Ryuk
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Ryuk is a shinigami (death god) from the Death Note franchise who drops a supernatural notebook into the human world, setting off the story’s deadly chain of events.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ryuk canonical | 4 |
| Ryuk is a Shinigami who drops the Death Note into the human world | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16850266 — 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: Ryuk Context triple: [Death Note (2017 film), featuresCharacter, Ryuk]
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A.
Akuma
Akuma is a powerful and ruthless martial artist from the Street Fighter series, known for mastering the dark Satsui no Hado and serving as one of Ryu’s most dangerous adversaries.
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B.
Furya
Furya is the harsh, war-torn homeworld of the Furyan race and central to the backstory of antihero Richard B. Riddick in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise.
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C.
Gunface
"Gunface" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1997 album "Bridges to Babylon."
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D.
Mesharu
Mesharu is a minor Mesopotamian deity associated with justice and righteousness, traditionally regarded as a child of the sun god Shamash.
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E.
Nagato
Nagato was a famous Japanese battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later participating in major World War II engagements.
- 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: Ryuk Target entity description: Ryuk is a shinigami (death god) from the Death Note franchise who drops a supernatural notebook into the human world, setting off the story’s deadly chain of events.
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A.
Akuma
Akuma is a powerful and ruthless martial artist from the Street Fighter series, known for mastering the dark Satsui no Hado and serving as one of Ryu’s most dangerous adversaries.
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B.
Furya
Furya is the harsh, war-torn homeworld of the Furyan race and central to the backstory of antihero Richard B. Riddick in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise.
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C.
Gunface
"Gunface" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1997 album "Bridges to Babylon."
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D.
Mesharu
Mesharu is a minor Mesopotamian deity associated with justice and righteousness, traditionally regarded as a child of the sun god Shamash.
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E.
Nagato
Nagato was a famous Japanese battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later participating in major World War II engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Death Note (2006 film)
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Ryuk is a Shinigami who drops the Death Note into the human world
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linked to: Ryuk
subject linked to:
Light Turner in Death Note