Kato

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

• Ai Kato, an actress
• Akemi Kato, a field hockey player
• Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino fighter
• Cha Kato, a member of drifters
• Daijiro Kato, a motorcyclist
• Daishi Kato (加藤 大志, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• David Kato, Ugandan activist
• Eizō Katō, a painter
• Emiri Katō, a Japanese voice actress
• Fujiko Kato (加藤 富士子, born 1946), Japanese cross-country skier
• Hifumi Katō, a professional shogi player
• Izumi Kato (加藤 和, born 1990), Japanese swimmer
• Joji Kato, speedskater
• Kazuhiko Kato a.k.a. Monkey Punch, a manga artist
• Katō Kiyomasa, a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history
• Kazue Katō – real name of Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress
• Kazuya Kato, a Japanese mathematician
• Koyuki Kato, a model and actress
• Masao Kato, a Go player
• Masashi Kato, a freestyle swimmer
• Masato Kato, a game developer and scenario writer
• Midori Kato, a Japanese voice actress
• Mikiko Kato (加藤 美起子, born 1954), Japanese handball player
• Miliyah Kato, a singer
• Miyoshi Kato (加藤 美善, born 1962), Japanese speed skater
• Miyu Kato (born 1999), Japanese table tennis player
• Miyu Kato (tennis) (born 1994), Japanese tennis player
• Nanae Katō (加藤 奈々絵, born 1976), Japanese voice actress
• Natsuki Katō, an actress
• Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大, Katō Tomohiro), murderer at Akihabara massacre
• Rena Kato, a singer
• Ryohei Kato, Olympic gymnast
• Rosa Kato, an actress/ model
• Ryozo Kato, Japanese diplomat
• Sawao Kato, an Olympic gymnast
• Katō Takaaki (1860–1926), Prime Minister of Japan from 11 June 1924 to 28 January 1926
• Tōichi Katō, a painter
• Tomoe Kato, Japanese footballer
• Katō Tomosaburō (1861–1923), Prime Minister of Japan from 12 June 1922 to 24 August 1923
• Shigeaki Kato (born 11 July 1987), a singer
• Takeharu Kato (加藤 武治, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
• Tosio Kato (1917–1999), Japanese mathematician
• Yoichi Kato, a volleyball player
• Yoko Kato, Japanese professor of neurosurgery
• Yuki Kato (disambiguation), several people with this name
• Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介, born 1986), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

• Kato (The Green Hornet), 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
• Yakumo "Cloud" Kato, a character from Shuriken Sentai Ninninger