Koichi
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Koichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3306572 — 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: Koichi Context triple: [Koichi Tanaka, givenName, Koichi]
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A.
Shinya
Shinya is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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B.
Kiichi
Kiichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Kenkichi
Kenkichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and has been borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Kentarō
Kentarō is a Japanese given name commonly used for males, often associated with traditional or strong-sounding name combinations.
- 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: Koichi Target entity description: Koichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
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A.
Shinya
Shinya is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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B.
Kiichi
Kiichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Kenkichi
Kenkichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and has been borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Kentarō
Kentarō is a Japanese given name commonly used for males, often associated with traditional or strong-sounding name combinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| commonAlternativeSpelling |
Koichi (without macron)
ⓘ
Koichi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kōichi
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| culturalUsage | modern Japanese given name ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearerInField |
entertainment
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politics ⓘ science ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| meaningDependsOnKanji | true ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Japanese masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| nameComponent |
Ko
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surface form:
Kō
ichi ⓘ |
| nameOrderInJapanese | family name followed by given name ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hepburn ⓘ |
| typicalKanjiMeaning |
“Kō” can mean light, happiness, or peace
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“ichi” often means one or first ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
hiragana
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kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
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: Koichi Description of subject: Koichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kōichi