Kita (surname)

Kita is a Japanese and Polish surname. As a Japanese surname it might be written various ways in kanji (e.g. meaning "north";  meaning "field of trees";  meaning "many happinesses"). As a Polish surname it is derived from the nickname "kita", which means "crest bunch sheaf; tail". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Atsushi Kita (北 篤), Japanese baseball outfielder
 * Candace Kita (born 1967), American actress
 * Hideki Kita (喜多 秀喜), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Ikki Kita (北 一輝), Japanese philosopher
 * Kazuma Kita (北 一真), Japanese football goalkeeper
 * Kensuke Kita (喜多 建介), Japanese vocalist and guitarist
 * Morio Kita (北 杜夫), Japanese novelist
 * Przemysław Kita (born 1993), Polish football striker
 * Regina Wasilewska-Kita (born 1951), Polish politician
 * Rentaro Kita (北 廉太郎), Japanese ryūkōka singer
 * Seiichi Kita (喜多 誠一), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * Sumire Kita (喜田 純鈴), Japanese gymnast
 * Takuya Kita (北卓也), Japanese basketball coach
 * Toshiyuki Kita (喜多 俊之), Japanese furniture designer
 * Yasushi Kita (喜多 靖), Japanese football defender
 * Waldemar Kita (born 1953), Polish businessman

Fictional characters

 * Ikuyo Kita, a fictional character from Bocchi the Rock!.