Takei
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Takei is a Japanese surname most famously associated with actor and activist George Takei of Star Trek fame.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Takei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17352645 — 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: Takei Context triple: [George Takei, familyName, Takei]
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A.
Takeaki
Takeaki is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Enomoto Takeaki, a 19th-century samurai, admiral, and statesman.
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B.
Futami
Futami is a coastal town in Mie Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic seaside views and as the home of the famous Meoto Iwa “wedded rocks” Shinto site.
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C.
Takanami
Takanami was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being sunk in the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942.
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D.
Takeno
Takeno was a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, that became part of the expanded city of Toyooka following a municipal merger.
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E.
Takatoshi
Takatoshi is a masculine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in Japan.
- 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: Takei Target entity description: Takei is a Japanese surname most famously associated with actor and activist George Takei of Star Trek fame.
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A.
Takeaki
Takeaki is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Enomoto Takeaki, a 19th-century samurai, admiral, and statesman.
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B.
Futami
Futami is a coastal town in Mie Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic seaside views and as the home of the famous Meoto Iwa “wedded rocks” Shinto site.
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C.
Takanami
Takanami was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being sunk in the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942.
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D.
Takeno
Takeno was a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, that became part of the expanded city of Toyooka following a municipal merger.
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E.
Takatoshi
Takatoshi is a masculine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.