:Azuma Konno

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Azuma Konno

| native_name = {{nobold|今野 東}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Azuma Konno.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Official portrait, 2012

| office = Member of the House of Councillors

| constituency = National PR

| term_start = 2007

| term_end = 4 December 2012

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office1 = House of Representatives

| constituency1 = Miyagi 1st

| term_start1 = 2000

| term_end1 = 28 April 2005

| predecessor1 = Kazuo Aichi

| successor1 = Tōru Doi

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|4|24|1942|12|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

| alma_mater = Meiji Gakuin University

| party = Democratic

}}

{{nihongo|Azuma Konno|今野 東|Konno Azuma|extra=December 17, 1947 – April 24, 2013}} was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).{{cite news|url=http://www.kahoku.co.jp/news/2013/04/20130424t13031.htm |script-title=ja:元衆院議員の今野東氏死去 「民主王国宮城」一翼担う |date=2013-04-24 |publisher=Kahoku Shimpo |language=Japanese |accessdate=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427175925/http://www.kahoku.co.jp/news/2013/04/20130424t13031.htm |archivedate=27 April 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0068/00068068.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜今野 東〜 |work=ザ･選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-11-11 |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024171421/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0068/00068068.html |archivedate=2007-10-24 |url-status=dead }}

A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the House of Representatives for two terms.