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
• Hiroko Okano (岡野 弘子, born 1976), Japanese volleyball player
• 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