Career
His football career is unique among his Japanese counterparts in that Ito has traveled and played as a foreign football player in 18 countries/regions around Asia Pacific including Japan, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Maldives, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Cambodia, Philippines, Mongolia, Laos and Bhutan. Ito appeared for the Hong Kong League XI selection which participated at the 2004 Carlsberg Cup.