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^{[citation needed]}
• 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

• Kono (disambiguation)

Surname list

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