Mutō (武藤 "warrior

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") is a Japanese surname. It is also romanized as Muto, Mutoh, or Mutou. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Muto Adam Muto (born July 20) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, and producer known for his work as the executive producer and showrunner of the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Career Muto was a classmate of ''Adventu ...

, American animator * Akira Mutō, chief of staff of the 14th Area Army *

Ayami Mutō is a Japanese idol, singer, and model. She was represented by Amuse Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and has been a member of three musical groups formed by the company: Karen Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and its first sub-unit Twinklestars. Biography Mutō ...

, singer *

Azumi Muto was a Japanese pin-up model and aspiring actress for an agency in Tokyo, Japan. She was murdered by her 21-year-old brother (born 1985) on December 30, 2006. Her death aroused the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloids' notice for the circumstanc ...

, actress *, Japanese businesswoman *

Kaneyoshi Muto was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace known for his great skill in fighter aircraft. Fellow ace Saburō Sakai called him "a genius in the air." Second Sino-Japanese War Kaneyoshi Muto was born to a humble farming family in June 1916 in Ai ...

, Japanese fighter ace in World War II *

Hideki Mutoh is a Japanese race car driver from Tokyo who last raced in the 2022 Super GT Season for Autobacs Racing Team Aguri. Career Profile Mutoh is 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 64 kg (141 lb). His blood type is AB Rh-positive. His hobbies i ...

, race car driver in the Super GT series *

Joe Muto Joe Muto, known as the "Fox Mole", is a former employee of Fox News known for his leaks of material from the company to Gawker. Muto, a graduate of University of Notre Dame, started work at Fox as a production assistant in July 2004 and became an ...

, television producer *

Keiji Muto is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work under his real name and as his alter ego in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and duri ...

, pro-wrestler *

Luke Kenichi Muto Luke Kenichi Muto (, ''Ruka Muto Kenichi'') is a Japanese Anglican bishop. Since 2013, he has been bishop of Kyushu, and from 2020 to 2024, he was the 19th primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the province of the Anglican Communion in Japan. Muto ...

, Japanese Anglican bishop * Masatoshi Muto, Japanese diplomat * Michiko Toyama Muto, American composer *

Nobuyoshi Mutō '' Gensui'' Baron was Commander of the Kwantung Army in 1933, Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo, and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Mutō was born in an ex''-samurai'' family from Saga Domain. After graduating from the ...

, general * Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan *

Tomu Muto is a Japanese tarento, actress, and former idol. She was a member of the idol group AKB48 under Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certified weather pre ...

, former AKB48 member *

Yoshinori Muto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Vissel Kobe. Muto started his career with J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2013 who he played with for three seasons. In May 2015, he signed for German club Mainz 05 wh ...

, football player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters include: *Akio Mutou, science teacher in the visual novel

Katawa Shoujo is a ''Bishōjo game, bishōjo''-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of a young man and five young women living with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an AD ...

*Ashirogi Muto of ''

Bakuman is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for ''Death Note''. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from Augus ...

'' *Kaname Muto of ''

Yahiko no Sakabato is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...

'' * Kazuki Muto of ''Buso Renkin'' *Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's ''

Tales of the Otori Tales of the Otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by Gillian Rubinstein, writing under the pen name Lian Hearn, set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: ''Across the Nightingale Floo ...

'' trilogy * Nobuyushi Muto *Rikako Muto, female lead from the anime

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*Yugi and Sugoroku Mutou of ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...

'' *

MUTO The MUTOs (acronym for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) are fictional monsters, or ''kaiju'', in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, MonsterVerse media franchise. The characters first appeared as the antagonists in ''Godzilla (2014 film), ...

, an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism", a species of kaiju in the 2014 film ''Godzilla''

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