While attending Kitazono High School in Tokyo, he started playing piano and synthesizer under the influence of his older brother.

In 2000, bassist Toyoyuki Tanaka introduced Kawano to T-Square, a jazz fusion band he was a part of from 1981 to 1986.

[2] In 2005, he joined the Kumi Adachi Club Pangea, which was formed by former T-Square drummer Hiroyuki Noritake.

The update also mentioned the pathology and course of onset with moderate bleeding in his right putamen, but with treatment performed without the need of surgery.

[12] On August 27, 2020, Kawano announced that he would withdraw from T-Square as he was concerned about the prognosis and rehabilitation after treatment for the cerebral hemorrhage that developed in 2019.