After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse based in his local in 1993.

He became a regular midfielder under manager Masakatsu Miyamoto from 1995 season and played as central player for the club for a long time.

However the club results was raised under manager Hasegawa from 2006 and S-Pulse won the 2nd place in 2008 J.League Cup.

In 2011, Ito moved to newly promoted J1 club Ventforet Kofu with Daisuke Ichikawa who is teammate in S-Pulse for 13 seasons.

[4] 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.

[5] In July 1996, Ito was selected for the Japan U23 national team for the 1996 Summer Olympics.