Itō (surname)

Itō, Ito, Itou, Itoh or Itoo (written: 伊藤 or いとう in hiragana) is the sixth most common Japanese surname. Less common variant is 伊東.

Notable people with the surname

 * Aiko Itō (いとう あいこ), Japanese actress
 * Aimi Ito (伊藤 亜衣美), Japanese handball player
 * Akihiro Ito (伊藤 明弘), Japanese manga artist
 * Akira Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Asako Ito (いとう あさこ), Japanese comedian
 * Atsushi Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ayako Ito (伊藤 綾子), Japanese announcer
 * Ayuko Ito (伊藤 亜由子), Japanese speed skater
 * Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩), Japanese actress
 * Ayasa Itō (伊藤 彩沙), Japanese voice actress
 * Chiaki Ito (伊藤 千晃), Japanese singer, actress, dancer and model
 * Chieko Ito (伊東 千恵子), Japanese speed skater
 * Chūta Itō (伊東 忠太), Japanese architect, architectural historian and critic
 * Daisuke Itō (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dan Ito (伊藤 壇), Japanese footballer
 * David Ito (born 1966), Japanese comedian, actor and businessman
 * Einosuke Itō (伊藤 永之介), Japanese writer
 * Eri Itō (伊東 恵里), Japanese singer
 * Fujio Ito (伊藤 富士夫), Japanese cyclist
 * Fumiko Ito (伊藤 文子), Japanese long jumper
 * Fumio Ito (伊藤 史朗), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Genboku Itō (伊東 玄朴), Japanese surgeon
 * Gō Itō (伊藤 剛), Japanese footballer
 * Hanae Ito (伊藤 華英), Japanese swimmer
 * Hayata Ito (伊藤 隼太), Japanese baseball player
 * Heiichiro Ito (伊藤 平一郎), Japanese rugby union player
 * Hideaki Itō (伊藤 英明), Japanese actor
 * Hidetada Ito (井藤 英忠), Japanese handball player
 * Hikaru Ito (伊藤 光), Japanese baseball player
 * Hirobumi Itō (伊藤 博文), Prime Minister of Japan in the late 19th century
 * Hirofumi Itō (伊藤 博文), Japanese shogi player
 * Hiroki Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美), Japanese writer
 * Hiroyuki Ito (伊藤 裕之), Japanese game producer, director and designer
 * Iccho Itoh (伊藤 一長), Japanese mayor
 * Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗), Japanese guitarist
 * Ikuko Itoh (伊藤 郁子), Japanese character designer and animator
 * Ittōsai Itō (伊東 一刀斎), Japanese swordsman
 * Jakuchū Itō (伊藤 若冲), Japanese painter
 * Jeremy Ito (born 1986), American football player
 * Jerry Ito (1927–2007), American actor
 * Jinsai Itō (伊藤 仁斎), Japanese Confucian philosopher and educator
 * Joi Ito (伊藤 穰一), Japanese activist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist
 * Junichiro Ito (伊藤 順一郎), Japanese medical researcher and psychiatrist
 * Junji Ito (伊藤 潤二), Japanese horror manga artist
 * Junji Ito (fighter) (伊藤 淳二), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Junki Ito (伊藤 準規), Japanese baseball player
 * Junko Itō, American linguist
 * Junya Itō (伊東 純也), Japanese footballer
 * Kana Ito (伊東 可奈), Japanese badminton player
 * Kanae Itō (伊藤 かな恵), Japanese voice actress
 * Kanako Itō (いとう かなこ), Japanese singer
 * Kanako Itō (footballer) (伊藤 香菜子), Japanese women's footballer
 * Kaori Ito (伊藤 郁女), Japanese dancer and choreographer
 * Katsuji Ito (伊藤 勝二), Japanese swimmer
 * Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ), Japanese actress
 * Kazue Ito (softball) (伊藤 良恵), Japanese softball player
 * Kazuki Ito (伊藤 和基), Japanese footballer
 * Kazunori Itō (伊藤 和典), Japanese anime screenwriter and artist
 * Kazuyoshi Itō (伊藤 和幸), Japanese astronomer
 * Kei Ito (伊東 慧), Japanese photographer and installation artist
 * Keisuke Ito (伊藤 圭介), Japanese physician and biologist
 * Keisuke Ito (swimmer) (伊藤 圭祐), Japanese swimmer
 * Ken Itō (伊東 乾), Japanese composer, conductor, and writer
 * Kenichi Itō (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kenji Ito (伊藤 賢治), Japanese video game composer and musician
 * Kenji Ito (footballer) (伊藤 健次), Japanese footballer
 * Kenta Ito (伊藤 研太), Japanese footballer
 * Kentarō Itō (伊藤 健太郎), Japanese voice actor
 * Kimiko Itoh (伊藤 君子), Japanese jazz singer
 * Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔), Japanese art director
 * Kiyomi Itō (伊藤 清美), Japanese actress
 * Kiyosi Itô (伊藤 清), Japanese mathematician
 * Koji Ito (伊東 浩司), Japanese sprinter
 * Kosuke Ito (politician) (伊藤 公介), Japanese politician
 * Kumataro Ito (伊藤 熊太郎), Japanese illustrator
 * Kunimitsu Itō (伊藤 国光), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Lance Ito (born 1950), American judge
 * Mai Ito (伊藤 舞), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Maiko Itō (いとう まい子), Japanese actress
 * Maki Ito (伊藤 麻希), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Makiko Ito (伊藤 真貴子), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Makito Ito (伊藤 槙人), Japanese footballer
 * Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠), Japanese economist
 * Mancio Itō (伊東 マンショ), the first official Japanese emissary to Europe
 * Marika Itō (伊藤 万理華), Japanese actress, artist, model and idol
 * Maryanne Ito (born 1983), American musician
 * Mary Ito, Canadian television and radio personality
 * Masahiro Ito (伊藤 暢達), Japanese video game artist
 * Masahiro Itō (伊藤 昌弘), Japanese voice actor and singer
 * Masakazu Ito (伊藤 雅和), Japanese cyclist
 * Masaki Ito (伊藤 正樹), Japanese trampolinist
 * Masanori Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Masao Ito (伊藤 正男), Japanese neuroscientist
 * Masashi Itō (伊藤 正), Japanese World War II holdout
 * Masatoshi Ito (伊藤 雅俊), Japanese businessman
 * Masayoshi Ito (伊東 正義), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Masumi Itō (伊藤 真澄), also known as Hikaru Nanase, Japanese singer and composer
 * Megumi Itō (synchronized swimmer) (伊東 恵), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Michio Itō (伊藤 道郎), Japanese choreographer
 * Midori Ito (伊藤 みどり), Japanese figure skater
 * Mika Itō (伊藤 美加), birth name of Mika Doi, Japanese voice actress
 * Mika Itō (伊藤 実華), Japanese voice actress
 * Miki Itō (伊藤 美紀), Japanese voice actor
 * Miki Itō (skier) (伊藤 みき), Japanese freestyle skier
 * Miku Itō (伊藤 美来), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Mima Ito (伊藤 美誠), Japanese table tennis player
 * Minoru Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Misaki Ito (伊東 美咲) Japanese actress and model
 * Miyako Itō (伊東 みやこ), Japanese voice actress
 * Miyoji Itō (伊東 巳代治), Japanese politician
 * Miyoko Ito (1918–1983), American artist
 * Mizuko Ito (伊藤 瑞子), Japanese cultural anthropologist
 * Naganori Ito (伊藤 修令), Japanese automotive engineer
 * Naoji Ito (伊藤 直司), Japanese footballer
 * Naoto Itō (伊藤 直人), Japanese ski jumper
 * Naoyuki Itō (伊藤 尚往), Japanese anime director
 * Noe Itō (伊藤 野枝), Japanese writer, social critic and feminist
 * Noizi Ito (いとう のいぢ), Japanese manga artist
 * Noriko Itō (伊東 範子), better known as Noriko Hidaka, Japanese voice actress
 * Norio Ito (伊東 徳雄), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Ogura Yonesuke Itoh (1870–1940), Japanese-American artist
 * Ran Ito (伊藤 蘭), Japanese actress
 * Reitaro Ito (伊藤 礼太郎), Japanese sculptor
 * Reona Ito (伊藤 玲阿奈), Japanese conductor
 * Risa Itō (伊藤 理佐), Japanese manga artist
 * Risako Itō (伊藤 梨沙子), Japanese actress, model and gravure idol
 * Robert Ito (born 1931), Canadian actor and voice actor
 * Ryotaro Ito (伊藤 涼太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Ryoya Ito (伊藤 遼哉), Japanese footballer
 * Ryuji Ito (伊東 竜二), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryuji Ito (footballer) (伊藤 竜司), Japanese footballer
 * Saburo Ito (伊藤 三郎), Japanese swimmer
 * Sachio Itō (伊藤 左千夫), Japanese tanka poet and novelist
 * Sachiko Ito (伊藤 幸子), Japanese softball player
 * Sae Itō (伊藤 沙恵), Japanese shogi player
 * Sairi Ito (伊藤 沙莉), Japanese actress
 * Sakiko Ito (伊藤 咲子), Japanese singer and actress
 * Satoko Ito (伊藤 聡子), Japanese television personality
 * Satoshi Itō (伊藤 聡), the real name of Project Itoh, Japanese science fiction writer and essayist
 * Saya Ito (born 1999), Japanese kickboxer
 * Sayako Ito (伊東 紗冶子), Japanese announcer and television personality
 * Sei Itō (伊藤 整), also known as Hitoshi Itō, Japanese poet, writer and translator
 * Seiichi Itō (伊藤 整一), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Seiu Ito (伊藤 晴雨), Japanese painter
 * Setsuo Itō (伊藤 節生), Japanese voice actor
 * Sharon Ito (born 1960), American journalist
 * Shigeo Itoh (伊藤 繁雄), Japanese table tennis player
 * Shimpei Itoh (伊藤 伸平) (born 1960), Japanese manga artist
 * Shin Ito (born 1964), Japanese wingsuit pilot and skydiver
 * Shingo Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Shinichi Ito (伊藤 真一), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Shinji Ito (伊東 慎治), Japanese swimmer
 * Shinjō Itō (伊藤 真乗), Japanese Buddhist
 * Shinobu Ito (伊藤 仁), Japanese footballer
 * Shinsui Itō (伊東 深水), Japanese artist
 * Shintaro Ito (伊藤 信太郎), Japanese politician
 * Shigeru Itō (伊藤茂), Japanese politician
 * Shiori Itō (伊藤 詩織), Japanese journalist
 * Shirō Itō (伊東 四朗), Japanese actor and comedian
 * Shizuka Itō (伊藤 静), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Sho Ito (伊藤 翔), Japanese footballer
 * Shoji Ito (伊藤 鐘史), Japanese rugby union player
 * Shun Ito (伊東 俊), Japanese footballer
 * Shunsuke Ito (伊藤 俊介), Japanese swimmer, Japanese freestyle swimmer
 * Shuntarō Itō (伊東 俊太郎), Japanese historian of science
 * Shunya Itō (伊藤 俊也), Japanese film director
 * Soichiro Ito (伊東 総一郎), Japanese sport shooter
 * Suketaka Itō (伊東 祐兵), Japanese samurai and daimyō
 * Sukeyuki Itō (伊東 祐亨), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Susumu Ito (1919–2015), American cell biologist and soldier
 * Tadahiko Ito (伊藤 忠彦), Japanese politician
 * Takahiro Itō (伊藤 隆大), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Takami Itō (伊藤 たかみ), Japanese writer
 * Takanobu Ito (伊東 孝紳), Japanese businessman
 * Takanori Ito (伊藤 貴則), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Takao Ito (伊藤 高男), Japanese ski jumper
 * Takashi Ito (伊藤 隆), Japanese kickboxer
 * Takatoshi Ito (伊藤 隆敏), Japanese economist and academic
 * Takehiko Itō (伊東 岳彦), Japanese manga artist
 * Takenori Ito, Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Takeo Itō (伊東 武夫), Japanese general
 * Takeo Ito (field hockey) (伊藤 赳夫), Japanese field hockey player
 * Takeomi Ito (伊藤 剛臣), Japanese rugby union player
 * Takeshi Ito (伊藤 健史), Japanese footballer
 * Takuma Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Takuya Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tari Ito (born 1951), Japanese performance artist
 * Tatsuma Ito (伊藤 竜馬), Japanese tennis player
 * Tatsuya Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Teiji Ito (伊藤 貞司), Japanese composer
 * Terry Ito (born 1949), Japanese director, television producer, critic and writer
 * Teruyoshi Ito (伊東 輝悦), Japanese footballer
 * Tetsuya Ito (伊藤 哲也), Japanese footballer
 * Tomohiko Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tomohiro Ito (伊藤 友広), Japanese sprinter
 * Tomohito Ito (伊藤 智仁), Japanese baseball player
 * Tomoya Ito (伊藤 智也), Japanese Paralympic athlete
 * Toshihito Ito (伊藤 俊人), Japanese actor
 * Toshiyoshi Itō (伊藤 雋吉), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄), Japanese architect
 * Tsugio Ito (伊藤 次男), Japanese rower
 * Tsutomu Ito (伊東 勤), Japanese baseball player and manager
 * Wataru Ito (伊藤 渉), Japanese politician
 * Willie Ito (born 1934), American animator
 * Yasuhide Ito (伊藤 康英), Japanese classical composer
 * Yasuyuki Ito (伊藤 靖倖), Japanese boxer
 * Yoji Ito (伊藤 庸二), Japanese engineer and scientist
 * Yoshihiko Itō (伊藤 義彦), Japanese photographer
 * Yoshihiko Ito (chemist) (伊藤 嘉彦), Japanese chemist
 * Yoshihiro Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yoshiko Ito (伊藤 佳子), Japanese sport shooter
 * Yoshisuke Itō (伊東 義祐), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshitaka Ito (伊藤 喜剛), Japanese sprinter
 * Yousuke Itou (伊藤 陽佑), Japanese actor and singer
 * Yuichi Ito (井藤 祐一), Japanese tennis player
 * Yūichirō Itō (伊藤 祐一郎), Japanese politician
 * Yuji Ito (footballer) (伊藤 裕二), Japanese footballer
 * Yuji Ito (fighter), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Yuki Ito (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yukitoshi Ito (伊東 幸敏), Japanese footballer
 * Yuko Ito (伊藤 裕子), Japanese fashion model and actress
 * Yuna Ito (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and actress
 * Yūnosuke Itō (伊藤 雄之助), Japanese actor
 * Yuta Ito (伊藤 優汰), Japanese footballer
 * Yuzuki Ito (伊藤 優津樹), Japanese footballer
 * Yuzuru Ito (before 1989 – 2000), quality assurance expert
 * Rina Itou (いとう りな), Japanese singer and guitarist

Fictional characters

 * Itō (伊藤), a character in the manga series Hikaru no Go
 * Ayami Itō, a character in the video game Tokyo Dark
 * Keita Itō (伊藤 啓太), a character in the media franchise Gakuen Heaven
 * Kōsaku Itō, a character in the 2017 romantic drama film My Teacher based on the manga series of the same name
 * Makoto Ito (伊藤 誠), protagonist of the visual novel School Days
 * Satomi Ito, a character in the television series Teen Wolf
 * Saya Itō, a character in Japanese drama series Hanbun, Aoi
 * Isa Itou, a character in the sci-fi survival horror game Signalis