He won two bronze medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (2007, 2009). He won four world cup individual competitions. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Ito earned his best finish of fifth in the team large hill event at Vancouver in 2010, He finished 20th in the individual event and 5th in the team event of a FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2004. In the World Cup he has finished in the top 10 a total of fourteen times. This includes four podium finishes with his best result being second at Sapporo on 22 January 2006.