Kazue Kato (加藤和恵, Katō Kazue), born on July 20th, 1980 in the district of Shinjuku, in Tokyo, is a Japanese mangaka, specifically an author of shōnen manga. She is mainly known to be the author of Blue Exorcist. She also created Robot to Usakichi (ロボとうさ吉), for which she received the Osamu Tezuka Award.