Koto

Koto may refer to:

People and characters

Given name

• Koto Abe (阿部 航斗, born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Koto Hoxhi, (1824–1895) advocate of the Albanian language
• Koto Ishiwatari (石渡こと, 1874–1947), Japanese nurse
• Koto Kobayashi (小林大海, born 1988), Japanese former footballer
• Koto Matsudaira (松平 康東, 1903–1994), Japanese diplomat
• Nakazawa Koto (中沢琴, 1839–1927), Japanese swordswoman and Onna-musha
• Koto Toyama (遠山向人, born 1982), 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, 1856-1935), Japanese earth scientist
• Chizuru Kotō (古藤千鶴, born 1982), 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

Characters

• Dr. Kotō, a fictional character from the Japanese manga series Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (Dr. Koto's Clinic)
• Koto (YuYu Hakusho), a fictional character from YuYu Hakusho
• Koto-furunushi (old master Koto), a character from Japanese folklore

Places

• Koto, Konjic, village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kotō Prefectural Natural Park, Japan
• Koto station, a railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, North Korea
• Kotō Station, a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Japan
• Kotō, Shiga, a town located in Echi District
• Kōtō, Tokyo, a ward of Tokyo
• Kōto islets, Taiwan
• Côteaux, Haiti (Haitian Creole: Koto)

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)

Arts, entertainment, media

• KOTO (FM), a National Public Radio–affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado
• Koto (film) (Japanese: 古都, romanized: Koto, lit. 'Ancient Capital'; also known as "The Old Capital", "Ancient City"), a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa
• The Old Capital (Japanese: 古都, romanized: Koto, lit. 'Ancient Capital'), a 1962 novel by Yasunari Kawabata

Music

• Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group
• Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument

Other uses

• Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana
• Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women
• Kotō ware, a type of Japanese porcelain
• Koto Maru (1933), a steam-powered ferry
• Pterygota bequaertii, a timber species referred to by the trade name "Koto"

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Koto
• All pages with titles containing Koto
• Kodo (disambiguation)
• Coto (disambiguation)
• Codo (disambiguation)