Kato
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Katō is the eleventh most common Japanese surname. It may refer to:
Given name
- Kato (Producer/Artist), a Korean-American music producer in Atlanta
- Kato (DJ)Kato (DJ)Thomas Kato Vittrup better known as Kato is a Danish disc jockey and music producer mostly in the house genre....
, a Danish DJ - Kato Callebaut, a Belgian singer
- Kato KaelinKato KaelinBrian Jerard "Kato" Kaelin is an American radio and television personality who gained fame as a witness during the 1994–95 murder trial of O. J. Simpson.-Personal life:...
, houseguest of O.J. Simpson - Kató LombKató LombKató Lomb was a Hungarian interpreter, translator, language genius and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world....
, a Hungarian interpreter - Kató Vladimir, a Romanian painter artists
Surname
- Ai KatoAi KatoAi Kato is a Japanese actress and model.Around 2003, a video of her bathing at an onsen surfaced on the internet...
, an actress - Akemi Kato, a field hockey player
- Ameril Umbra KatoAmeril Umbra KatoAmeril Umbra Kato is the founder of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters a group which seceded from Moro Islamic Liberation Front . Umbra Kato is Philippine's most wanted man though due to his still official membership in the MILF he is not hunted by the military.- External links :* *...
, Filipino fighter - Daijiro KatoDaijiro Katowas a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and the 2001 World Champion in the 250cc class.-Biography:Kato was born in Saitama, and started racing miniature bikes at an early age, becoming a four-time national champion in the Japanese pocket-bike championship.He began road racing in 1992, and...
, a motorcyclist - David KatoDavid KatoDavid Kato Kisule was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement. He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda...
, Ugandan gay activist who was murdered in 2011 - Eizō KatōEizo Katowas a Japanese painter in the nihonga style. He and his younger brother, Tōichi Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.-Biographical summary:Katō was born in 1906 Gifu's Mizono-chō as the third son of a lacquerware merchant...
, a painter - Joji KatoJoji Katois a Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres below 35 seconds....
, speedskater - Kazuhiko KatoKazuhiko KatoKazuhiko Kato is the name of:* Monkey Punch , manga artist and creator of Lupin III* Kazuhiko Kato , record producer and member of Sadistic Mika Band...
a.k.a. Monkey PunchMonkey PunchMonkey Punch is the pen name of Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō , creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III...
, a manga artist - Kenneth Kato, American doctor
- Katō KiyomasaKato Kiyomasawas a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo period.-Origins and early career:Kiyomasa was born in Owari Province to Katō Kiyotada. Kiyotada's wife, Ito, was a cousin of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother. Kiyotada died while his son was still young...
, a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history - Kazuya KatoKazuya Katois a Japanese mathematician. He grew up in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan. He attended college at the University of Tokyo, from which he also obtained his master's degree in 1975, and his PhD in 1980. He was a professor at Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyoto University...
, a Japanese mathematician, working in number theory and algebraic geometry - KoyukiKoyuki, better known as , is a Japanese model and actress.Koyuki was born in Zama. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television campaigns for the electronics...
Kato, a model and actress - Masao KatoMasao Kato- Titles and runners-up :Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in Japan.-Books:*Kato's Attack and Kill ISBN 4-87187-027-2*The Chinese Opening ISBN 4-906574-33-5-External links:...
, a Go player - Masashi KatoMasashi Katois a retired Japanese male freestyle swimmer. He represented Japan in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 16th place in the Men's 1500 metres Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
, a freestyle swimmer - Masato KatoMasato Katois a Japanese video game artist, scenario writer and director. In the early days of his career, he was credited under the pseudonyms of "Runmaru" and "Runmal".- Biography :...
, a game developer and scenario writer - Miliyah Kato, a singer
- Natsuki KatōNatsuki Katois a Japanese actress and former fashion model, regularly appearing on television in various roles.-Career:After she was spotted and recruited with 1998's television commercial appearance by a current entertainment production, she made her debut in 1999....
, an actress, murderer at Akihabara massacreAkihabara massacreThe was an incident of mass murder that took place on Sunday, June 8, 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter for electronics, video games and comics in Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.At 12:33 p.m... - Rosa KatoRosa Katois a Japanese actress and commercial model.-Career:From April 2004 to March 2005, Kato was a regular guest student on Italian Conversation, a 25-minute NHK TV program for beginners of Italian....
, an actress/ commercial model of Japanese and Italian origin - Sawao KatoSawao KatoSawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games...
, an Olympic gymnast and eight-time gold medal winner - Katō TakaakiKato TakaakiCount was a Japanese politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Japan from 11 June 1924 to 28 January 1926. He was also known as Katō Kōmei.- Early life :...
, former Prime Minister of Japan - Tōichi KatōToichi Katowas a Japanese painter in the nihongo style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.-Biographical summary:...
, a painter - Katō TomosaburōKato TomosaburoViscount was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 12 June 1922 to 24 August 1923.-Biography:...
, former Prime Minister of Japan - Shigeaki KatoShigeaki Katois a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.- Biography :Kato Shigeaki joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11.As a junior he was a member of the organizations:* Best Beat Boys （B.B.B.）...
, a singer - Tosio KatoTosio Katowas a Japanese mathematician who worked with partial differential equations, mathematical physics and functional analysis.Kato studied physics and received his undergraduate degree in 1941 at the Imperial University of Tokyo. After disruption of the Second World War, he received his doctorate in...
, Japanese mathematician - Yoichi KatoYoichi Katois a former volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the leading players in the Men's National Team in the early 2000s. He played as a wing-spiker...
, a volleyball player - Vladimir Kato, a painter
First
- Cato Fong, Inspector ClouseauInspector ClouseauChief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a fictional character in Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther series. In most of the films, he was played by Peter Sellers, with one film in which he was played by Alan Arkin and one in which he was played by an uncredited Roger Moore...
's house boy in the Pink Panther film series - KatoKato (The Green Hornet)Kato is a fictional character from The Green Hornet series. This character has also appeared with the Green Hornet in film, television, book and comic book versions. Kato was the Hornet's assistant and has been played by a number of actors...
, sidekick of The Green HornetThe Green HornetThe Green Hornet is an American radio and television masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media... - Kato, the main antagonist in Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My MioMio, my MioMio, My Son is a children's book by the author of the famous Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren. It was first published in 1954 in Sweden, with the Swedish title Mio, min Mio. The writing is stylised and the story strongly reminiscent of traditional fairy tales and folklore...
- Kato, a masked professional wrestler portrayed by Paul Diamond in the early 1990s, known mainly as one-half of the tag team The Orient ExpressThe Orient ExpressFor the full article on Badd Company see Badd CompanyThe Orient Express was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation in the early 1990s composed of Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato, who was later replaced by Kato....
Last
- Ayano Katou, from Someday's DreamersSomeday's Dreamersis a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes...
- Otome Kato from School DaysSchool Daysis a Japanese adult visual novel developed by 0verflow and published by Stack, and was originally released for the PC on April 28, 2005. It was subsequently released as a DVD TV game by Stack, followed by an all-ages port titled School Days L×H published by Interchannel for the PlayStation 2, in...
- Go KatoGo KatoGo Kato was born February 4, 1938, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan. He is a Japanese entertainer, and actor.-TV Dramas:*Sosa Kenji Ukon Makoto no Satsujin Chosho...
, from Someday's DreamersSomeday's Dreamersis a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes... - Griffin Kato (Griff), from Rave MasterRave Master, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...
- Jeri Katou (Juri Katou in Japan), from Digimon TamersDigimon Tamersis the third animated series based on the Japanese Digimon franchise, first broadcast in 2001 on Fuji TV in Japan and on Fox Kids in the United States. The story takes place initially in a "alternative" universe, on a world much like Earth where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games,...
- Kachiro Kato, from Prince of Tennis
- Kyōji Katō, from School RumbleSchool Rumbleis a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
- Kazumi Kato and Daigo, characters in The Order of the Stick webcomic.
- Masaji Kato, a special agent from Shadow Hearts: CovenantShadow Hearts: CovenantShadow Hearts: Covenant is a console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by Midway in 2004. It is a direct continuation of Shadow Hearts and the second official game in the Shadow Hearts series. The game features two DVD-ROM discs instead of the usual one, which provides,...
- Masaru Kato, from GantzGantzis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...
- Yasunori KatoYasunori Katois a fictional character, the antagonist of the Japanese historical fantasy series Teito Monogatari, created by Hiroshi Aramata.Since his first cinematic appearance in 1988, Yasunori Kato has gone on to become a well known and well respected archetype in Japanese popular culture having inspired a...
, from Teito MonogatariTeito Monogatariis a massive Japanese historical fantasy epic written by Hiroshi Aramata.-Overview:The story is a retelling of the history of Edo from an occultist perspective. The premise is based on the idea that the curse of Taira no Masakado greatly influenced the city's history from its inception to the... - Yue Kato, from the manga Angel SanctuaryAngel Sanctuaryis a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. Originally serialized in Hana to Yume from February 1995 to February 2001, the chapters were collected and published in twenty tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha; the first volume was released in 1997 and the final volume was published in...
- Yuichiro Kato, from Doubt!
In places
- Katō District, HyōgoKato District, HyogoKatō was a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the district had an estimated population of 40,334 and a density of 257.03 persons per km²...
a district in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan - Katō, HyōgoKato, Hyogois a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on March 20, 2006 from the merger of the former towns of Takino, Tōjō and Yashiro, all from Katō District....
, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan - Kato AchaiaKato AchaiaKato Achaia is a town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is the seat of administration.-Population history :...
, Greek district of Achaea
In science
- The Kato techniqueKato techniqueThe Kato technique is a laboratory method for preparing human stool samples prior to searching for parasite eggs.- Indications :...
is a method used for preparing faeces prior to examination for parasites.
In other
- Kato (tribe)Kato (tribe)The Cahto are a indigenous Californian group of Native Americans in the United States. Today they are enrolled as the federally recognized tribe, the Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria or a small group of Cahto are enrolled in the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley...
, a group of Native American people in the United States - Kato languageKato languageKato is an extinct Athapaskan language that was spoken by the Kato people of northwestern California, USA. It also referred to as Batem-Da-Kai-Ee, Kai Po-Mo, and Tlokeang.-External links:...
, the language of the Kato tribe - Kato AirlineKato AirlineKato Airline was an airline based in Evenes, Norway. The airline, using the brand name Kato Air operated scheduled passenger and cargo services, as well as daily freight services for the National Mail company, northern Norway...
, a small airline based in Evenes, Norway - Kato Engineering, a manufacturer of electrical generatorElectrical generatorIn electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is analogous to a water pump, which causes water to flow...
s - Kato Precision Railroad ModelsKato Precision Railroad ModelsKato Precision Railroad Models is a Japanese manufacturer of model railroad equipment in N and HO scales...
, a manufacturer of model railroad equipment - Kato Works, a manufacturer of mobile craneMobile crane-Defination:Mobile Crane A cable-controlled crane mounted on crawlers or rubber-tired carriers. A hydraulic-powered crane with a telescoping boom mounted on truck-type carriers or as self-propelled models..-History:...
s - KATO (AM)KATO (AM)KATO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Safford, Arizona, USA, the station is currently owned by McMurray Communications, Inc., and features programing from ABC Radio and ESPN Radio....
, a radio station (1230 AM) licensed to Safford, Arizona, United States - KATO-FMKATO-FMKATO-FM is a radio station licensed to New Ulm, Minnesota and serving the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station flipped to a country music format on September 24, 2007. KATO is owned by Linder Radio Group.-History:...
, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to New Ulm, Minnesota, United States
See also
- Cato (disambiguation)
- Kaito
- Japanese nameJapanese namein modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...