Wikipedia / Ko
Wikipedia / Ko
KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts. K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
KO (musician), Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music
K.O. (album), a 2021 album by Danna Paola
Ko (soundtrack), for the 2011 Indian film (see below) by Harris Jayaraj
K.O (rapper), South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli
Karen O (born 1978), lead singer of the rock group Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Kevin Olusola, American cellist, beatboxer and member of a cappella group Pentatonix
K.O. (song), a song by Pabllo Vittar
KO (song), 2025 song by NLE Choppa
K.O., a 2008 album by Rize
"K.O.", a 2004 song by Smujji
Other media
Ko (Go), in the board game Go
Ko (film), a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film by K. V. Anand
Knight Online, a 2004 online role-playing game
Language
Ko (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ
ISO 639-1 code for the Korean language
Surname
Gao (surname), a surname of Chinese origin romanized to Ko in Hong Kong, and in several romanizations especially in South-east Asia
Ke (surname), a Chinese surname romanized as "Ko" in the Wade–Giles system
Xu (surname 許), a surname of Chinese romanized as Ko in the Teochew
People
Kō Nakata (born 1960), Japanese Islamic scholar
Ko Simpson (born 1983), professional American football player for the Buffalo Bills
Kevin Owens, Canadian professional wrestler
Yi Ko (died 1171), Korean military ruler
Karen Olivo, an American actor, theater educator, and singer
Places
Ko Mountain, the second-highest peak in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of Russia
Ko. Madhepura, Nepal, a village development committee
Ko, Lamphun, Thailand, a village and subdistrict
Kö, an urban boulevard in Düsseldorf, Germany
KO, a country code often associated with Kosovo (Mostly used with XK)
Keio University, a university in Tokyo, Japan
Science and technology
Ko, an ancient Chinese weapon also known as a dagger-axe in English
Kō, a version of the foot plough used by the Māori people
Gene knockout, a molecular biology genetic technique, abbreviated KO
Knowledge organization, branch of information science
Knowledge Organization, an academic journal published by the International Society for Knowledge Organization
kilooctet (computing), a unit of information or computer storage
Loadable kernel module (file extension .ko)
Transportation
Kō Station (Aichi) on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line in Japan
Kō Station (Tokushima) on the Tokushima Line in Japan
Alaska Central Express, IATA airline designator
Railway line prefix KO of Keio lines
Other uses
The Coca-Cola Company, stock ticker symbol and corporate internet domain ko.com
Civic Coalition (Poland), or Koalicja Obywatelska (KO), a Polish electoral alliance
or Civic Coalition (party), a Polish political party of the same name
Knock-off, a counterfeit product
Kelly Oils Ltd, a fuels merchant in Northern Ireland
Kemetic Orthodoxy, a religion
Contracting Officer, US government acronym KO or CO
K.O., protagonist in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Ko Ukumori, a character in the air combat game The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
Dukkha, the concept of unsatisfactoriness in Buddhism
Kick-off (association football), the time or manner of start of play
Kō, Japanese for incense; see Japanese incense
Kōdō, the art of appreciating Japanese incense
Momofuku Ko, a New York restaurant