Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
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Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aggressive carrier task force commander best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2145040 — 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)
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Target entity: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Context triple: [2nd Carrier Division, notableCommander, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi]
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Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe
Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding a task force during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II, where his indecisive actions contributed to a major Japanese setback.
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Rear Admiral Takatsugu Jojima
Rear Admiral Takatsugu Jojima was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and air commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for leading Japanese air operations in major late-war naval engagements.
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Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
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D.
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
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E.
Admiral Seiichi Itō
Admiral Seiichi Itō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for leading the battleship Yamato’s final, doomed sortie in 1945.
- 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: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Target entity description: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aggressive carrier task force commander best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
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A.
Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe
Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding a task force during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II, where his indecisive actions contributed to a major Japanese setback.
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B.
Rear Admiral Takatsugu Jojima
Rear Admiral Takatsugu Jojima was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and air commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for leading Japanese air operations in major late-war naval engagements.
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C.
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
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D.
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
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E.
Admiral Seiichi Itō
Admiral Seiichi Itō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for leading the battleship Yamato’s final, doomed sortie in 1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy officer
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person ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| causeOfDeath | sinking of aircraft carrier Hiryu ⓘ |
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Imperial Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| dateOfBirth | 1892-08-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-06-05 ⓘ |
| deathContext | died during the Battle of Midway when Hiryu was sunk by U.S. aircraft ⓘ |
| decision | chose to go down with Hiryu after it was fatally damaged at Midway ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key Japanese commander whose loss weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier leadership ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating aggressive use of carrier air power
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refusing to abandon his sinking ship Hiryu ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| militaryDoctrine | favored decisive offensive carrier strikes ⓘ |
| militaryRank | rear admiral ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Japanese Navy from early 1910s until 1942
|
| name | Tamon Yamaguchi ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 山口 多聞 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive carrier task force tactics
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commanding carrier forces at the Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
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attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
attack on Pearl Harbor campaign (as part of carrier forces operations period)
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| placeOfBirth |
Nagasaki Prefecture
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surface form:
Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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| placeOfDeath | near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of Carrier Division 2
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commander of the aircraft carrier Hiryu ⓘ |
| rankAtDeath | rear admiral ⓘ |
| reputation | considered one of the more capable and aggressive Japanese carrier commanders ⓘ |
| roleAtMidway |
led air strikes against U.S. forces
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tactical commander of Carrier Division 2 ⓘ |
| serviceBranchRole | naval aviation and carrier task force operations ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | Imperial Japanese Navy officer corps (exact number not widely cited) ⓘ |
| shipCommanded |
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū
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surface form:
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu
various destroyers and cruisers in earlier career ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Description of subject: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aggressive carrier task force commander best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
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