Itō 543440 222400907 2008-06-29T04:11:43Z T. Anthony 395052 correcting {{mergefrom|Ito|Talk:Itō#Merger proposal|date=April 2008}} {{Family name | name = Itō | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = Itō | meaning = | region = [[Japan]] | language = Japanese | related names = | search = Ito | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} '''Itō''' (伊藤) is the sixth most common [[Japanese name|Japanese family name]]. Other Japanese surnames exist (e.g. 伊東 ''Itō'') which are phonetically the same. Surnames with this sound can also be romanized as '''Ito''', '''Itou''' or '''Itoh'''. 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== * [[Atsushi Ito]] (actor) * [[Ayumi Ito]] (actress) * [[Chiaki Ito]] (singer) * [[Hiroshi Itō]] (seiyū) * [[Ito Hirobumi]] (first [[Prime Minister of Japan]]) * [[Iccho Itoh]] (mayor of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]], [[assassination|assassinated]] in April [[2007]]) * [[Ichiro Ito]] (guitarist) * [[Jerry Ito]] (Japanese-American actor) * [[Joi Ito]] ([[entrepreneur]], activist) * [[Junji Ito]] (manga author) * [[Kanzi Ito]] a.k.a [[Ludovikito]] ([[Esperanto]] editor) * [[Kazuyoshi Ito|Kazuyoshi Itō]] (astronomer) * [[Kenichi Ito]] (musician) * [[Kenji Ito]] (composer) * [[Kentaro Ito]] (seiyū) * [[Kiyoshi Itō]] (mathematician) * [[Lance Ito]] (American judge) * [[Masao Ito]], (neurobiologist) * [[Masayoshi Ito|Masayoshi Itō]] (former [[Prime Minister of Japan]]) * [[Midori Ito|Midori Itō]] (figure skater) * Mika Itō a.k.a. [[Mika Doi]] (voice actor) * [[Miki Ito|Miki Itō]] (voice actor) * [[Misaki Ito]] (actress) * [[Mancio Ito|Mâncio Ito]] (first Japanese emissary to Europe) * [[Noriko Ito]] (author) * Noriko Ito, now known as Noriko Nagai (stage name [[Noriko Hidaka]]) * [[Noe Ito|Noe Itō]] (author and feminist) * [[Ogura Yonesuke Itoh]] (artist) * [[Risa Ito|Risa Itō]] (manga author) * [[Robert Ito]] (Canadian actor) * [[Sachio Ito|Sachio Itō]] (author) * [[Sei Ito]] (novelist, poet, and literary critic) * [[Sei Itoh]] (manga artist) * [[Seiichi Ito]] ([[World War II]] admiral) * [[Shinichi Itoh]] ([[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle]] rider & Japanese [[Superbike racing|Superbike]] Champion) * [[Ito Shinsui]] (painter) * [[Shizuka Ito]] (voice actor) * [[Shunya Ito]] (film director) * [[Takeo Ito]] ([[World War II]] general) * [[Takaaki Ito (author)|Takaaki Itō (author)]] * [[Takaaki Itoh (musician)]] * [[Yuna Ito|Yuna Itō]] (singer) * [[Masumi Itō]] (musician) ==Fictional characters== * Ito (伊藤 ''Itō'') from ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'' * Keita Itou of ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'' ==Places named Ito== * [[Itō, Shizuoka|Itō]] City in [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] (written 伊東) ==See also== * [[Ito]] {{surname|nocat}} ==References== <references /> [[Category:Japanese surnames|Ito]] [[de:Itō]] [[ja:いとう]] [[pt:Ito]]