Kano may refer to: Places Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 14th and 19th centuries Kano Emirate, a 19th-century Islamic state People Mononym Kano (British musician) (born 1985), British rapper Kano (comics) (born 1973), Spanish comic book artist Kano (Japanese musician), Japanese musician and virtual YouTuber Surname Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), Japanese founder of Judo Aminu Kano (1920–1983), Nigerian politician David Kano (actor) (born 1987), American actor, writer and producer Eiko Kano (born 1982), Japanese comedian and singer Kano sisters, Kyoko (born 1962) and Mika (born 1967), Japanese celebrities Michihiko Kano (born 1942), Japanese politician , Japanese volleyball player Noriaki Kano (born 1940), Japanese developer of the Kano model , Japanese footballer Thea Kano (born 1965), American conductor Fictional characters Kano (Mortal Kombat), from the Mortal Kombat franchise Kano Kirishima, from the visual novel Air. Kano, the leader of "Bad Company", a 2000AD comic strip David Kano, from Space: 1999 Other uses Kano (band), an early-1980s Italian dance music group Kano (film), a 2014 Taiwanese baseball film directed by Umin Boya KANO (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) in Hilo, Hawaii Kano baseball team, a defunct Taiwanese baseball team Kano Chronicle, an account of the history of the Hausa people Kano Computing, a British computer hardware and software company Kano model, a theory of new product development and customer satisfaction Kanō school, a school of Japanese painting Kano, an arcade game by Glitchers See also Kanoo, an Arabic family name Japanese-language surnames