Kaoru Ohno (大野 芳 Ōno Kaoru, born 10 August 1941) is a Japanese non-fiction writer.[1]
Ohno was born in Aichi Prefecture and graduated from the Meiji University School of Law. He worked for a publishing company and as a magazine reporter before becoming a full-time author. In 1982, in the first annual Ushio Awards, his book Kitabari took the Special Prize in Nonfiction. Kodansha published his first novel, Hungary Bukyoku wo Mouichido, in 1989.[2] He has written several books related to Japanese military history, with particular focus on the World War II era.