Kano may refer to:

Places

Kano State Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian st ...

, a state in Northern Nigeria *

Kano (city) Kano (Ajami script, Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within ...

, 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 The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa people, Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliph ...

, a 19th-century Islamic state

People

Given name

* , Japanese entertainer

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

*, Japanese founder of Judo * Aminu Kano (1920–1983), Nigerian politician * David Kano (actor) (born 1987), American actor, writer and producer *, Japanese comedian and singer * Kano sisters, and , Japanese celebrities *, Japanese politician *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese developer of the Kano model *, Japanese footballer * Thea Kano (born 1965), American conductor *, Japanese politician

Fictional characters

* Kano (''Mortal Kombat''), a fighter from the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise *Kano Kirishima, from the

visual novel A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...

Air An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosph ...

''. *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 Kano Computing is a London-based startup that specializes in computer hardware and software. Founded in January 2013, the company focuses on creating educational kits that utilize Raspberry Pi single-board computers to teach STEM subjects to chil ...

, 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 * Rondo, a variety of the Dutch pastry gevulde koek