Koto may refer to:

People and characters

Given name

* , Japanese footballer *

Koto Hoxhi Konstandin Hoxhi, known as Koto Hoxhi (1824–1895) was an advocate of the Albanian language. He taught the language secretly to his students in Qestorat in Southern Albania. He was imprisoned and died in prison for his beliefs. Biography Koto H ...

, (1824–1895) advocate of the Albanian language * , Japanese nurse * , Japanese diplomat * , Japanese swordswoman and Onna-musha * , assistant coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings

Surname

* Basrizal Koto, (born 1959) businessman from Indonesia *

Bernard Koto Bernard Koto is a Malagasy politician. A member of the National Assembly of Madagascar, he was elected under the Tiako I Madagasikara party in the 2007 Malagasy parliamentary elections. He represented the constituency of Ifanadiana. He was nam ...

, Malagasy politician * , Japanese earth scientist * , Japanese volleyball player *

Joseph Koto Joseph Koto (1 January 1960 – 14 October 2021) was a Senegalese football manager and international player. He was head coach of the Senegal national football team The Senegal national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe de fo ...

, (1960-2021) Senegalese football manager and international player *

Nasrul Koto Nasrul Koto (born 10 June 1965) is an Indonesian association football, football coach (sport), manager and former player who played as a Forward (Association football), striker. He is the current manager of Indonesian Premier Division team PS Beng ...

, (born 1965) Indonesian football manager * Sachi Koto, (born 1951) news anchor * Sunia Koto, (born 1980) Fijian rugby union player *

Tumi Koto Tumi Koto (born 19 November 1994) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Northerns in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 9 February 2017. He made his List A debut for Northerns in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day C ...

, (born 1994) South African cricketer

Characters

* Dr. Kotō, a fictional character from the Japanese manga series ''

Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takatoshi Yamada. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Young Sunday'' from 2000 until the magazine's demise in 2008, at which point it moved to ''Big Comic Original''. Shogakukan h ...

'' (Dr. Koto's Clinic) * Koto (''YuYu Hakusho''), a fictional character from ''YuYu Hakusho'' *

Koto-furunushi The koto-furunushi (; English: "old master koto") is a fictitious being from Japanese folklore. It is a Yōkai and is said to be harmless to humans. The koto-furunushi is very similar to the yokai biwa-bokuboku. Description The koto-furunush ...

(old master Koto), a character from Japanese folklore

Places

Koto, Konjic Koto is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 15, all Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Sla ...

, village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Kotō Prefectural Natural Park, Japan *

Koto station Kot'o station is a railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, Changjin County, South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea on the Changjin Line of the Korean State Railway.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), There is a spur f ...

, a railway station in Hwangch'o-rodongjagu, North Korea * Kotō Station, a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Japan *

Kotō, Shiga was a town located in Echi District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. "Kotō" means "east of Lake Biwa". As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,061 and a density of 341.54 persons per km⊃2. The total area was 26.53 km2. On Februa ...

, a town located in Echi District * Kōtō, Tokyo, a ward of Tokyo *

Kōto islets Orchid Island, known as Pongso no Tao by the indigenous inhabitants, is a volcanic island located off the southeastern coast of Taiwan, the island and the nearby are governed by Taiwan as in Taitung County, which is one of the county's two ...

, Taiwan *

Côteaux, Haiti Côteaux (; ) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Ba ...

(Haitian Creole: Koto)

Languages

Orejón language ''Enterolobium cyclocarpum'', commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to Tropics, tropical regions of th ...

(also known as Koto language) *

Coixoma language Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Orejone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Nat ...

(also known as Koto language) *

Okpoto language (Nupoid) Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'bi ra/; with the Central known as Okene It is spoken by around 2 million people in middle belt Nigeria. It is the most divergent language. Geographic distribution The majority of speakers are in Kogi State in the Centra ...

(also known as Koto language) *

Okpoto language (Upper Cross River) Orring (Korring) is an Upper Cross River language spoken by the Orring people of Nigeria. Korring language is spoken by the Orring people who are found in Benue, Cross River and Ebonyi states of Nigeria. Related dialects Dialects are classifi ...

(also known as Koto language)

Arts, entertainment, media

KOTO (FM) KOTO (91.7 FM) is a National Public Radio-affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado, United States. The station is currently owned by San Miguel Educational Fund. Translators In addition to the main station, KOTO is relayed by a ...

, a National Public Radio–affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado * ''Koto'' (film) (; also known as "The Old Capital", "Ancient City"), a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa * ''

The Old Capital is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata first published in 1962. It was one of three novels cited by the Nobel Committee in their decision to award Kawabata the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. ''The Old Capital'' was first translated ...

'' (), a 1962 novel by Yasunari Kawabata

Music

* Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group *

Koto (instrument) The is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese and , and similar to the Mongolian , the Korean and , the Vietnamese , the Sundanese and the Kazakh . Koto are rough ...

, a Japanese musical instrument

Other uses

Koto (kana) Koto (hiragana: , katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent . is a combination ( ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (こ) and to (と ...

, a ligature of two Japanese katakana *

Koto (traditional clothing) The koto is a traditional dress from the Afro-Surinamese or Creole peoples, Creole Women in Suriname, women in Suriname. Women who wear the dress are called ''kotomisi''

, 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"

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