Kiyonao Ichiki
E361276
Kiyonao Ichiki was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated Ichiki Detachment during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kiyonao Ichiki canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1579403 — 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: Kiyonao Ichiki Context triple: [Battle of the Tenaru, commander, Kiyonao Ichiki]
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A.
Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
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B.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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C.
Gisiro Maruyama
Gisiro Maruyama was a Japanese mathematician known for his foundational contributions to the theory and numerical analysis of stochastic differential equations.
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D.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Rikichi Tsukada
Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
- 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: Kiyonao Ichiki Target entity description: Kiyonao Ichiki was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated Ichiki Detachment during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II.
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A.
Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
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B.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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C.
Gisiro Maruyama
Gisiro Maruyama was a Japanese mathematician known for his foundational contributions to the theory and numerical analysis of stochastic differential equations.
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D.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Rikichi Tsukada
Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army officer
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military commander ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1892-10-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Japan
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Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
killed in action
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suicide ⓘ |
| commanded | Ichiki Detachment ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Guadalcanal
ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| deathDate | 1942-08-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Guadalcanal
ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Army War College (Japan)
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ |
| era |
Showa era
ⓘ
surface form:
Shōwa period
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| fateOfCommand |
Ichiki Detachment
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surface form:
Ichiki Detachment was largely annihilated at the Battle of the Tenaru
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| honorificPrefix | Colonel ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading an unsuccessful night assault against U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryOperation | attempted recapture of Henderson Field ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
28th Infantry Regiment
ⓘ
Ichiki Detachment ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 一木 清直 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Battle of the Tenaru
ⓘ
command of the Ichiki Detachment ⓘ |
| occupation | army officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Tenaru
ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
|
| rank | colonel ⓘ |
| script | Kanji ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1913–1942 ⓘ |
| side | Axis powers ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Pacific War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kiyonao Ichiki Description of subject: Kiyonao Ichiki was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated Ichiki Detachment during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.