Kodansha
E775613
Kodansha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing and distributing popular manga, novels, and magazines worldwide.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kodansha canonical | 45 |
| Kodansha Comics | 3 |
| Kodansha Ltd. | 2 |
| Kodansha USA Publishing | 2 |
| Dainihon Yūbenkai-Kodansha | 1 |
| Kodansha Bunko | 1 |
| Kodansha headquarters | 1 |
| Kodansha magazines | 1 |
| Kodansha publishing house | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9001525 — 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: Kodansha Context triple: [Monogatari Series, publisher, Kodansha]
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A.
Shueisha
Shueisha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing popular manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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B.
Chūō Kōron Shinsha
Chūō Kōron Shinsha is a major Japanese publishing company known for its influential literary and cultural magazines and books.
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C.
Kodansha Box
Kodansha Box is a Japanese publishing imprint of Kodansha known for releasing innovative light novels and experimental fiction, including Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series.
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D.
Tsutaya Books
Tsutaya Books is a stylish Japanese bookstore chain known for its curated selection of books, magazines, music, and lifestyle goods, often housed in architecturally distinctive spaces that blend retail with cultural experience.
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E.
Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko is a Japanese light novel imprint of ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks), known for publishing popular series such as Sword Art Online and A Certain Magical Index.
- 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: Kodansha Target entity description: Kodansha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing and distributing popular manga, novels, and magazines worldwide.
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A.
Shueisha
Shueisha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing popular manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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B.
Chūō Kōron Shinsha
Chūō Kōron Shinsha is a major Japanese publishing company known for its influential literary and cultural magazines and books.
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C.
Kodansha Box
Kodansha Box is a Japanese publishing imprint of Kodansha known for releasing innovative light novels and experimental fiction, including Nisio Isin’s Monogatari series.
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D.
Tsutaya Books
Tsutaya Books is a stylish Japanese bookstore chain known for its curated selection of books, magazines, music, and lifestyle goods, often housed in architecturally distinctive spaces that blend retail with cultural experience.
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E.
Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko is a Japanese light novel imprint of ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks), known for publishing popular series such as Sword Art Online and A Certain Magical Index.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
manga publisher
ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ |
| awards |
Kodansha Manga Award
ⓘ
Various literary prizes via imprints ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distributes |
children's books
ⓘ
educational books ⓘ light novels ⓘ magazines ⓘ manga ⓘ novels ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
educational content
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ popular entertainment ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Dainihon Yūbenkai-Kodansha
ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
|
| foundedBy | Seiji Noma ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Bluebacks
ⓘ
KC Deluxe ⓘ Kodansha Bunko ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
Kodansha Comics ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
Kodansha USA Publishing ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
Morning KC ⓘ Vertical ⓘ |
| hasOnlineService |
Comic Days
ⓘ
Magazine Pocket ⓘ Palcy ⓘ Pixiv-based collaborations ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
King Records (historical association)
ⓘ
Kodansha Comics ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
Kodansha USA Publishing ⓘ
linked to:
Kodansha
Vertical, Inc. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ |
| industry |
book publishing
ⓘ
digital publishing ⓘ magazine publishing ⓘ manga publishing ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locationCity | Tokyo ⓘ |
| locationCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished |
Attack on Titan
ⓘ
Fairy Tail ⓘ
linked to:
Fairy Tail (manga)
Hajime no Ippo ⓘ Sailor Moon ⓘ The Quintessential Quintuplets ⓘ
linked to:
Lucky Star
Tokyo Revengers ⓘ |
| operatesInTerritory |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Noma family interests ⓘ |
| publishes |
ARIA
ⓘ
Afternoon ⓘ BE・LOVE ⓘ Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine ⓘ
linked to:
Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Dessert ⓘ Evening ⓘ FRaU ⓘ Gendai ⓘ Good! Afternoon ⓘ Gunzō ⓘ Kiss ⓘ Monthly Shonen Magazine ⓘ
linked to:
Monthly Shōnen Magazine
Morning ⓘ Nakayoshi ⓘ Shincho-type literary works via imprints ⓘ Shūkan Gendai ⓘ Weekly Shōnen Magazine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kodansha Description of subject: Kodansha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing and distributing popular manga, novels, and magazines worldwide.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha
linked to: Kodansha