Hanshin Tigers
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The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanshin Tigers canonical | 51 |
| 阪神タイガース | 5 |
| Osaka Tigers | 3 |
| Hanshin Tigers fanbase | 1 |
| Hanshin Tigers franchise | 1 |
| Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s | 1 |
| Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T38272 — 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: Hanshin Tigers Context triple: [Osaka Prefecture, hasProfessionalBaseballTeam, Hanshin Tigers]
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A.
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a historic Major League Baseball franchise based in Boston, renowned for their passionate fan base, storied rivalries, and multiple World Series championships.
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B.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team renowned for their record number of World Series championships and iconic status in American sports history.
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C.
Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
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D.
Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture is a populous and economically vital region in Japan’s Kansai area, centered on the city of Osaka and known as a major hub of commerce, industry, and culture.
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E.
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in New York City, competing in the National League and known for their passionate fan base and storied history since their founding in 1962.
- 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: Hanshin Tigers Target entity description: The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
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A.
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a historic Major League Baseball franchise based in Boston, renowned for their passionate fan base, storied rivalries, and multiple World Series championships.
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B.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team renowned for their record number of World Series championships and iconic status in American sports history.
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C.
Osaka
Osaka is Japan's third-largest city and a major economic, cultural, and historical hub known for its vibrant street food, bustling nightlife, and role as a commercial center in the Kansai region.
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D.
Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture is a populous and economically vital region in Japan’s Kansai area, centered on the city of Osaka and known as a major hub of commerce, industry, and culture.
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E.
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in New York City, competing in the National League and known for their passionate fan base and storied history since their founding in 1962.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nippon Professional Baseball team
ⓘ
professional baseball team ⓘ |
| basedIn | Kansai region ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| divisionTitles | Central League champions ⓘ |
| fanbaseCharacteristic |
large national following
ⓘ
passionate supporters ⓘ |
| formerName |
Hanshin Tigers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Osaka Tigers
|
| founded | 1935 ⓘ |
| homeGameCity | Nishinomiya ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Hanshin Koshien Stadium ⓘ |
| homeStadiumCapacity | approximately 47,000 ⓘ |
| homeStadiumOpened | 1924 ⓘ |
| JapanSeriesTitle | 1985 Japan Series champions ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| league |
Central League
ⓘ
Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ |
| location | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| mascot |
To-Lucky
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surface form:
Lucky
To-Lucky ⓘ |
| mediaMarket | Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area ⓘ |
| nickname |
Tigers
ⓘ
Tora ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
known for long championship droughts between league titles
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won first Japan Series title in 1985 ⓘ |
| notableManager |
Akinobu Okada
ⓘ
Katsuya Nomura ⓘ Senichi Hoshino ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Akinobu Okada
ⓘ
Kyuji Fujikawa ⓘ Masayuki Kakefu ⓘ Randy Bass ⓘ Shintaro Fujinami ⓘ Tomonori Kanemoto ⓘ |
| notableTradition |
fans release jet balloons during the seventh-inning stretch
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fans sing team songs and chants throughout games ⓘ |
| owner | Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. ⓘ |
| regionRivalry | Kanto–Kansai baseball rivalry ⓘ |
| rival | Yomiuri Giants ⓘ |
| rivalry |
Hanshin Tigers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry
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| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
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white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| uniformColor |
black and yellow road uniforms
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pinstriped white home uniforms ⓘ |
| website | https://hanshintigers.jp/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hanshin Tigers Description of subject: The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Osaka Tigers
this entity surface form:
Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry
subject surface form:
Hanshin Tigers
this entity surface form:
Osaka Tigers
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Tigers franchise
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Tigers fanbase
subject surface form:
Nishinomiya
subject surface form:
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s
subject surface form:
Hanshin Tigers
this entity surface form:
Osaka Tigers