Fumiyo Kōno(こうの史代Kōno Fuyumi, born 28 September 1968) is a Japanese manga artist known for her Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms. She was born in Hiroshima in 1968 and began drawing manga when she was in junior high school. Kōno studied science at Hiroshima University and moved to Tokyo, becoming an assistant to Katsuyuki Toda, Aki Morino, and Fumiko Tanigawa. Kōno made her commercial debut in 1995 with Machikado Hana Dayori. She graduated from University of the Air in 2001 with a major in Humanities.