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Thomas Kato Vittrup, better known as Kato, is a Danish disc jockey and music producer mostly in the house genre.

Kato started DJing at nightclubs in 2005 remixing for other artists and independently since 2008, a time he also started writing and producing his own music. His breakthrough came with the commercial success of the single "Turn the Lights Off", released on 1 January 2010, receiving platinum status for selling 30,000 copies in early August 2010. The track, is a cover version of an earlier hit by DJ Jose from 2007. The track contains the vocals of Jon (full name Jon Nørgaard), a Danish Popstars contestant.

Kato released his first album, Discolized, on 1 March 2010 on the Danish label Disco:Wax that includes collaborations with Jon (Jon Nørgaard), Outlandish, Dr. Alban, Terri B, U$O and Johnson (Marc Johnson). The album reached #6 on the official Danish Albums Chart.

The second single from the album, "Hey Shorty (Yeah Yeah Pt. II)", featuring rappers U$O and Johnson was released on 26 April. It was a big hit for Kato reaching #2 on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart. It sold over 30,000 copies. The album's third single, "Desert Walk", a collaboration with rap group Outlandish sold 15,000 copies making it to #4 in Denmark.

In 2017, he released the song "Show You Love" with Sigala and Hailee Steinfeld.

In 2025, "Turn the Lights Off" found viral success after being featured in a meme with actor Jon Hamm in a club dancing scene from the American TV show Your Friends and Neighbours. With the song reaching number 1 on Spotify's global Viral top 50.
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Birth Name: Thomas Kato Vittrup
Born: 13 September 1981 (age 44)
From: Thisted, Denmark
Genre(s): House, dance, hip hop
Instrument(s): Electronic
Active From: 2005-present
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