Fumiyo Kōno

, commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms and her 2007 manga In This Corner of the World which got an anime film adaptation in 2016 by MAPPA.

Biography She was born in Hiroshima in 1968 and began drawing manga when she was in junior high school. Kōno studied science at Hiroshima University and moved to Tokyo, becoming an assistant to Katsuyuki Toda, Aki Morino, and Fumiko Tanigawa. Kōno made her commercial debut in 1995 with Machikado Hana Da Yori.

Works Selected works. (Titles without an English version are given a literal translation enclosed in quotation marks.) (serialized 1995–1996 and 2002–2003, collected 2007, Futabasha), 1 volume (serialized 1997–2004, collected 2009, Futabasha) (2017 reprint Futabasha), 2 volumes Pippira Nōto 1 (2000 Futabasha) Pippira Nōto: Kanketsuhen (2004 Futabasha) (serialized 1999–2001, collected 2005, Ohzora Shuppan) (serialized 2001–2004, collected 2005, Futabasha) (2009 reprint Futabasha) (script Akiho Kousaka, serialized 2001–2002, Fukuinkan Shoten) (serialized 2003–2004, collected 2004, Futabasha) (serialized 2004–2006, collected 2006, Futabasha), 2 volumes (serialized 2007–2009, collected 2008–2009, Futabasha) (2011 reprint Futabasha), 3 volumes (serialized 2009–2010, Futabasha) (serialized 2011–2012, Heibonsha) (Fukuinkan Shoten) (serialized 2012–2016, Nihon Bungeisha) (serialized 2018–present, Nihon Bungeisha)

Awards 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize (Manga Division) for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms