Joe Hisaishi

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Joe Hisaishi is a renowned Japanese composer and musical director best known for his iconic scores for Studio Ghibli films and his long-time collaboration with director Hayao Miyazaki.

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How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14530936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joe Hisaishi
Context triple: [Spirited Away, musicBy, Joe Hisaishi]

A. Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu is a renowned Japanese video game composer best known for his iconic music for the Final Fantasy series.
B. Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno is a renowned Japanese composer and musician best known for her eclectic and influential soundtracks for anime, films, and video games such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
C. Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric, industrial-ambient soundtracks that defined the mood and identity of the Silent Hill video game franchise.
D. Hiroyuki Imaishi
Hiroyuki Imaishi is a Japanese anime director and animator known for his hyper-energetic visual style and for co-founding Studio Trigger.
E. Basil Poledouris
Basil Poledouris was an American composer best known for his powerful, symphonic film scores for movies such as Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, and The Hunt for Red October.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joe Hisaishi
Target entity description: Joe Hisaishi is a renowned Japanese composer and musical director best known for his iconic scores for Studio Ghibli films and his long-time collaboration with director Hayao Miyazaki.

A. Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu is a renowned Japanese video game composer best known for his iconic music for the Final Fantasy series.
B. Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno is a renowned Japanese composer and musician best known for her eclectic and influential soundtracks for anime, films, and video games such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
C. Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric, industrial-ambient soundtracks that defined the mood and identity of the Silent Hill video game franchise.
D. Hiroyuki Imaishi
Hiroyuki Imaishi is a Japanese anime director and animator known for his hyper-energetic visual style and for co-founding Studio Trigger.
E. Basil Poledouris
Basil Poledouris was an American composer best known for his powerful, symphonic film scores for movies such as Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, and The Hunt for Red October.
F. None of above. chosen