Shoto or Shōtō may refer to: *

Shoto (sword) A is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as the Yayoi period (1,000 BC – 300 AD), though most people generally refer to the curved blades made from the Heian period (794–1185) to the ...

, a Japanese sword

Places

* Shoto-ko, a former name of Songdo Point in North Korea *

Shōtō, Shibuya is an upscale residential district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Located on the southwestern part of Shibuya, this district borders Kamiyamachō, Shibuya, Tokyo, Kamiyamachō on the north, Udagawachō on the east, Dōgenzaka (distr ...

, a residential district of Tokyo, Japan

Fictional characters

Shoto Todoroki , also known by the mononym , is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series ''My Hero Academia'', created by Kōhei Horikoshi. Being the only child who inherited both Endeavor and Rei's Quirks, Shoto was often separated from ...

, a character in the Japanese superhero manga series ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

'' * Akilhide Karatsu, a character in ''

Ready Player One ''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality gam ...

'' whose OASIS persona is Shoto. *

Ryu (Street Fighter) Ryu (; Japanese language, Japanese: , Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ) is a character and the protagonist of Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series. Introduced in ''Street Fighter (video game), Street Fighter'' (1987), Ryu appears as the game's lead ...

Ken Masters is a character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' fighting game series. The character was first introduced in the 1987 title ''Street Fighter'' as an alternate fighter to Ryu. While Ken and Ryu are devoted to testing their power, Ken instead focuses ...

, and

Akuma (Street Fighter) , known in Japan as , is a fictional character from the ''Street Fighter'' series of fighting games created by Capcom. Akuma made his debut in ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' as a secret character and an alternative boss to the villain M. B ...

the 3 Street Fighter characters who fall under the "Shoto" archetype. {{dab, geo