Kondo
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Kondō (近藤 "near wisteria") is a Japanese surname, and is sometimes used in other contexts.
People named Kondo:
- Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
- Ezekiel Kondo, Bishop, Diocese of Khartoum, Episcopal Church of the Sudan
- Koji Kondo, musician, composer
- Jun Kondo, physicist, researcher of the Kondo effect
- Nobutake Kondo, naval commander
- Kondo Isami, chief of the Shinsengumi
- Kondo Keitaro, author, recipient of the Akutagawa Prize
- Junya Kondo, founder of Hatena Co., Ltd.
- Kondo was the former name of Behanzin, King of Dahomey (now Benin), Africa
Other uses of Kondo:
- Kondō (lit. Golden Hall in Japanese [this Kondō is 金堂]), is usually the main hall of a Buddhist temple, eg. 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.
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