Hiro Murai
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Hiro Murai is a Japanese-American filmmaker and music video director best known for his visually inventive work with artists like Childish Gambino, including the acclaimed video for "This Is America," as well as directing episodes of the TV series "Atlanta."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiro Murai canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2322851 — 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: Hiro Murai Context triple: [Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "This Is America", hasMusicVideoDirectorOfRecording, Hiro Murai]
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Gyo Obata
Gyo Obata was a prominent American architect and co-founder of the firm HOK, known for designing major cultural, civic, and religious landmarks around the world.
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B.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American filmmaker known for directing the first season of "True Detective," the film "Beasts of No Nation," and the James Bond movie "No Time to Die."
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D.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
- 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: Hiro Murai Target entity description: Hiro Murai is a Japanese-American filmmaker and music video director best known for his visually inventive work with artists like Childish Gambino, including the acclaimed video for "This Is America," as well as directing episodes of the TV series "Atlanta."
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A.
Gyo Obata
Gyo Obata was a prominent American architect and co-founder of the firm HOK, known for designing major cultural, civic, and religious landmarks around the world.
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B.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American filmmaker known for directing the first season of "True Detective," the film "Beasts of No Nation," and the James Bond movie "No Time to Die."
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D.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Raymond Moriyama
Raymond Moriyama was a prominent Canadian architect renowned for his innovative, human-centered designs on major public and cultural buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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music video director ⓘ person ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor |
This Is America
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surface form:
This Is America (music video)
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| collaboratesWith |
Childish Gambino
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Donald Glover ⓘ Earl Sweatshirt ⓘ Flying Lotus ⓘ Kendrick Lamar ⓘ St. Vincent ⓘ The Shins ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-01-01 ⓘ |
| directed |
Guava Island
ⓘ
This Is America ⓘ
surface form:
This Is America (music video)
multiple episodes of Atlanta ⓘ |
| education |
USC School of Cinematic Arts
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
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| employer |
FX Networks
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surface form:
FX (TV network)
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| ethnicOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Murai ⓘ |
| givenName | Hiro ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Childish Gambino
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directing episodes of Atlanta ⓘ visually inventive music videos ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Hiro Murai self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
3005 (music video)
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Atlanta (TV series) ⓘ Atlanta (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta episode "Teddy Perkins"
Atlanta pilot episode ⓘ Childish Gambino ⓘ
surface form:
Childish Gambino – Bonfire (music video)
Childish Gambino ⓘ
surface form:
Childish Gambino – Sober (music video)
Childish Gambino – Telegraph Ave (music video) ⓘ Earl Sweatshirt – Chum (music video) ⓘ Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar) music video ⓘ Guava Island ⓘ Never Catch Me ⓘ
surface form:
Never Catch Me (music video)
St. Vincent ⓘ
surface form:
St. Vincent – Cheerleader (music video)
Sweatpants (music video) ⓘ The Shins – Simple Song (music video) ⓘ This Is America ⓘ
surface form:
This Is America (music video)
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| occupation |
film director
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music video director ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hiro Murai Description of subject: Hiro Murai is a Japanese-American filmmaker and music video director best known for his visually inventive work with artists like Childish Gambino, including the acclaimed video for "This Is America," as well as directing episodes of the TV series "Atlanta."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
This Is America music video