Eiichi Kono
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Eiichi Kono is a Japanese type designer best known for his work on the digital revival and refinement of the iconic Johnston typeface used across the London Underground.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eiichi Kono canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2634511 — 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: Eiichi Kono Context triple: [Johnston typeface, digitizationBy, Eiichi Kono]
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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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.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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E.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- 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: Eiichi Kono Target entity description: Eiichi Kono is a Japanese type designer best known for his work on the digital revival and refinement of the iconic Johnston typeface used across the London Underground.
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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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.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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E.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphic designer
ⓘ
human ⓘ type designer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
corporate identity
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public transport signage ⓘ |
| basedOn | Johnston typeface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| designed |
New Johnston typeface
NERFINISHED
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digital version of Johnston typeface ⓘ |
| designedFor | London Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Banks & Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graphic design
ⓘ
type design ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| genre | sans-serif typefaces ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Edward Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maintaining visual character of original Johnston in digital adaptation
ⓘ
refining proportions and details of Johnston for digital use ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor | digital revival of Johnston typeface for London Underground ⓘ |
| notableWork |
New Johnston typeface
NERFINISHED
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digital revival of Johnston typeface ⓘ refinement of London Underground Johnston typeface ⓘ |
| occupation |
graphic designer
ⓘ
type designer ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eiichi Kono Description of subject: Eiichi Kono is a Japanese type designer best known for his work on the digital revival and refinement of the iconic Johnston typeface used across the London Underground.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.