In 1958, she graduated from the Tokyo University of Education and married Takashi Ono, a fellow Olympic gymnast.

[4][5]Ono won the 1986 election and became a member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party between 1986 and 2007.

[5] Ono was affiliated with the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.

[6][better source needed] Ono became the first female vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and director of the Japan Sport Council.

[5][7] On 13 March 2021, Ono died suddenly of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 85 while she was hospitalized for a bone fracture.