Katō, Kato, Katou or Katoh (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "

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") is the 10th most common Japanese surname.

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 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 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

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*, 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 ''

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'' *, 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 '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'' *, 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 '' The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited''

References

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