Takao Sano was born on 1941 in Kanazawa City, Japan. He is a member of Japan Artists Association.

He has many awards, among them:

2008 Award at the Exhibition of the Nippon Exlibris Assciation，Japan

Award of the 1st International Competition Exhibition Mini Print  , Italy

2009 Award of the International Competition for Exlibris “Novara”, Italy

Award of the International Exlibris Competition “Gdansk”, Poland

Award of the 1st International Competition of Exlibris, Vojvodina, Serbia

2010 FISAE  “Albin Brunovsky of Honour awarded”

Special Award of the International Exlibris Competition, Poland

2011 Award of the International Competition Exlibris , Wroclaw, Poland

2012 1st prize,  8th International Competition Exlibris, Ruse, Bulgaria

2nd prize, Lujiazul Meiyuancup International Ex Libris Exhibition 2012, China

2013 Gold prize, Nippon Exlibris Assocoation Competition 2013 in Nagoya, Japan

Award of the International Competition Exlibris , Wroclaw, Poland.

Edition 2014

Edition 2016

Edition 2018