Katō (surname)

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

 * Ai Kato (加藤 あい), Japanese actress and idol
 * Akemi Kato (加藤 明美), Japanese field hockey player
 * Akiko Kato (加藤 彰子), Japanese field hockey player
 * Akiko Kato (curler) (加藤 彰子), Japanese curler and coach
 * Atsushi Kato (加藤 充志), Japanese Go player
 * Ayuko Kato (加藤 鮎子), Japanese politician
 * Cha Katō (加藤 茶), Japanese comedian, actor and musician
 * Chihiro Kato (volleyball) (加藤 千尋), Japanese volleyball player
 * Dai Kato (加藤 大), Japanese Yokohama DeNA Baystars baseball player
 * Daijiro Kato (加藤 大治郎), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Daishi Kato (加藤 大志), Japanese footballer
 * Daisuke Katō (加東 大介), Japanese actor
 * Daisuke Kato (baseball) (加藤 大輔), Japanese baseball player
 * Katō Danzō (加藤 段蔵), Japanese ninja
 * Eikichi Kato (加藤 榮吉), Imperial Japanese Navy officer
 * Eizō Katō (加藤 栄三), Japanese painter
 * Emiri Katō (加藤 英美里), Japanese voice actress
 * Katō Enao (加藤 枝直), Japanese poet
 * Fujiko Kato (加藤 富士子), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Funky Kato (born 1978), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Go Kato (加藤 剛), Japanese entertainer and actor
 * Hajime Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Haruka Kato (加藤 悠), Japanese gravure idol, television personality and professional wrestler
 * Hideji Katō (加藤 秀司), Japanese baseball player
 * Kato Hideki (加藤 英樹), Japanese musician and composer
 * Hidenori Kato (加藤 秀典), Japanese footballer
 * Hifumi Katō (加藤 一二三), Japanese shogi player
 * Hiroki Kato (加藤 広樹), Japanese footballer
 * Hiroki Katoh (加藤 寛規), Japanese racing driver and team manager
 * Hiroshi Kato (加藤 寛), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Hiroshi Kato (aikido) (加藤 弘), Japanese aikidoka
 * Katō Hiroyuki (加藤 弘之), Japanese academic and politician
 * Hisaki Kato (加藤 久輝), Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer
 * Hisashi Kato (加藤 久), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Issei Kato (加藤 壱盛), Japanese footballer
 * Izumi Kato (加藤 和), Japanese swimmer
 * Izumi Kato (artist) (加藤 泉), Japanese contemporary artist
 * Joji Kato (加藤 条治), Japanese speed skater
 * Jun Kato (加藤 純), Japanese tennis player
 * Junichi Kato (加藤 順一), Japanese rower
 * Junichi Kato (YouTuber) (加藤 純一), Japanese streamer
 * Junya Kato (加藤 潤也), Japanese footballer
 * Kanji Kato (加藤 寛治), Japanese naval officer
 * Kaori Kato (born 1977), Japanese women cricketer
 * Katsunobu Katō (加藤 勝信), Japanese politician
 * Kazue Kato (加藤和恵), Japanese manga artist
 * Kazuki Kato (加藤 和樹), Japanese actor and singer
 * Kazuya Kato (加藤 和也), Japanese mathematician
 * Kazuyo Kato (加藤 一義), Japanese sport shooter
 * Kei Katō (加藤 圭), Japanese women's professional shogi player
 * Keisuke Kato (加藤 慶祐), Japanese actor
 * Kenta Kato (加藤 健太), Japanese footballer
 * Kento Kato (加藤 健人), Japanese footballer
 * Kenzō Katō (加藤 賢三), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Katō Kiyomasa (加藤 清正), Japanese daimyō
 * Kiyomi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kohei Kato (加藤 恒平), Japanese footballer
 * Koichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Koken Kato (加藤 弘堅), Japanese footballer
 * Kosuke Kato (加藤 康介), Japanese baseball player
 * Koyuki Kato (加藤 小雪), better known as Koyuki, Japanese model and actress
 * Kunio Katō (加藤 久仁生), Japanese animator
 * Kyōhei Katō (加藤 恭平), Japanese photographer
 * Masaaki Kato (加藤 正明), Japanese footballer
 * Masako Kato (加藤 雅子), Japanese figure skater
 * Masaru Kato (加藤 大), Japanese footballer
 * Masashi Kato (加藤 真志), Japanese swimmer
 * Masato Kato (加藤 正人), Japanese game developer and scenario writer
 * Masaya Kato (加藤 雅也), Japanese actor
 * Masayo Kato (加藤 正世), Japanese entomologist
 * Masayoshi Kato (加藤 政義), Japanese baseball player
 * Midori Katō (加藤 みどり), Japanese voice actress
 * Mikiko Kato (加藤 美起子), Japanese handball player
 * Miliyah Kato (加藤 ミリヤ), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Minami Kato (加藤 美南), Japanese idol and singer
 * Mitsuhiko Kato (加藤 三彦), Japanese basketball coach
 * Mitsuo Kato (加藤 光雄), Japanese footballer
 * Katō Mitsuyasu (加藤 光泰), Japanese samurai and daimyō
 * Miyoshi Kato (加藤 美善), Japanese speed skater
 * Miyu Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Momoko Katō (加藤 桃子), Japanese shogi player
 * Nanae Katō (加藤 奈々絵), Japanese voice actress
 * Naoyuki Kato (加藤 直之), Japanese illustrator
 * Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希), Japanese actress
 * Nei Kato (加藤 寧), Japanese engineer
 * Nobuhiro Kato (加藤 順大), Japanese footballer
 * Nobuya Kato (加藤 修也), Japanese sprinter
 * Nobuyuki Kato (加藤 信幸), Japanese footballer
 * Noriko Katō (加藤 紀子), Japanese singer and actress
 * Nozomu Kato (加藤 望), Japanese footballer
 * Rena Kato (加藤 玲奈), Japanese singer and idol
 * Ricky Kato (born 1994), Australian golfer
 * Riona Kato (加藤 利緒菜), Japanese figure skater
 * Ryōhei Katō (加藤 凌平), Japanese gymnast
 * Rosa Kato (加藤 ローサ), Japanese actress and model
 * Ryo Kato (加藤 諒), Japanese actor and television personality
 * Ryōzō Katō (加藤 良三), Japanese lawyer and diplomat
 * Ryuji Kato (加藤 竜二), Japanese footballer
 * Sachiko Kato (born 2000), Japanese rugby union player
 * Katō Sadakichi (加藤 定吉), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Sakuko Kato (加藤 作子), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
 * Satori Kato, Japanese chemist
 * Sawao Katō (加藤 沢男), Japanese gymnast
 * Seishiro Kato (加藤 清史郎), Japanese actor
 * Seizō Katō (加藤 精三), Japanese voice actor
 * Katō Shidzue (加藤 シヅエ), Japanese activist and politician
 * Shigeaki Kato (加藤 成亮), Japanese idol and singer
 * Shiho Katō (加藤 史帆), Japanese idol and model
 * Shin Kato (加藤 信), Japanese Go player
 * Shinya Kato (加藤 慎也), Japanese footballer
 * Shohei Kato (加藤 翔平), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Kato (加藤 創太), better known as SO-SO, Japanese beatboxer and looper
 * Shuichi Kato (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sogen Kato (加藤 宗現)
 * Sonoko Kato (加藤 園子), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Katō Tadaaki (加藤 忠明), Japanese samurai
 * Tadamasa Kato (加藤 忠正), Japanese rower
 * Tadashi Kato (加藤 忠), Japanese cyclist
 * Tai Kato (加藤 泰), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Taihei Kato (加藤 大平), Japanese Nordic combined skier
 * Taiki Kato (加藤 大樹), Japanese footballer
 * Taka Kato (加藤 鷹), Japanese pornographic film actor
 * Katō Takaaki (加藤 高明), Japanese politician, diplomat and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Takako Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Takashi Kato (加藤 嵩士), Japanese handball player
 * Takayuki Kato (加藤 貴之), Japanese baseball player
 * Takeharu Kato (加藤 武治), Japanese baseball player
 * Takehiro Kato (加藤 豪宏), Japanese footballer
 * Takehisa Kato (加藤 武久), Japanese cyclist
 * Takeshi Katō (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Takuma Kato (加藤 匠馬), Japanese baseball player
 * Tateo Katō (加藤 建夫), Japanese World War II flying ace
 * Tatsuhito Katoh (加藤 竜人), Japanese baseball player
 * Tatsuya Kato (加藤 達也), Japanese composer
 * Tatsuya Kato (journalist) (加藤 達也), Japanese journalist
 * Tetsuji Kato (加藤 鉄史), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Tōichi Katō (加藤 東一), Japanese painter
 * Tokiko Kato (加藤 登紀子), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
 * Tomoaki Kato (加藤 友朗), Japanese surgeon
 * Tomoe Kato (加藤 與惠), Japanese women's footballer
 * Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大), Japanese mass murderer
 * Katō Tomosaburō (加藤 友三郎), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Toshikazu Kato (加藤 寿一), Japanese footballer
 * Toshiyuki Kato (加藤 敏幸), Japanese politician
 * Tosio Kato (加藤 敏夫), Japanese mathematician
 * Tsubasa Kato (加藤 翼), Japanese contemporary artist
 * Tsutomu Kato (加藤 孟), cofounder of Korg
 * Yasuaki Kato (加藤 泰明), Japanese footballer
 * Katō Yasuaki (加藤 泰秋), Japanese daimyō
 * Yasuhiro Kato (加藤 康弘), Japanese footballer
 * Yoichi Kato (加藤 陽一), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yoko Kato (加藤 庸子), Japanese neurosurgeon
 * Yoshi Katō (加藤 嘉), Japanese actor
 * Katō Yoshiaki (加藤 嘉明), Japanese daimyō
 * Yoshikazu Katō (加藤 義一), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Yoshio Kato (加藤 好男), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshiyuki Kato (加藤 善之), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Yuji Kato (加藤 裕司), Japanese Paralympic judoka
 * Yuka Kato (加藤 ゆか), Japanese swimmer
 * Yūka Kato (加藤 夕夏), Japanese idol and singer
 * Yuki Kato (born 1995), Indonesian actress, model, television presenter
 * Yukiko Kato (born 1936), Japanese writer
 * Yuria Katō (加藤 結李愛), Japanese shogi player
 * Yurie Kato (加藤 友里恵), Japanese triathlete
 * Yusuke Kato (加藤 友介), Japanese footballer
 * Yuumi Kato (加藤 遊海), Japanese model, actress and beauty pageant winner

Fictional characters

 * Kato (The Green Hornet) (加藤), 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
 * Jeri Katou (加藤 樹莉), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers
 * Kachiro Kato (加藤 勝郎), a character in the manga series Prince of Tennis
 * Kazumi Kato, a character in The Order of the Stick webcomic
 * Hazuki Katou (加藤 葉月), a character in the light novel and anime series Sound! Euphonium
 * Marika Katō (加藤 茉莉香), protagonist of the light novel series Bodacious Space Pirates
 * Masaji Kato (加藤 政二), a character in the video game Shadow Hearts: Covenant
 * Masaru Kato (加藤 勝), a character in the manga series Gantz
 * Megumi Kato (加藤 恵), a character in the light novel series Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
 * Otome Katou (加藤 乙女), a character in the visual novel School Days
 * Saburo Kato (加藤 三郎), a character in the anime series Space Battleship Yamato
 * Yakumo "Cloud" Kato (加藤 クラウド 八雲), a character in the tokusatsu series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
 * Yasunori Katō (加藤 保憲), protagonist of the novel series Teito Monogatari
 * Yue Kato (加藤 故), a character in the manga series Angel Sanctuary
 * Yuichiro Kato (加藤 雄一郎), a character in the manga series Doubt!
 * Haru Kato (加藤 春), a character in the anime series The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited