Last name Китано (Takeshi 
, Kitano 
, Китано 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Китано is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Japan, China, and Indonesia. Also, Китано is the forename as well as the last name.