Kōno, Kono or Kouno (written: 河野, 幸野, 高野 or 甲野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), Japanese painter, book illustrator and art teacher * Kōno Hironaka (1849–1923), Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan * Kōno Togama (1844–1895), prewar Japanese politician and cabinet minister * Akitake Kōno (1911–1978), Japanese film actor. *

Asahachi Kōno was a Japanese photographer. He was active between the mid-1920s and mid-1930s, and was a member of Los Angeles's Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California. Before returning to Japan, he worked as a photo retoucher. References Japanese ...

(1876–1943), Japanese photographer * Fumiyo Kōno (born 1968), Japanese manga artist * Fusako Kōno (born 1916), former Japanese diver *

Hiromichi Kono was a Japanese Entomology, entomologist and Anthropology, anthropologist. His academic training, at Hokkaido University, Hokkaido Imperial University, was in entomology, and he became a faculty member in the Biology Department at that institution ...

(1905–1963), Japanese anthropologist and entomologist * Hyōichi Kōno (1958–2001), Japanese adventurer * Kohei Kono (born 1980), Japanese professional boxer * Marika Kōno (born 1994), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Masayuki Kono is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently working as a freelancer. He is best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he is a former two-time Wrestle-1 Champion. Career All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003� ...

(born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese table tennis player * Rin Kono (born 1981), Japanese professional Go player * Shunji Kōno (born 1964), Japanese politician * Shuto Kohno (born 1993), Japanese football player * Taeko Kōno (1926–2015), Japanese writer and critic *

Takanori Kono (born March 7, 1969) is a former Japanese nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s, winning at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the Winter Olympics, and the Holmenkollen ski festival. Kono won three medals at the Winter Ol ...

(born 1969), former Japanese Nordic combined skier * Taro Kono (born 1963), Japanese politician, son of Yōhei Kōno * Tensei Kono (1935–2012), Japanese science fiction writer *Tetsuya Kono and Nahoko Kono, passengers on Comair Flight 191 * Tommy Kono (1930–2016), Japanese-American Olympic weightlifter * Tomoyuki Kōno (born 1971), Japanese voice actor * Tōru Kōno (1907–1984), Japanese photographer *

Yōhei Kōno is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as sp ...

(born 1937), Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, father of Tarō Kōno * Yoshiyuki Kono, Japanese voice actor

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