What is "rodan"

is a daikaiju monster which first appeared as the title character in Toho's 1956 film Rodan. Though the character started off in its own stand-alone film, Rodan was later featured in the Godzilla franchise. IGN listed Rodan as #6 on their "Top 10 Japanese Movie Monsters" list, while Complex listed the character as #15 on its "The 15 Most Badass Kaiju Monsters of All Time" list.

Rodan was an American math/ post-hardcore band in the early to mid-1990s. The best known lineup of the band consisted of Jeff Mueller (guitar/vocals), Jason Noble (guitar/vocals), Tara Jane O'Neil (bass/vocals), and Kevin Coultas (drums).

Rodan, released in Japan as , is a 1956 Kaiju film produced by Toho Studios. It was the studio's first Kaiju movie filmed in color (though Toho's first color tokusatsu film, Madame White Snake, was released earlier that year). It is one of a series of "giant monster" movies that found an audience outside Japan, especially in the United States, where it was originally released as Rodan! The Flying Monster!

Rodan is a fictional flying monster,

Rodan may also refer to:

• Rodan (film), the debut film of the flying monster
• Rodan (band), an early-1990s rock band
• Rodan Energy, a leading North American smart grid company (see its president & Ceo Paul Grod)
• Rodan, a Time Lady who appears in the Doctor Who serial The Invasion of Time
• Rodan, a military version of Odra series computers.

Rodan is a male name. Its name day is celebrated on December 21 ( Noel), or March 15 ( Slovak calendar).

Rodan is a Slavonic name related to the adjective native, nativity.