International Haiku Poets

Haiku poets from around the world

Yuzo Ono

Yuzo Ono

Invited Poet
小野裕三
InternationalHaiku
Japan
English · Korean · Japanese
Profile Yuzo Ono is a haiku poet and writer born in Oita, Japan. He was educated at the University of Tokyo (BA). He stayed in the UK from 2018 to 2020 and studied at the Royal College of Art (MRes, fine arts pathway). Currently he is based in Kawasaki, Japan.

He won the Modern Haiku Association Award for Criticism in 2002 and the Modern Haiku Association New Talent Award (honorable mention) in 2005. He is the author of several haiku poem books: “Mexican Restaurant” (Kadokawa Publishing, 2006) , “Further Selection of New Haiku 21” (co-author, Yushorin Press, 2010) and “12 Untitled / 12 Haiku”(co-author, Mixam UK, 2026). In the anthology “Haiku Poets Born in the Post-war Era” (Mainichi Newspaper Publishing, 2012), he was selected as one of 109 leading contemporary haiku poets of Japan. Also, he is a councillor of the Haiku International Association and a member of the British Haiku Society. From 2023 to 2026, he served as the judge for the monthly English haiku programme on the website of English-Speaking Union of Japan.

Having studied at the British art school, he has a keen interest in the relationship between haiku poetry and fine art, and between Western and Eastern cultures.
Representative Works (3)

Guest Work · Not entered in the official competition or awards.

English Translation

downpour

a Mexican restaurant

a birdcage

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