Kondo

Kondō (近藤 "near wisteria") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
• Kondō Isami, chief of the Shinsengumi
• Jun Kondo, physicist, researcher of the Kondo effect
• Katsuya Kondō, a manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director
• Koji Kondo, musician, composer
• Marie Kondo, organizing consultant and author
• Masahiko Kondō, or Matchy, Japanese singer, lyricist and actor
• Nobutake Kondō, naval commander
• 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, trumpet player
• Yoshifumi Kondō, animator and film director
• Yuki Kondo, mixed martial arts fighter.
• Yoshio Kondo (1910–1990), biologist and malacologist

See also

• 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 after Jun Kondo.
• Kondo can refer to the KHR-Series humanoid robots manufactured by Kondo Kagaku.