Koto

Koto may refer to:

People with the given name

 * Names:
 * Koto Abe (阿部 航斗), Japanese footballer
 * Koto Hoxhi, (1824–1895) advocate of the Albanian language
 * Koto Ishiwatari (石渡こと), Japanese nurse
 * Koto Kobayashi (小林大海), Japanese former footballer
 * Koto Matsudaira (松平 康東), Japanese diplomat
 * Nakazawa Koto (中沢琴), Japanese swordswoman and Onna-musha
 * Koto Toyama (遠山向人), assistant coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings
 * Surname
 * Basrizal Koto, (born 1959) businessman from Indonesia
 * Bernard Koto, Malagasy politician
 * Bunjiro Koto (小藤 文次郎), Japanese earth scientist
 * Chizuru Kotō (古藤千鶴), Japanese volleyball player
 * Joseph Koto, (1960-2021) Senegalese football manager and international player
 * Nasrul Koto, (born 1965) Indonesian football manager
 * Sachi Koto, (born 1951) news anchor
 * Sunia Koto, (born 1980) Fijian rugby union player
 * Tumi Koto, (born 1994) South African cricketer

Music

 * 17-string koto, a variant of the koto with 17 strings
 * 80-string koto, a variant of the koto with 80 strings
 * Koto (band), Italian synth pop group
 * Koto (instrument), Japanese musical instrument
 * Koto & Flute, album by koto player Kimio Eto

Places

 * Bantango Koto, village in the Gambia
 * KOTO (FM), National Public Radio–affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado
 * Kōtō-in, sub-temple of Daitoku-ji
 * Koto, Konjic, village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Kotō Prefectural Natural Park, Prefectural Natural Park
 * Koto station, railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, North Korea
 * Kotō Station, passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Japan
 * Kotō, Shiga, town located in Echi District
 * Kōtō, Tokyo, ward of Tokyo

Film and television

 * Koto (film), 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa
 * Koto Shopno Koto Asha, 2017 Bengali romance-action film

Languages

 * Orejón language (also known as Koto language)
 * Coixoma language (also known as Koto language)
 * Okpoto language (Nupoid) (also known as Koto language)
 * Okpoto language (Upper Cross River) (also known as Koto language)

Other uses

 * Aikoku Kōtō, political party in Meiji-period Japan
 * Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo, Japanese manga series
 * Koto (kana), ligature of two Japanese katakana
 * Koto (traditional clothing), traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women
 * Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito, role-playing video game
 * Koto-furunushi, fictitious being from Japanese folklore
 * Kotō-ryū, school of Japanese martial arts
 * Kotō ware, type of Japanese porcelain
 * Pterygota bequaertii, timber species referred to by the trade name "Koto"
 * The Old Capital, novel by Yasunari Kawabata (titled Koto in Japanese)
 * Yoki Koto Kiku, Japanese shōnen manga series