Mutō (武藤 "warrior wisteria") is a Japanese

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It is also romanized as Muto, Mutoh or Mutou. *

Mutou Valley Mutou Valley is located in the Flaming Mountains, near the ancient oasis city of Gaochang on the rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. Under a cliff in the Mutou Valley is located the Bezeklik Caves, Beze ...

- valley in the Flaming Mountains.

People

* Adam Muto, American animator. *

Akira Mutō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was convicted of Japanese war crimes, war crimes and was executed by hanging. Mutō was implicated in both the Nanjing Massacre and the Manila massacre. Biography Mutō was a ...

, chief of staff of the 14th Area Army. * Ayami Mutō, singer. *

Azumi Muto was a pin-up model and aspiring actress for an agency in Tokyo, Japan. She was murdered by her 21-year-old brother (born 1985) on December 30, 2006. Her death aroused the tabloids' notice for the circumstances surrounding the crime. Life and ...

, actress. *, Japanese businesswoman. *

Kaneyoshi Muto was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace known for his great skill in fighter aircraft. Fellow ace Saburō Sakai called him "a genius in the air." Second Sino-Japanese War Kaneyoshi Muto was born to a humble farming family in June 1916 in Ai ...

, Japanese fighter ace in World War II. * Hideki Mutoh, race car driver currently racing in the

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...

series. *

Joe Muto Joe Muto, known as the "Fox Mole", is a former employee of Fox News known for his leaks of material from the company to Gawker. Muto, a graduate of University of Notre Dame, started work at Fox as a production assistant in July 2004 and became an ...

, television producer. * Keiji Muto, pro-wrestler. *

Masatoshi Muto is a Japanese diplomatic analyst and former diplomat who served as the Japanese ambassador to South Korea from 2010 to 2012. He also served as the Japanese ambassador to Kuwait in the late 2000s and was the Japanese consul-general in Hawaii in th ...

, Japanese diplomat. *

Nobuyoshi Mutō '' Gensui'' Baron was Commander of the Kwantung Army in 1933, Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo, and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Mutō was born in an ex''-samurai'' family from Saga Domain. After graduating from th ...

, general. * Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan. *

Yoshinori Muto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Vissel Kobe. Muto started his career with J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2013 who he played with for three seasons. In May 2015, he signed for German club Mainz 05 where ...

, association football player. *, Japanese baseball player. *, Japanese footballer. *, Japanese footballer.

Fictional characters

*Akio Mutou, science teacher in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo. *Ashirogi Muto of '' Bakuman''. *Kaname Muto of ''

Yahiko no Sakabato is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...

''. * Kazuki Muto of ''Buso Renkin''. *Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's ''

Tales of the Otori Tales of the Otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by Gillian Rubinstein, writing under the pen name Lian Hearn, set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: ''Across the Nightingale Floor ...

'' trilogy. * Nobuyushi Muto *Rikako Muto, female lead from the anime

Ocean Waves In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, water wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result from the wind blowing over the water surface. The contact distance in the direction of t ...

. *Yugi and Sugoroku Mutou of '' Yu-Gi-Oh!''. *

MUTO The MUTOs (acronym for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) are fictional monsters, or ''kaiju'', in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, MonsterVerse media franchise. The characters first appeared as the antagonists in ''Godzilla (2014 film), ...

, an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism", a species of kaiju featured in the 2014 film ''Godzilla''.

Others

Mutoh Europe nv Mutoh Europe nv is a business unit of Mutoh Holdings Co. Ltd. Business Summary *Established August 1990 *Located in Ostend, Belgium *Core business: digital desktop and Wide-format printer (sign, UV, digital transfer, textile), sign cutting Plott ...

, electronics company. *''

Dr. Muto ''Dr. Muto'' is a 2002 platform game developed and published by Midway Games. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console), Xbox on November 11, 2002 and later released for the GameCube on December 17, 2002. An entirely different game ...

'', video game.

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