Famous People with Name Kato

Kato Shigeaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kato Shigeaki: a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.

Kato Hideki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kato Hideki: a Japanese musician and composer. He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s, collaborating with Japanese experimental musicians such as Otomo Yoshihide, Tatsuya Yoshihide, Makigami Koichi, and Yamatsuka Eye. He led his own bands, Player Piano and Bass Army. He was a member of the original Ground Zero with Otomo and Uemura Masahiro. In 1992 Kato moved to New York where he still resides.Since coming to New York, has recorded and performed with the likes of John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Christian Marclay, Calvin Weston, Eyvind Kang, Billy Martin (percussionist), Nicolas Collins, Zeena Parkins, James Pugliese, John King, Michael Schumacher, and many others.

Kato Hiroyuki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kato Hiroyuki: was an educator, statesman and leader of the “Meiji Enlightenment” in Meiji period Japan.Kato was born to a samurai family in Izushi domain, Tajima Province (present day Hyogo Prefecture), and studied military science under Sakuma Shozan and rangaku under Oki Nakamasu in Edo. As an instructor at the Tokugawa bakufu's Bansho Shirabesho institute for researching Western science and technology from 1860-1868, he was one of the first Japanese to study German language and German philosophy.

Kato E. Serwanga            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kato E. Serwanga: is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, Sacramento State University and the University of the Pacific

Moriyuki Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Moriyuki Kato: the governor of Ehime Prefecture in Japan. He was elected first in 1999. A native of Yawatahama, Ehime and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Education in 1957.

Shuichi Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shuichi Kato: a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tanno, Hokkaido, he graduated from Kitami Institute of Technology and received a Ph.D from Hokkaido University. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 as a member of the New Frontier Party.

Toshiyuki Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Toshiyuki Kato: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niihama, Ehime and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

Kiyomi Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kiyomi Kato: is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.She was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1976 Olympic games.

Yoichi Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoichi Kato: is 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. In 2003 he completed his first season for Sisley Treviso, who reached the final of the Italian League.