Masutatsu Ōyama
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Masutatsu Ōyama was a renowned karate master and founder of the Kyokushin style, famous for his full-contact fighting and dramatic demonstrations of strength.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masutatsu Oyama | 1 |
| Masutatsu Ōyama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18535761 — 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: Masutatsu Ōyama Context triple: [Ōyama, hasNotableBearer, Masutatsu Ōyama]
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A.
Tanaka Ryūkichi
Tanaka Ryūkichi was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military operations and administration during World War II, including in Hong Kong.
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B.
Takamura Kengo
Takamura Kengo is a Japanese architect known for his work on the historic Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
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C.
Shin Kanemaru
Shin Kanemaru was a powerful Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician and faction boss whose career collapsed in the early 1990s amid major corruption scandals.
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D.
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and power hitter who played primarily for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Takao Kato
Takao Kato is a Japanese automotive executive who has served as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
- 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: Masutatsu Ōyama Target entity description: Masutatsu Ōyama was a renowned karate master and founder of the Kyokushin style, famous for his full-contact fighting and dramatic demonstrations of strength.
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A.
Tanaka Ryūkichi
Tanaka Ryūkichi was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military operations and administration during World War II, including in Hong Kong.
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B.
Takamura Kengo
Takamura Kengo is a Japanese architect known for his work on the historic Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
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C.
Shin Kanemaru
Shin Kanemaru was a powerful Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician and faction boss whose career collapsed in the early 1990s amid major corruption scandals.
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D.
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and power hitter who played primarily for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Takao Kato
Takao Kato is a Japanese automotive executive who has served as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Masutatsu Ōyama