Takaaki Kono (4 January 1940 – 22 April 2010) was a Japanese professional golfer. Kono was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1940. He started playing golf at the age of 15. Kono had much success on the Japanese and Asian circuits at the beginning of his career, winning several times. One of his top successes was at the 1969 Malaysian Open. Six shots behind at the beginning of the final round, Kono fired a 66 (−6) to capture the title by one shot over New Zealand's John Lister and Australia's David Graham.