahto (also spelled Kato) is an extinct Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken by the Kato people of the Laytonville and Branscomb area at the head of the South Fork of the Eel River. It is one of the four languages belonging to the ''Ca ...

, the language of the Kato tribe * Kato technique, a method used for preparing faeces prior to examination for parasites *

KATO (AM) KATO (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Safford, Arizona, United States, the station is currently owned by Reed Richins, through licensee Double-R-Communications LLC, and features programming ...

, a radio station (1230 AM) licensed to Safford, Arizona, United States *

KATO-FM KATO-FM (93.1 MHz) is a radio station in Mankato (licensed to New Ulm) and serving the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs a classic hits radio format. KATO is owned by Linder Radio Group. History This station was originally KNUJ-FM, and ...

, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to New Ulm, Minnesota, United States *

Kato (restaurant) Kato is a Michelin Guide-starred Taiwanese restaurant in Los Angeles, California. See also * List of Michelin starred restaurants in Los Angeles and Southern California This article contains a complete list of Michelin starred restaurants in ...

, a Michelin-starred restaurant in West Los Angeles, California