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It looks like it. From his wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno

it looks like his father's name is Yōhei Kōno which which suggests that Kono is his family name.




Taro is also a very common Japanese male name. Think of "John".


You can also just read the Japanese pronunciation in brackets :)




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