Kudo or KUDO may refer to:
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KOAN (AM)
KOAN (1080 AM) is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by Tetyana Sevvina Robbins through licensee Falcon Broadcasting LLC. KOAN is managed by Alaska Integrated Media, a company of six radio stations; three owned by AIM ...
, a radio station (1080 AM) in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which held the call sign KUDO from 2002 to 2013
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Kūdō
is a Japanese hybrid martial art.
It is a full-contact combat sport that aims to achieve both safety and practicality, a style of mixed martial arts practised with headgear and gloves. It features stand-up striking, with throwing and grapplin ...
, a martial art and a combat sport, also called daido juku
People
Kudō (工藤; Kudo, Kudoh, Kudou) is a
Japanese family name.
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Chū Kudō (born Tetsusaburō Kudō, 1882–1965), Japanese-born Manchukuo politician and soldier
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Elaine Kudo Elaine Kudo is a ballet dancer and choreographer. She is the ballet master at the Washington Ballet and was formerly a ballet mistress at the American Repertory Ballet. She danced formerly with the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, "excelling" ...
, ballet dancer
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Haruka Kudo (singer) (born 1999), Japanese pop singer and member of Morning Musume
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Haruka Kudō (voice actress) (born 1989), Japanese voice actor and model
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Hirofumi Kudo
Hirofumi Kudo (; born July 3, 1959 in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese curler, a three-time (1992, 1996, 1997) and a three-time Japan men's champion (1997, 1998, 1999).
He played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 199 ...
(born 1959), Japanese curler, 1998 Winter Olympic participant
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Kazuyoshi Kudo was a Japanese organized crime figure. He was the 4th head of the Kokusui-kai, a Tokyo-based yakuza gang. He was also the 7th ''socho'' of Kanamachi-ikka.
In August 2005, Kudo shocked the yakuza world when he became sworn brothers with new Ya ...
(c. 1937–2007), Japanese yakuza
*, Japanese ice hockey player
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Kimiyasu Kudō
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and the former manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Known for his longevity as a player, he holds the NPB records for longest career with 29 seasons played, m ...
(born 1963), Japanese baseball player
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Mai Kudō (born 1984), Japanese singer
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Megumi Kudo
is a Japanese entertainment personality and former professional wrestler. She wrestled under her maiden name for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, where she became the top star of the Women's Division. Kudo is primarily known for competing in bru ...
(born 1969), retired Japanese professional wrestler
*Minako Kudo (1967–2005), better known as
Minako Honda
, better known as , later changed to , was a Japanese idol and musical singer. In 1985, she made her debut with the single "Satsui no Vacane".
She was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia on January 5, 2005. At 4:38 A.M. on November 6, 200 ...
, Japanese pop singer
*, Japanese cross-country skier
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Shizuka Kudō (born 1970), Japanese pop singer and former member of Onyanko Club
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Tetsumi Kudo
(23 February 1935 – 12 November 1990) was a Japanese avant-garde artist whose multidisciplinary practice included painting, performance, installation and sculpture. Associated with the Anti-Art (''Han-geijutsu'') movement in Japan in the l ...
(1935–1990), Japanese artist
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Tori Kudo
Maher Shalal Hash Baz is a Japanese music ensemble based in Japan, and the artistic alter ego of Tori Kudo, a Japanese composer and musician.The great Scots musicography Martin Charles Strong - 2002 Page 402 "Geographic records Founded: by Stephen ...
, Japanese musician and founder of Maher Shalal Hash Baz
*, Japanese para table tennis player
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Youki Kudoh
is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Crazy Family
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Sōgo Ishii.
Awards and nominations
6th Yokohama Film Festival
* Won: Best ...
(born 1971), Japanese actress and singer
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Kudo (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kudo (stylized in all capital letters). Signed to the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, he is currently in his seventh reign as one third of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, while a ...
, Japanese professional wrestler
*, Japanese actress, former singer with the group Morning Musume
*, Japanese voice actress
Fictional characters
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Booker Kudo
The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shini ...
(or Yūsaku Kudō), character in the manga series ''Case Closed''
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Harue Kudou
is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in ''Ribon'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii anno ...
, character in the manga series ''Gals!''
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Himiko Kudou
The following is a list of fictional characters featured in the manga and anime series ''GetBackers''.
Protagonists
Ban Midou
is one of the main protagonists in ''GetBackers''. His name comes from his mother's surname "Midou" and the "Ban" fr ...
, character in the manga series ''GetBackers''
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Jimmy Kudo
, known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed'', created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest the lethal poison after an en ...
(or Shinichi Kudō), protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed''
*Kanae Kudō, character in the visual novel ''
De Capo''
*Rei Kudou, character in the ''
Arisa
Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer and actress.
Early life
Arisa was born in Genoa, Italy. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a villa ...
'' manga series
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Shin Kudo
The following is a list of all the fictional characters within the '' Macross'' anime franchise.
''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross''
Humans
* Hikaru Ichijyo (Arihiro Hase and Kenji Nojima/ Vic Mignogna)The Super Dimension Fortress Macr ...
, protagonist of the anime ''Macross Zero''
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Taiki Kudō
''Digimon Fusion'', known in Japan as , is the sixth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation between July 2010 and March 2012.
I ...
, protagonist the anime series ''Digimon Xros Wars''
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Vivian Kudo (or Yukiko Kudō), character in the manga series ''Case Closed''
*Yohji Kudou, character in the ''
Weiß Kreuz
is a series conceptualized by voice actor Takehito Koyasu about four assassins that work in a flower shop called "Kitty in the House". The assassins are members of a group called Weiß (white), which is run by Persia of the mysterious ...
'' fictional universe
*Yuichi Kudo, character in the ''
Doki Doki School Hours
is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tamami Momose. The manga was serialized in '' Manga Life'' and published by Takeshobo from 1997 to 2013.
An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and aired on TV Tokyo from ...
'' anime and manga series
See also
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Kudos (disambiguation)
Kudos may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Kudos'' (computer game), a life simulation game produced by Positech Games
* Kudos (production company), a UK-based film and television production company
* Kudos, a fictional currency used by the Dweller ...
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