Kondō Explained

Kondō, Kondo or Kondou (近藤 "near wisteria") is a surname prominent in Japanese culture, although it also occurs in other countries. Notable people with the surname include:

• , Japanese ballet dancer
• Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
• , chief of the Shinsengumi
• , physicist, researcher of the Kondo effect
• , manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director
• , Japanese composer and musician
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• Mamadou Kondo, Malian footballer
• Marie Kondo (born 1984), organizing consultant and author
• , Japanese bureaucrat
• , or Matchy, Japanese singer, lyricist and actor
• , professional shogi player
• , Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force admiral
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , professional shogi player
• , professional wrestler
• , professional wrestler and shoot boxer
• , Japanese pole vaulter
• , photographer of Sado island
• , a member of the 1980s J-Pop duo BaBe
• , Japanese trumpet player
• , Japanese politician
• , animator and film director
• , mixed martial arts fighter
• Yoshio Kondo (1910–1990), biologist and malacologist
• , Japanese curler