Ryōta Watari

E781550

anime character fictional character manga character

Ryōta Watari is a cheerful, popular high school soccer player and loyal friend in the anime and manga series "Your Lie in April."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ryota Watari	2
Ryōta Watari canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9001596 — 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: Ryōta Watari
Context triple: [Your Lie in April, mainCharacter, Ryōta Watari]

A. Toru Watanabe
Toru Watanabe is the introspective university student protagonist of Haruki Murakami’s novel "Norwegian Wood," whose coming-of-age story explores love, loss, and emotional turmoil in 1960s Tokyo.
B. Murata Makoto
Murata Makoto is a Japanese computer scientist best known for his work on XML technologies and for designing the RELAX schema language.
C. Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
D. Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
E. Shizuo
Shizuo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by several notable figures, including mathematicians and artists.
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: Ryōta Watari
Target entity description: Ryōta Watari is a cheerful, popular high school soccer player and loyal friend in the anime and manga series "Your Lie in April."

A. Toru Watanabe
Toru Watanabe is the introspective university student protagonist of Haruki Murakami’s novel "Norwegian Wood," whose coming-of-age story explores love, loss, and emotional turmoil in 1960s Tokyo.
B. Murata Makoto
Murata Makoto is a Japanese computer scientist best known for his work on XML technologies and for designing the RELAX schema language.
C. Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
D. Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
E. Shizuo
Shizuo is a Japanese masculine given name borne by several notable figures, including mathematicians and artists.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anime character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ manga character ⓘ
appearsIn	Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso ⓘ Your Lie in April ⓘ
attends	Sumiya Junior High School ⓘ
classmateOf	Kōsei Arima ⓘ Tsubaki Sawabe ⓘ
creator	Naoshi Arakawa ⓘ
encourages	Kōsei Arima ⓘ
eyeColor	brown ⓘ
firstAppearance	Your Lie in April episode 1 ⓘ linked to: Your Lie in April Your Lie in April manga chapter 1 ⓘ linked to: Your Lie in April
friendOf	Kaori Miyazono ⓘ Kōsei Arima ⓘ Tsubaki Sawabe ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hairColor	blond ⓘ
isAdmiredBy	Tsubaki Sawabe ⓘ
medium	anime ⓘ manga ⓘ
notableTrait	good with girls ⓘ
occupation	high school student ⓘ
personalityTrait	cheerful ⓘ loyal ⓘ popular ⓘ
positionInTeam	captain ⓘ
roleInStory	supporting character ⓘ
romanticInterestOf	Kaori Miyazono ⓘ
sport	soccer ⓘ
supports	Kōsei Arima ⓘ
team	school soccer club ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Your Lie in April → mainCharacter → Ryōta Watari ⓘ

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso → hasMainCharacter → Ryōta Watari ⓘ

Kaori Miyazono → friendOf → Ryota Watari ⓘ

linked to: Ryōta Watari

Kaori Miyazono → pretendsToLike → Ryota Watari ⓘ