Kondo
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Kondō (近藤 "near wisteria") is a Japanese surname, and is sometimes used in other contexts.
[edit] People
- Koji Kondo, musician, composer
- Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
- Ezekiel Kondo, Bishop, Diocese of Khartoum, Episcopal Church of the Sudan
- Jun Kondo, physicist, researcher of the Kondo effect
- Katsuya Kondō, a manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director well known for his character design work on some Studio Ghibli films.
- Nobutake Kondō, naval commander
- Kondō Isami, chief of the Shinsengumi
- Kondō Keitaro, author, recipient of the Akutagawa Prize
- Jun'ya Kondō, founder of Hatena Co., Ltd.
- Shuji Kondo, professional wrestler
- Syuri Kondo, professional wrestler and shoot boxer
- Tomio Kondō, photographer of Sado island
- Tomoko Kondo, a member of the 80's J-Pop duo BaBe
- Toshinori Kondo, a trumpet player
- Yoshifumi Kondō, an animator and film director from Studio Ghibli.
- Yuki Kondo, mixed martial arts fighter.
- Yoshio Kondo (1910–1990) was a biologist and malacologist from Hawaii.
- Kondo was the former name of Behanzin, King of Dahomey (now Benin), Africa
[edit] Other uses
- Kondo, Kale, Burma
- Kondo, Mali
- Kon-dō (lit. Golden Hall (金堂) in Japanese), is usually the main hall of a Buddhist temple, e.g. in Hōryū-ji, Nara Prefecture
- In physics, the Kondo effect regards the presence of a magnetic impurity in a solid. It is named for Jun Kondo.
- Kondo can refer to the KHR-Series humanoid robots manufactured by Kondo Kagaku.
[edit] See also
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