Ito was born in
Shizuoka on 31 August 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined
J1 League club
Shimizu S-Pulse based in his local in 1993. He debuted in June 1994 and played several matches in
1994 season. He became a regular midfielder under manager
Masakatsu Miyamoto from 1995 season and played as central player for the club for a long time. In 1996, S-Pulse won the champions in
J.League Cup first title in the club history. In 1999, S-Pulse the 2nd place in
J1 League and he also was selected Best Eleven award. In 2000, S-Pulse won the Asian title,
1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2001, S-Pulse won
Emperor's Cup. After that, the club results was sluggish. In 2005, former teammate
Kenta Hasegawa became a new manager. Although S-Pulse finished at the 15th place which is worst position in the club history in
J1 League, S-Pulse won the 2nd place in
2005 Emperor's Cup. However the club results was raised under manager Hasegawa from 2006 and S-Pulse won the 2nd place in
2008 J.League Cup. Ito also played all matches in J1 League from 2006 to 2008 season and received the fair play awards in 2007. In 2010, his opportunity to play decreased and he resigned end of 2010 season. In 2011, Ito moved to newly promoted J1 club
Ventforet Kofu with
Daisuke Ichikawa who is teammate in S-Pulse for 13 seasons. On 16 July 2011, he became a first player to earn 500th matches in J1 League. Although, Ventforet was relegated to
J2 League from 2012, the club won the champions in J2 and returned to J1 in a year. However Ito played only 6 matches in 2013 season and left the club end of 2013 season. In 2014, he moved to newly promoted
J3 League club
AC Nagano Parceiro. However he could not play many matches and left the club end of 2015 season. In 2016, he moved to J3 club
Blaublitz Akita where he spent the
2016 season. In 2017, he moved to newly promoted J3 club
Azul Claro Numazu. He finally made his début for Azul Claro Numazu two years later, on 24 November 2019, as an 81st-minute substitute for
Kotaro Tokunaga in a 3–1 home win over
Gainare Tottori. ==International career==