Katō, Kato, Katou or Katoh (加藤, characters for "add/increase" and "wisteria") 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
  • Seiko Kato Behr (née Seiko Kato; 1941–2010), Japanese-born American artist
  • , 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 Korg
  • , 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 (1936–2024), 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 Digimon Tamers
  • , 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

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