Konami
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Konami is a major Japanese entertainment company best known for developing and publishing popular video game franchises such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Konami canonical | 126 |
| Konami Digital Entertainment | 11 |
| Konami Computer Entertainment Japan | 9 |
| Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo | 5 |
| Konami (former) | 2 |
| Konami Amusement | 1 |
| Konami MSX division | 1 |
| Konami Music Entertainment | 1 |
| Konami Sports | 1 |
| Konami franchises | 1 |
| Konami logo | 1 |
| Konami sound team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6960271 — 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: Konami Context triple: [Hideo Kojima, employer, Konami]
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A.
Midway Games
Midway Games was an American video game company best known for publishing and developing popular arcade and console titles such as the Mortal Kombat series.
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B.
Kojima Productions
Kojima Productions is a Japanese video game development studio founded by Hideo Kojima, best known for creating cinematic, narrative-driven titles such as Death Stranding and the Metal Gear series.
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C.
Sega
Sega is a Japanese video game and entertainment company best known for its iconic consoles and franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog.
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D.
Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
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E.
Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games was a French video game publisher and holding company that owned studios like Blizzard Entertainment before merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.
- 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: Konami Target entity description: Konami is a major Japanese entertainment company best known for developing and publishing popular video game franchises such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
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A.
Midway Games
Midway Games was an American video game company best known for publishing and developing popular arcade and console titles such as the Mortal Kombat series.
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B.
Kojima Productions
Kojima Productions is a Japanese video game development studio founded by Hideo Kojima, best known for creating cinematic, narrative-driven titles such as Death Stranding and the Metal Gear series.
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C.
Sega
Sega is a Japanese video game and entertainment company best known for its iconic consoles and franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog.
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D.
Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
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E.
Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games was a French video game publisher and holding company that owned studios like Blizzard Entertainment before merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
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video game company ⓘ |
| brand |
Konami Digital Entertainment
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linked to:
Konami
Konami Sports Club ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| develops |
arcade games
ⓘ
mobile games ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kagemasa Kozuki ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1969 ⓘ |
| founder | Kagemasa Kozuki ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
action games
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horror games ⓘ sports games ⓘ |
| hasLogo |
Konami logo
ⓘ
linked to:
Konami
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| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.konami.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
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fitness ⓘ gambling ⓘ trading cards ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableEmployee |
Hideo Kojima
ⓘ
Koji Igarashi ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Castlevania
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linked to:
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)
Contra ⓘ Dance Dance Revolution ⓘ Frogger ⓘ Gradius ⓘ Metal Gear ⓘ
linked to:
Metal Gear series
Metal Gear Solid ⓘ Pro Evolution Soccer ⓘ Silent Hill ⓘ
linked to:
Silent Hill series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game ⓘ
linked to:
Yu-Gi-Oh!
eFootball ⓘ |
| originalBusiness |
arcade game machines
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jukebox rental ⓘ |
| produces |
pachinko machines
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pachislot machines ⓘ trading card games ⓘ |
| publishes | video games ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| stockExchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Konami Amusement
ⓘ
linked to:
Konami
Konami Digital Entertainment ⓘ
linked to:
Konami
Konami Sports ⓘ
linked to:
Konami
|
| tickerSymbol | 9766 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Konami Description of subject: Konami is a major Japanese entertainment company best known for developing and publishing popular video game franchises such as Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill.
Referenced by (160)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (video game score)
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productionCompany
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Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
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linked to: Konami
subject linked to:
Metal Gear Solid (as Kojima-led team at Konami prior to independence)
linked to: Konami
subject linked to:
Metal Gear Solid (as Kojima-led team at Konami prior to independence)
subject linked to:
Metal Gear Solid (as Kojima-led team at Konami prior to independence)
subject linked to:
Kenichiro Imaizumi (former)
linked to: Konami
linked to: Konami
linked to: Konami
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linked to: Konami
linked to: Konami