Itō (surname)

Itō

Pronunciation	I-to-o
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Region of origin	Japan

Itō (伊藤) is the sixth most common Japanese family name. Other ways of writing of this name are for example 伊東 and 伊都. Phonetically they are the same. Surnames with this sound can also be romanized as Ito, Itou or Itoh.

Ito (糸) is a Japanese noun meaning "thread; yarn; string", and is also used as a surname in Japan.

In mathematics, Itō may refer to Itō's lemma used in stochastic calculus, or it may refer to the Itoh-Tsujii inversion algorithm in field theory.

People

• Itō Atsushi, Japanese actor
• Itō Ayumi, Japanese actress
• Itō Chiaki, singer in the Japanese pop band AAA (triple A)
• Itō Chūbei, founder of Itochu Corporation
• Itō Shinsui, birth name of Ito Shinsui (pseudonym), a Japanese Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in the Taishō and Showa period
• Itō Hirobumi, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Itō Hiroshi, Japanese voice actor
• Itō Hitoshi, Japanese poet, novelist, translator and literary critic (who worked under the name Sei Ito or Sei Itoh)
• Itō Itchō (or Itchō Itō), former mayor of Nagasaki, assassinated in April 2007
• Itō Ichirō, guitarist of the Japanese rock band Every Little Thing
• Itō Sachio (1864–1913), the pen-name of a Japanese tanka poet and novelist (his real name was Itō Kojirō)
• Ito Jackeline, International Top Model
• Itō Jōichi, more commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
• Itō Junji, author of Japanese horror manga
• Itō Kanae, Japanese voice actress
• Itō Kanzi (a.k.a. Ludovikito), Japanese Esperanto speaker, who published 43 volumes of the entire commented corpus of L. L. Zamenhof
• Itō Kazuyoshi, Japanese astronomer. Discovered 6879 Hyogo (1994 TC15), a Main-belt Asteroid, on October 14, 1994
• Itō Ken, Japanese composer, conductor, and writer
• Itō Kenichi (several people), including:
  • Itō Kenichi (guitarist), Japanese musician. Played amongst others as a guitarist for the J-pop band Iceman and for scarecrow
  • Itō Kenichi (athlete), a Japanese athlete known for running 100 meters on all four limbs.
  • Itō Kenichi (diplomat), a former diplomat, President & CEO of the Japan Forum on International Relations, Inc., Vice Chairman of the Worldwide Support for Development, President & CEO of the Council on East Asian Community, President & CEO of the Global Forum of Japan, Professor Emeritus of Aoyama Gakuin University, former Director of the First Southeast Asian Division in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Itō Kenji, Japanese video game composer and musician
• Itō Kentarō, Japanese voice actor
• Itō Kimiko, Japanese jazz singer
• Itō Kiyoshi, Japanese mathematician
• Itō Sachio, the real name of Itō Sachio, which was the pen-name of a Japanese tanka poet and novelist
• Itō Kunimitsu, retired Japanese long-distance runner, who finished second in the 1981 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon
• Itō Mai, female Japanese marathon runner
• Itō Mancio, the first official Japanese emissary to Europe
• Itō Masao, Japanese neuroscientist
• Itō Masatoshi, the owner and honorary chairman of Ito-Yokado retailing group
• Itō Masayoshi, former Prime Minister of Japan (1980) and foreign minister of Japan from 1980 to 1981
• Itō Masumi　(also known as Hikaru Nanase), Japanese singer and composer. She is also part of the band Oranges & Lemons
• Itō Mayumi (born 1976), Japanese ski mountaineer
• Itō Midori, former Japanese figure skater. The 1989 World Champion and the 1992 Olympic silver medallist
• Itō Mika (伊藤 美加), true name of Doi Mika, Japanese voice actress
• Itō Mika (伊藤 実華), Japanese voice actress
• Itō Miki, Japanese voice actor
• Itō Misaki, Japanese actress (born as Tomoko Anzai)
• Itō Mizuko, Japanese cultural anthropologist
• Itō Noe, Japanese author, social critic and feminist
• Itō Noiji, Japanese manga artist
• Itō Noriko, Japanese author
• Itō Noriko, maiden name of Noriko Nagai, Japanese voice actress, better known by the stage name Noriko Hidaka
• Itō Risa, Japanese manga artist
• Itō Sachio, the pen-name of a Japanese tanka poet and novelist (his real name was Kojirō Itō)
• Itō Sei, Japanese poet, novelist, translator and literary critic
• Itō Sei, manga artist
• Itō Seiichi, World War II admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and commander of the battleship Yamato on its final mission towards the end of World War II
• Itō Shin'ichi, former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and three times Japanese Superbike Champion
• Itō Shinsui, the pseudonym of Hajime Itō, Japanese Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in the Taishō and Showa period
• Itō Shizuka, Japanese voice actress and singer
• Ito Shunsuke, Japanese freestyle swimmer
• Itō Shun'ya, Japanese film director
• Itō Takaaki (author), Japanese author
• Itō Takaaki (musician), Japanese techno producer, DJ and promoter. Founded the Wols label
• Itō Takeo, general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
• Itō Tatsuma, Japanese tennis player
• Itō Teiji, Japanese composer and performer, best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren
• Itō Toyoo, Japanese architect
• Itō Yuna, American J-pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan
• Gerald Tamekichi Itō, the birth name of Jerry Ito, Japanese-American film and television actor
• Ogura Yonesuke Itoh, Japanese-American artist
• Jerry Ito (born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō), Japanese-American film and television actor, specialized in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
• Lance Ito (born 1950), Former American judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, best known for his presiding decision during the O. J. Simpson murder case
• Robert Ito, Canadian voice, television and movie actor
• Susumu Ito, American cell biologist and soldier
• Tsuneko Ito, Japanese karateka and Karate Instructor

Fictional characters

• Itō (伊藤 Itō) from Hikaru no Go
• Keita Itō of Gakuen Heaven
• Makoto Ito from School Days
• Masahiro Ito from Underhell
• Miura Ito from W Juliet

Places

• Itō, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
• Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan