Mutō Explained

Mutō (武藤 "warrior wisteria") is a Japanese surname. It is also romanized as Muto, Mutoh or Mutou.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Muto, American animator
• Akira Mutō, chief of staff of the 14th Area Army
• Ayami Mutō, singer
• Azumi Muto, actress
• , Japanese businesswoman
• Kaneyoshi Muto, Japanese fighter ace in World War II
• Hideki Mutoh, race car driver in the Super GT series
• Joe Muto, television producer
• Keiji Muto, pro-wrestler
• Luke Kenichi Muto, Japanese Anglican bishop
• Masatoshi Muto, Japanese diplomat
• Michiko Toyama Muto, American composer
• Nobuyoshi Mutō, general
• Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
• Tomu Muto, former AKB48 member
• Yoshinori Muto, football player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters include:

• Akio Mutou, science teacher in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
• Ashirogi Muto of Bakuman
• Kaname Muto of Yahiko no Sakabato
• Kazuki Muto of Buso Renkin
• Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori trilogy
• Nobuyushi Muto
• Rikako Muto, female lead from the anime Ocean Waves
• Yugi and Sugoroku Mutou of Yu-Gi-Oh!
• MUTO, an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism", a species of kaiju in the 2014 film Godzilla

See also

• Mutou Valley, valley in the Flaming Mountains, China
• Mutoh Europe nv, electronics company
• Dr. Muto, video game