Fumiyo Kōno (こうの 史代, Kōno Fumiyo, born 28 September 1968[1]), 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.

She was born in Hiroshima in 1968 and began drawing manga when she was in junior high school.

[3] 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.

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