Hideo Arito

 (有戸英雄 Arito Eiyū; June 6, 1753-July 9, 1827) was a Japanese sailor and politician who was best known for his voyage to Aritonesia, an archipelago located west of North America he named it after himself, in which introduced the first wave of Japanese people in the archipelago and established the Tokugawan colony of Shinsekai and the settlements of Fusa, New Edo (now El Kadsre City), Shintochi (now Huvich) and many others.

He served as the governor of Shinsekai from 1802 to his murder in 1827.