James Hirabayashi
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James Hirabayashi was a Japanese American anthropologist and academic known for his scholarship on Asian American experiences and his leadership roles in higher education.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James A. Hirabayashi | 1 |
| James Hirabayashi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18418055 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hirabayashi Context triple: [Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, parent, James Hirabayashi]
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Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was a Japanese American sociologist and civil rights activist best known for his legal challenge to the World War II-era curfew and internment orders imposed on Japanese Americans.
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B.
Karen Korematsu
Karen Korematsu is a civil rights advocate and educator who works to preserve and promote the legacy of her father, Japanese American civil rights icon Fred Korematsu, and to advance racial justice and constitutional rights.
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C.
Todd Yasui
Todd Yasui is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."
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D.
Frank H. Ogawa
Frank H. Ogawa was a Japanese American civil rights leader and longtime Oakland city council member who became a prominent advocate for social justice and community development.
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E.
Fred Korematsu
Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American civil rights activist who famously challenged the U.S. government's World War II internment of Japanese Americans, becoming a symbol of resistance to racial injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hirabayashi Target entity description: James Hirabayashi was a Japanese American anthropologist and academic known for his scholarship on Asian American experiences and his leadership roles in higher education.
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A.
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was a Japanese American sociologist and civil rights activist best known for his legal challenge to the World War II-era curfew and internment orders imposed on Japanese Americans.
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B.
Karen Korematsu
Karen Korematsu is a civil rights advocate and educator who works to preserve and promote the legacy of her father, Japanese American civil rights icon Fred Korematsu, and to advance racial justice and constitutional rights.
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C.
Todd Yasui
Todd Yasui is a television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."
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D.
Frank H. Ogawa
Frank H. Ogawa was a Japanese American civil rights leader and longtime Oakland city council member who became a prominent advocate for social justice and community development.
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E.
Fred Korematsu
Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American civil rights activist who famously challenged the U.S. government's World War II internment of Japanese Americans, becoming a symbol of resistance to racial injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: James Hirabayashi