Kudo

Kudō (工藤; Kudo, Kudoh, Kudou) is a Japanese family name.

• KUDO is a radio station (1080 AM) in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
• Kudo may be an erroneous singular of the word kudos

People

• Chū Kudō (born Tetsusaburō Kudō, 1882-1965), Japanese-born Manchukuo politician and soldier
• Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (born 1989), Japanese voice actor and model
• Haruka Kudō (singer) (born 1999), Japanese pop singer and member of Morning Musume.
• Hitomi Kudo (born 1969), Japanese actress and former AV idol
• Kazuya Kudō, Japanese author, creator of Mai, the Psychic Girl and Pineapple Army
• Kazuyoshi Kudo (c. 1937—2007), Japanese yakuza
• Kimiyasu Kudoh (born 1963), Japanese baseball player
• Mai Kudō (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Minako Kudo (1967-2005), better known as Minako Honda, Japanese pop singer
• Shizuka Kudō (born 1970), Japanese pop singer and former member of Onyanko Club
• Tetsumi Kudo (1935-1990), Japanese artist
• Tori Kudo, Japanese musician and founder of Maher Shalal Hash Baz
• Youki Kudoh (born 1971), Japanese actress and singer
• Yoshiki Kudo, Japanese manga artist

Fictional characters

• Booker Kudo, character in the manga series Case Closed
• Harue Kudou, character in the manga series Gals!
• Himiko Kudou, character in the manga series GetBackers
• Jimmy Kudo, protagonist of the manga series Case Closed
• Kanae Kudō, character in the visual novel De Capo
• Rei Kudou, character in the Arisa manga series
• Shin Kudo, protagonist of the anime Macross Zero
• Taiki Kudō, protagonist the anime series Digimon Xros Wars
• Vivian Kudo, character in the manga series Case Closed
• Yohji Kudou, character in the Weiß Kreuz fictional universe
• Yuichi Kudo, character in the Doki Doki School Hours anime and manga series

Others

• Kudo is the second name of Daido Juku, a martial art.