Shigeru Miyamoto
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Shigeru Miyamoto is a legendary Japanese video game designer and Nintendo executive best known as the creator of iconic franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shigeru Miyamoto canonical | 72 |
| Representative Director at Nintendo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597949 — 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)
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Target entity: Shigeru Miyamoto Context triple: [The Super Mario Bros. Movie, producer, Shigeru Miyamoto]
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A.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Katsuya Nomura
Katsuya Nomura was a legendary Japanese baseball catcher and manager, renowned for his strategic acumen, long NPB career, and multiple championship titles.
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C.
Masayoshi Ōhira
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
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D.
Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
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E.
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.
- 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: Shigeru Miyamoto Target entity description: Shigeru Miyamoto is a legendary Japanese video game designer and Nintendo executive best known as the creator of iconic franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong.
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A.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Katsuya Nomura
Katsuya Nomura was a legendary Japanese baseball catcher and manager, renowned for his strategic acumen, long NPB career, and multiple championship titles.
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C.
Masayoshi Ōhira
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
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D.
Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nintendo executive
ⓘ
game producer ⓘ human ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| almaMater | Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AIAS Hall of Fame Award
ⓘ
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France ⓘ
surface form:
French Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier)
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Technology ⓘ Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1952-11-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| creatorOf |
Bowser
ⓘ
Donkey Kong ⓘ
surface form:
Donkey Kong (character)
Fox McCloud ⓘ Link ⓘ
surface form:
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Luigi ⓘ Mario ⓘ Pikmin species ⓘ Princess Peach ⓘ Princess Zelda ⓘ |
| designed |
Donkey Kong
ⓘ
surface form:
Donkey Kong (1981 video game)
Pikmin ⓘ
surface form:
Pikmin (video game)
Star Fox ⓘ
surface form:
Star Fox (1993 video game)
Super Mario 64 ⓘ Super Mario Bros. ⓘ
surface form:
Super Mario Bros. (1985 video game)
The Legend of Zelda ⓘ
surface form:
The Legend of Zelda (1986 video game)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ⓘ |
| employer |
Nintendo
ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development ⓘ Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development ⓘ
surface form:
Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
|
| fieldOfWork |
game design
ⓘ
game development ⓘ interactive entertainment ⓘ |
| genre | video games ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nintendo game development philosophy
ⓘ
game design industry ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Shigeru Miyamoto self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 宮本 茂 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on gameplay over graphics
ⓘ
pioneering character-driven video games ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Donkey Kong
ⓘ
F-Zero ⓘ Nintendogs ⓘ Pikmin ⓘ Star Fox ⓘ Super Mario Bros. ⓘ Super Mario video game franchise ⓘ
surface form:
Super Mario franchise
The Legend of Zelda ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
game producer ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Creative Fellow at Nintendo
ⓘ
General Manager of Entertainment Analysis & Development at Nintendo ⓘ Shigeru Miyamoto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Representative Director at Nintendo
Senior Managing Director at Nintendo ⓘ |
| residence |
Kyoto
ⓘ
surface form:
Kyoto, Japan
|
| spouse | Yasuko Miyamoto ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Shigeru Miyamoto Description of subject: Shigeru Miyamoto is a legendary Japanese video game designer and Nintendo executive best known as the creator of iconic franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Super Mario
this entity surface form:
Representative Director at Nintendo
subject surface form:
Kuribo’s Shoe