Ono (surname)

Ono (小野) and Ōno/Oono/Ohno (大野) are Japanese surnames. Ono means "small field" and Ōno means "large field". Both are used as Japanese surnames. The following people were born in Japan, unless otherwise noted:

• Ono no Azumabito (d. 757), a Japanese court official during the Nara period, governor of Bizen province
• Ōno no Azumabito (d. 742), an official, during the same period, who held the Imperial position of Chinjufu-shōgun
• Ohno no Mataka (782–843) an aristocrat and government official
• Chizu Ono, a photographer
• Daisuke Ono, a voice actor
• Frank H. Ono, a Japanese-American soldier
• Fuyumi Ono, author
• Ōno Harunaga, a general under Toyotomi Hideyori
• Hitoshi Ono, a rugby player
• Isao Ono (小野 悳, born 1933), Japanese ice hockey player
• Jiro Ono (chef) (born 1925), chef of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three-Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant
• Kaoru Ōno (born 1941), author
• Kaoru Ono (mathematician) (born 1962), geometer
• Kazushi Ono, an orchestra and opera conductor
• Ken Ono, a Japanese-American mathematician
• Kenshō Ono, a voice actor
• Koichi Ono (小野 光一, 1919–2000), Japanese golfer
• Kōsei Ono, a rugby player
• Ōno Kurobei, a chief retainer of the Banshū Akō Domain
• Lisa Ono, a Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer
• Machiko Ono, actress
• Marina Ōno, a voice actress
• Masahito Ono (小野 雅史, born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Masatoshi Ono, a rock/heavy metal singer
• Masatsugu Ono (小野 正嗣, born 1970), Japanese writer
• Minoru Ōno, the real name of Saburō Kitajima, an Enka singer
• Misao Ono (小野 操, 1908–?), Japanese high jumper
• Miyuki Ono (小野 みゆき, born 1959), Japanese actress
• Motohiro Ōno (大野 元裕, born 1963), Japanese politician
• Ryōko Ono, a voice actress
• Ryuji Ono (大野 龍二, born 1985), Japanese long-distance runner
• Ryumo Ono, Japanese basketball player
• Santa J. Ono, a Japanese-American biologist, university administrator and Board member
• Satomi Ono (尾野 聡美, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shinji Ono, a footballer
• Shinjiro Ono, a former deputy commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
• Shoko Ono (born 1981), Japanese ice hockey player
• Shunzo Ono, a footballer
• Susumu Ōno, a linguist
• Takashi Ono (born 1931), a gymnast and Olympic medalist
• Takashi Ono (judoka) (born 1980), a martial arts practitioner
• Takashi Ono (mathematician) (born 1928), number theorist
• Toshihiro Ono, a manga artist
• Yoko Ono (小野 洋子, born 1933), a musician, artist, feminist and peace activist who married John Lennon
• Yoko Ono (judoka) (大野 陽子, born 1989), Japanese judoka
• Yūdai Ōno (大野 雄大, born 1988), Japanese professional baseball player
• Yūki Ōno, a wrestler
• Yūki Ono, a voice actor
• Yusaku Ono (小野 祐策, born 1947), Japanese weightlifter
• Apolo Ohno, an American speed-skater
• Hideo Ohno, a Japanese physicist
• Kassius Ohno, the ring name of American pro-wrestler Chris Spradlin (a.k.a. Chris Hero)
• Kazuo Ohno, a Japanese butoh dancer and choreographer
• Kiyofumi Ohno, a male Japanese pop singer/songwriter
• Mikiyo Ohno, a female Japanese pop singer
• Mitsugi Ohno, a Japanese-American glassblower
• Saori Sarina Ohno, a Japanese pianist raised in Germany
• Satoshi Ohno a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi
• Shinobu Ohno, a Japanese footballer
• Susumu Ohno, an American geneticist
• Taiichi Ohno, a Toyota executive
• Yoshinori Ohno, a Japanese politician
• Yuji Ohno, a Japanese jazz musician
• Yukari Ohno (大野 ゆかり, born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player