Kinuyo Yamashita
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Kinuyo Yamashita is a Japanese video game composer best known for creating the iconic soundtrack to the original Castlevania and helping define early Famicom/NES game music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kinuyo Yamashita canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8521246 — 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: Kinuyo Yamashita Context triple: [Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula), musicComposer, Kinuyo Yamashita]
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A.
Nagisa Oshima
Nagisa Oshima was a pioneering and controversial Japanese film director known for his politically charged, avant-garde works that challenged social and cinematic conventions.
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B.
Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American actress and singer best known as the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for her role in the film "Sayonara."
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C.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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D.
Kenzo Oshima
Kenzo Oshima was a Japanese diplomat who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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E.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
- 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: Kinuyo Yamashita Target entity description: Kinuyo Yamashita is a Japanese video game composer best known for creating the iconic soundtrack to the original Castlevania and helping define early Famicom/NES game music.
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A.
Nagisa Oshima
Nagisa Oshima was a pioneering and controversial Japanese film director known for his politically charged, avant-garde works that challenged social and cinematic conventions.
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B.
Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American actress and singer best known as the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for her role in the film "Sayonara."
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C.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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D.
Kenzo Oshima
Kenzo Oshima was a Japanese diplomat who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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E.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese composer
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person ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| activeIn | Japan ⓘ |
| activityStartPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| composedForPlatform |
Famicom
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linked to:
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| composedForSeries |
Castlevania
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linked to:
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)
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| composedTrackType | chiptune ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| employer | Konami ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music composition
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video game industry ⓘ |
| genre | video game music ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| influenced | early console game music style ⓘ |
| instrument |
computer
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
composing the original Castlevania soundtrack
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early Famicom game music ⓘ early NES game music ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | video games ⓘ |
| name | Kinuyo Yamashita ⓘ |
| nationality | Japan ⓘ |
| nativeName | 山下 絹代 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped define the sound of early Famicom/NES music ⓘ |
| notableGameScore |
Castlevania (NES)
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linked to:
Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)
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| notableWork | Castlevania (1986 video game) soundtrack ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
video game composer ⓘ |
| workedFor | Konami ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kinuyo Yamashita Description of subject: Kinuyo Yamashita is a Japanese video game composer best known for creating the iconic soundtrack to the original Castlevania and helping define early Famicom/NES game music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.