was a Japanese politician and gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964. Kiyoko Ono 1964d

Political career

Ono won the election in

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and was one of the members in the House of Councillors for 1986 to

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. While Ono occupied the seat she once served as a Minister of State (a chairman of National Safety Commission). Ono was affiliated with the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.

Personal life and death

Ono's father died when she was three months old. In 1958, she graduated from the Tokyo University of Education and married Takashi Ono, a fellow Olympic gymnast. They have two sons and three daughters; the first two children were born between 1961 and 1963 while both parents were actively competing. On 13 March 2021 Ono died suddenly of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 85 while she was hospitalized for a bone fracture.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ono, Kiyoko 1936 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Women government ministers of Japan Female members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Government ministers of Japan Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Japanese female artistic gymnasts Members of Nippon Kaigi Japanese sportsperson-politicians Olympic gymnasts of Japan Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Politicians from Akita Prefecture Olympic medalists in gymnastics University of Tsukuba alumni Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture