Onitsuka Tiger
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Onitsuka Tiger is a Japanese athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its retro-styled sneakers and as the predecessor to the modern ASICS corporation.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onitsuka Tiger canonical | 11 |
| ASICS Corporation | 4 |
| ASICS | 3 |
| Asics | 2 |
| Onitsuka Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| Onitsuka | 1 |
| Onitsuka Tiger brand | 1 |
| Onitsuka Tiger classic models | 1 |
| Onitsuka Tiger heritage line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2370434 — 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: Onitsuka Tiger Context triple: [Blue Ribbon Sports, distributedBrand, Onitsuka Tiger]
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A.
Diadora
Diadora is an Italian sportswear and footwear brand known for producing football kits, athletic shoes, and apparel for various professional teams and athletes.
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B.
Reebok
Reebok is a global athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its sportswear, fitness-focused products, and collaborations in running, training, and lifestyle markets.
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C.
Bata
Bata is a major port city on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, serving as a key economic and transportation hub for the country.
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D.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
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E.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
- 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: Onitsuka Tiger Target entity description: Onitsuka Tiger is a Japanese athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its retro-styled sneakers and as the predecessor to the modern ASICS corporation.
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A.
Diadora
Diadora is an Italian sportswear and footwear brand known for producing football kits, athletic shoes, and apparel for various professional teams and athletes.
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B.
Reebok
Reebok is a global athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its sportswear, fitness-focused products, and collaborations in running, training, and lifestyle markets.
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C.
Bata
Bata is a major port city on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, serving as a key economic and transportation hub for the country.
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D.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
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E.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese brand
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footwear brand ⓘ sportswear brand ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese street fashion
ⓘ
casual wear ⓘ |
| brandOf |
ASICS
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linked to:
Onitsuka Tiger
|
| brandPositioning |
heritage sports brand
ⓘ
premium lifestyle sneaker brand ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kihachiro Onitsuka ⓘ |
| hasBrandLogo | Onitsuka Tiger logo ⓘ |
| hasColorway | yellow and black Mexico 66 ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
crossed side stripes
ⓘ
low-profile sole ⓘ minimalist branding ⓘ |
| hasShoeModel |
Corsair
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GSM ⓘ Mexico 66 ⓘ Serrano ⓘ Tiger Corsair ⓘ Ultimate 81 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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linked to:
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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| inception | 1949 ⓘ |
| industry |
footwear industry
ⓘ
sportswear industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being predecessor of ASICS
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retro-styled sneakers ⓘ running shoes ⓘ |
| marketedAs | heritage brand of ASICS ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
leather
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suede ⓘ textile uppers ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
men's footwear
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sports-inspired apparel ⓘ unisex sneakers ⓘ women's footwear ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
ASICS
ⓘ
linked to:
Onitsuka Tiger
|
| productType |
apparel
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athletic footwear ⓘ sneakers ⓘ |
| soldIn |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| styleInfluence |
retro running shoes
ⓘ
vintage athletic aesthetics ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
lifestyle consumers
ⓘ
sneaker enthusiasts ⓘ sportswear consumers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Onitsuka Tiger Description of subject: Onitsuka Tiger is a Japanese athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its retro-styled sneakers and as the predecessor to the modern ASICS corporation.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
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linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
subject linked to:
Kihachiro Onitsuka
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
subject linked to:
Kihachiro Onitsuka
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
subject linked to:
Serrano
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger
subject linked to:
Serrano
linked to: Onitsuka Tiger