Koto

Koto may refer to:

People with the given name

Names

• 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

Music

• 17-string koto, a variant of the koto with 17 strings
• 80-string koto, a variant of the koto with 80 strings
• Koto (band), Italian synth pop group
• Koto (instrument), Japanese musical instrument
• Koto & Flute, album by koto player Kimio Eto

Places

• Bantango Koto, village in the Gambia
• KOTO (FM), National Public Radio–affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado
• Kōtō-in, sub-temple of Daitoku-ji
• Koto, Konjic, village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kotō Prefectural Natural Park, Prefectural Natural Park
• Koto station, railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, North Korea
• Kotō Station, passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Japan
• Kotō, Shiga, town located in Echi District
• Koto, Tokyo, ward of Tokyo

Film and television

• Koto (film), 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa
• Koto Shopno Koto Asha, 2017 Bengali romance-action film

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)

Other uses

• Aikoku Kōtō, political party in Meiji-period Japan
• Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo, Japanese manga series
• Koto (kana), ligature of two Japanese katakana
• Koto (traditional clothing), traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women
• Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito, role-playing video game
• Koto-furunushi, fictitious being from Japanese folklore
• Kotō-ryū, school of Japanese martial arts
• Kotō ware, type of Japanese porcelain
• Pterygota bequaertii, timber species referred to by the trade name "Koto"
• The Old Capital, novel by Yasunari Kawabata (titled Koto in Japanese)
• Yoki Koto Kiku, Japanese shōnen manga series

See also

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