Kōno
# Kōno

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 (1876–1943), Japanese photographer
* Fumiyo Kōno (born 1968), Japanese manga artist
* Fusako Kōno (born 1916), former Japanese diver
* Hiromichi Kono (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 (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
* Mitsuru Kono (河野 満), 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 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 (born 1937), Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, father of Tarō Kōno
* Yoshiyuki Kono, Japanese voice actor
