Kondo - Definition and Overview

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

People named Kondo:

• Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
• 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
• Kondo was the former name of Behanzin, King of Dahomey (now Benin), Africa

Other uses of Kondo:

• Kondo Hall (Golden Hall), Horyu-ji, Nara Prefecture
• In physics, the Kondo effect regards the presence of a magnetic impurity in a solid. It is named for Jun Kondo.

See also

• Japanese name