Kongō

Kongō (金剛) is the name of

• Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

The mountain has lent its name to a series of Japanese naval ships:

• the Imperial Japanese Navy's ironclad Kongō (1877-1909);
• the battleship Kongō (1912-1945) — the nameship of her class; and
• the JDS Kongō (DDG-173), launched in 1991 — also the nameship of her class.

Other uses of the name include:

• Kongō school of Noh theatre;
• former sumo wrestler Kongō Masahiro whose highest rank was sekiwake

See also

• Congo (disambiguation)
• King Kong (disambiguation), in Chinese called 金剛.
• 金剛山 (disambiguation)