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Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga (小西行長) was a Japanese Christian daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period who rose from a Sakai merchant family, led the invasions of Korea, and was executed in 1600.
Konishiki Yasokichi (小錦八十吉)
Konishiki Yasokichi (小錦八十吉), born Saleva'a Atisano'e, Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler, first foreign ozeki (1987), three championships (1989, 1991, 1992), Takasago stable, retired 1997.
Konjac-alginate-xanthan polysaccharide complex (PGX)
PGX (PolyGlycopleX, alginate-konjac-xanthan polysaccharide complex, KAX) is a proprietary viscous fibre complex of konjac glucomannan, sodium alginate, and xanthan gum, studied for lowering postprandial glucose; EFSA found its safety not established at proposed use levels.
Konjam Kadhal Konjam Modhal (கொஞ்சம் காதல் கொஞ்சம் மோதல்)
Konjam Kadhal Konjam Modhal (கொஞ்சம் காதல் கொஞ்சம் மோதல்) is a 2025 Tamil romantic comedy-drama directed by K. Rangaraj, starring Srikanth and Pujita Ponnada as a couple faking wealth, released 14 March 2025.
Konjikidō
Konjikidō (金色堂), or Hikaridō, is a gilded funerary hall at Chūson-ji temple in Hiraizumi, Japan, completed in 1124 by Fujiwara no Kiyohira as a mausoleum for his family.
Konka (Soweto)
Konka, also known as Konka Night Club, was an upscale amapiano nightclub and restaurant in Pimville, Soweto, opened in 2021 by Kutlwano Pitso and closed in 2024.
Konkan (कोकण)
Konkan (कोकण) is the narrow coastal lowland of western India between the Arabian Sea and the Sahyadri range, about 50 km wide, with a 720 km Maharashtra coastline, west-flowing rivers, Deccan basalt and laterite, and historic ports such as Chaul, Dabhol, and Vengurla.
Konkani language
Konkani (कोंकणी, also Amchigale) is an Indo-Aryan language of India's western coast, once considered a dialect of Marathi and the official language of Goa since 1987, written in Devanagari, Roman, Kannada, and Malayalam scripts.
Konkani people
Konkani people: ethnolinguistic communities of India's western Konkan coast speaking Konkani, centered in Goa and coastal Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra; multi-script, multi-religion, with diasporas in Portugal and the Indian Ocean.
Konkokyo (金光教)
Konkokyo (金光教), also called the Konko faith, is a Japanese new religion founded in 1859 by the farmer Kawate Bunjiro, known as Konko Daijin, who taught mediation through the deity Tenchi Kane No Kami.
Konkona Sen Sharma (কোনকণা সেন শর্মা)
Konkona Sen Sharma (কঙ্কনা সেন শর্মা), born 1979 in New Delhi, is an Indian actress and director in Bengali and Hindi cinema, daughter of Aparna Sen; two-time National Film Award winner (Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Omkara) and director of A Death in the Gunj.
Konkouré
Konkouré: river and mangrove estuary in Guinea whose delta is Ramsar Site no. 575 (designated 18 November 1992, 90,000 ha), also IBA GN013 and a Key Biodiversity Area, with tide-dominated hydrodynamics and a Garafiri dam 130 km upstream.
Konkuk University (건국대학교)
Konkuk University (건국대학교), a private South Korean university in Seoul's Gwangjin-gu with a second GLOCAL Campus in Chungju, grew from a 1931 nonprofit hospital founded by Seok-chang Yoo into a comprehensive university in 1959.
Konnakol (album)
KONNAKOL (also Konnakol) is Zayn Malik's fifth studio album, released April 17, 2026 on Mercury Records; 15 tracks, 45:21, produced mainly by Malay, titled after South Indian Carnatic vocal percussion.
Konnan
Konnan, born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises, is an American wrestling personality and former wrestler who became a major star in Mexican lucha libre and wrestled for WCW and TNA.
Konnie Huq
Konnie Huq (born 1975, Hammersmith, London) is a British TV presenter, screenwriter, and children's author, the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter (1997-2008), later host of The Xtra Factor and author of the Cookie books.
Konnie Johannesson
Konnie Johannesson (Konrad Jonasson Johannesson, 1896-1968), Canadian defenceman with the Winnipeg Falcons, won the first Olympic ice hockey gold at Antwerp 1920 and later won a landmark Supreme Court of Canada aeronautics case.
Konnor (wrestler)
Konnor (Ryan Parmeter, born 1980), also Big Kon, American wrestler; half of WWE's The Ascension with Viktor, record NXT Tag Team Championship reign, later Impact Wrestling's The Design.
Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin (born 2006, Jackson, MS) is a Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop drafted ninth overall in 2024 from Jackson Prep; 2025: .333, 21 HR, 65 SB; Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year and No. 1 overall prospect.
Konny Klub Troya
Конный клуб «Троя» (Equestrian club Troya) names several unrelated riding clubs: near Baranovichi, Belarus; in Novosibirsk's Akademgorodok; in Babai near Kharkiv; and Буковинська Троя in Revakivtsi, Ukraine, offering riding lessons, rides, and hippotherapy.
Kono District
Kono District is a district in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone, with its capital and largest city at Koidu; it is the country's principal diamond-producing district and had 620,703 residents in 2021.
Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい！)
Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい！) is an annual guidebook by Takarajimasha ranking the year's best light novels, characters, and illustrators, whose top placements often foreshadow anime adaptations.
Kono Mons
Kono Mons is a 350-km-diameter volcano on Venus at 19.5°N, 268°E in northern Asteria Regio, cut by Zverine Chasma; IAU-named in 2007 for a Senufu goddess of wild birds.
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life (この音とまれ!)
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life (この音とまれ!) is a koto-club manga by Amyu serialized in Jump SQ. since 2012, adapted into a 26-episode 2019 anime by Platinum Vision and a stage play, with family-composed koto pieces that won record awards.
Konoe Sakihisa
Konoe Sakihisa (近衛前久, 1536–1612) was a Japanese court noble and kanpaku, chief imperial regent, during the Sengoku civil wars, allying with warlords like Uesugi Kenshin.
Konoefu
The Konoefu (近衛府) was the palace guard office of the imperial court of Japan, renamed from the Jutoei in 765 and split into Left and Right divisions in 807.
Konon Molody (Конон Трофимович Молодый)
Konon Trofimovich Molody (Конон Трофимович Молодый), aka Gordon Lonsdale, was a KGB illegal who ran the Portland spy ring in Britain, was sentenced to 25 years in 1961, and was exchanged for Greville Wynne in 1964.
Konopnica
Konopnica: name of Polish villages, chiefly one in Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, with a major Przeworsk culture barrow and cremation cemetery (193 graves), and the seat of Gmina Konopnica in Lublin County; also places in North Macedonia and Wartkowice gmina.
KonoSuba
KonoSuba (この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) is a Japanese isekai-comedy light novel by Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima about Kazuma's dysfunctional party with goddess Aqua, wizard Megumin, and crusader Darkness; 17 main volumes, anime from 2016, film, and ENGI season 4 in 2027.
KonoSuba season 3
KonoSuba season 3 (この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！3), third TV season of Natsume Akatsuki's comedy light novel adaptation, produced by Drive, aired 11 episodes from April 10, 2024 on TOKYO MX, streaming on Crunchyroll.