Kondo

Kondō (近藤 "near wisteria") is a Japanese surname, and is sometimes used in other contexts.

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

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.