Kano may refer to:
Contents
Places
Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 19th centuries
Kano Emirate, a 19th-century Islamic state
Kano Emirate Council, a non-sovereign monarchy in Nigeria
Kano River, a river in Japan
People
Given name
Kano Fujihira (藤平 華乃; born 2004), Japanese entertainer
Kano Ikeda (1887–1960), Japanese American professor
Kano Omata (小俣 夏乃; born 1996), Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming
Mononym
Kano (British musician) (born 1985), British rapper
Kano (comics) (born 1973), Spanish comic book artist
Kano (Japanese musician), Japanese musician and virtual YouTuber
Surname
Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎; 1860–1938), Japanese founder of Judo
Aminu Kano (1920–1983), Nigerian politician
David Kano (actor) (born 1987), American actor, writer and producer
Eiko Kano (狩野 英孝; born 1982), Japanese comedian and singer
Kano sisters, Kyoko Kano (叶 恭子; born 1962) and Mika Kano (叶 美香; born 1967), Japanese celebrities
Michihiko Kano (鹿野 道彦; 1942–2021), Japanese politician
Miyuki Kano (狩野 美雪; born 1977), Japanese volleyball player
Noriaki Kano (狩野 紀昭; born 1940), Japanese developer of the Kano model
Thea Kano (born 1965), American conductor
Tokio Kano (加納 時男; 1935–2017), Japanese politician
Fictional characters
Kano (Mortal Kombat), a fighter from the Mortal Kombat franchise
Kano Kirishima, from the visual novel Air.
Kano, the leader of "Bad Company", a 2000AD comic strip
David Kano, from Space: 1999
Other uses
Kano (band), an early-1980s Italian dance music group
Kano (film), a 2014 Taiwanese baseball film directed by Umin Boya
KANO (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) in Hilo, Hawaii
Kano baseball team, a defunct Taiwanese baseball team
Kano Chronicle, an account of the history of the Hausa people
Kano Computing, a British computer hardware and software company
Kano model, a theory of new product development and customer satisfaction
Kanō school, a school of Japanese painting
Kano, an arcade game by Glitchers
Rondo, a variety of the Dutch pastry gevulde koek