Kenzō Kōno
Kenzō Kōno was President of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. He was the younger brother of his predecessor, Ichirō Kōno and the uncle of Yōhei Kōno. He was a graduate of Waseda University. He belongs to a political dynasty which also includes Tarō Kōno. In his youth he was a long-distance runner and won stages of the Hakone Ekiden in 1921 and 1922.
In his political career, he was the Upper House Chairman from 17 July 1971 to 3 July 1977, elected five times as Member of the House of Councilors for Kanagawa Prefecture between 1953 and 1983, and was a Member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa's third district from 24 January 1949 to 28 August 1952.
