Okano (surname)

Okano (written: 岡野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Eitaro Okano (岡野 栄太郎; born 1930), Japanese sprinter
• Hideyuki Okano (岡野 栄之; born 1959), Japanese physiologist
• Isao Okano (岡野 功; born 1944), Japanese judoka
• Jun Okano (岡野 洵; born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Okano Keijirō (岡野 敬次郎; 1865–1925), Japanese politician
• Kōsuke Okano (岡野 浩介; born 1969), Japanese voice actor
• Masayuki Okano (岡野 雅行; born 1972), Japanese footballer
• Reiko Okano (岡野 玲子; born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Shunichiro Okano (岡野 俊一郎; 1931–2017), Japanese footballer and manager
• Takeshi Okano (岡野 剛; born 1967), Japanese manga artist
• Teiichi Okano (岡野 貞一; 1878–1941), Japanese composer
• Tomoko Okano (岡野 知子; born 1979), Japanese volleyball player
• Yūichirō Okano (岡野 祐一郎; born 1994), Japanese baseball player
• Yuji Okano (born 1964), Japanese shot putter

Fictional characters

• Hinata Okano (岡野 ひなた), a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom