Toshikazu Kôno was born on 30 January 1921 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a director, known for Hanagasa dochu (1962), Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-san-bu kaibyô ranbu (1954) and Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-yon-bu ketsumei hakkenshi (1954). He died on 30 December 1984 in Japan.