Haruo Nakajima
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Haruo Nakajima was a Japanese actor and stunt performer best known for originating the role of Godzilla and portraying numerous kaiju in Toho’s classic monster films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haruo Nakajima canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3968569 — 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: Haruo Nakajima Context triple: [Rodan, portrayedBy, Haruo Nakajima]
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A.
Shigeo Nagashima
Shigeo Nagashima is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in Nippon Professional Baseball history.
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B.
Koichi Satō
Koichi Satō is a prominent Japanese actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater.
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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.
Koichi Hayashida
Koichi Hayashida is a Japanese video game designer best known for his prominent work on Nintendo’s Super Mario series, particularly the 3D platformer entries.
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E.
Sanjo Ohashi
Sanjo Ohashi is a historic bridge in Kyoto, Japan, long regarded as a key terminus of the Tōkaidō road and an important crossing point in the city.
- 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: Haruo Nakajima Target entity description: Haruo Nakajima was a Japanese actor and stunt performer best known for originating the role of Godzilla and portraying numerous kaiju in Toho’s classic monster films.
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A.
Shigeo Nagashima
Shigeo Nagashima is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in Nippon Professional Baseball history.
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B.
Koichi Satō
Koichi Satō is a prominent Japanese actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater.
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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.
Koichi Hayashida
Koichi Hayashida is a Japanese video game designer best known for his prominent work on Nintendo’s Super Mario series, particularly the 3D platformer entries.
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E.
Sanjo Ohashi
Sanjo Ohashi is a historic bridge in Kyoto, Japan, long regarded as a key terminus of the Tōkaidō road and an important crossing point in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-08-07 ⓘ |
| employer | Toho Co., Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Nakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
kaiju films
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tokusatsu ⓘ |
| givenName | Haruo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | originating the role of Godzilla ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryService | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Haruo Nakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 中島 春雄 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Monsters Attack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Destroy All Monsters NERFINISHED ⓘ Ebirah, Horror of the Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster NERFINISHED ⓘ Godzilla (1954 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Godzilla Raids Again NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of Astro-Monster NERFINISHED ⓘ King Kong vs. Godzilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Mothra vs. Godzilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Son of Godzilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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stunt performer ⓘ suit actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Godzilla film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Gaira
NERFINISHED
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Godzilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodan NERFINISHED ⓘ various kaiju ⓘ |
| residence | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Eiji Tsuburaya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ishirō Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Haruo Nakajima Description of subject: Haruo Nakajima was a Japanese actor and stunt performer best known for originating the role of Godzilla and portraying numerous kaiju in Toho’s classic monster films.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.