Rin Kono (河野臨, Kōno Rin, born January 7, 1981) is a Japanese professional Go player.

Rin Kono grew up as one of Koichi Kobayashi's students.

He was promoted to 8 dan after beating Keigo Yamashita to win the Tengen in 2005.

He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen title, once more against Yamashita.

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