Keiji Kiriya
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Keiji Kiriya is the Japanese soldier protagonist of the military science fiction novel "All You Need Is Kill," who becomes trapped in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keiji Kiriya canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751069 — 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: Keiji Kiriya Context triple: [All You Need Is Kill, mainCharacter, Keiji Kiriya]
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A.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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B.
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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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.
Hideo Saito
Hideo Saito was a prominent Japanese cellist and conductor renowned as a pioneering music educator who trained many leading conductors, including Seiji Ozawa.
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E.
Eiichi Kono
Eiichi Kono is a Japanese type designer best known for his work on the digital revival and refinement of the iconic Johnston typeface used across the London Underground.
- 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: Keiji Kiriya Target entity description: Keiji Kiriya is the Japanese soldier protagonist of the military science fiction novel "All You Need Is Kill," who becomes trapped in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
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A.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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B.
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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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.
Hideo Saito
Hideo Saito was a prominent Japanese cellist and conductor renowned as a pioneering music educator who trained many leading conductors, including Seiji Ozawa.
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E.
Eiichi Kono
Eiichi Kono is a Japanese type designer best known for his work on the digital revival and refinement of the iconic Johnston typeface used across the London Underground.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film Edge of Tomorrow ⓘ |
| adaptationRelationship |
William Cage is the film counterpart of Keiji Kiriya
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linked to:
Major William Cage
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| adaptedAs | William Cage ⓘ |
| ageInStory | early twenties ⓘ |
| appearsIn | All You Need Is Kill ⓘ |
| basedIn | Japan (military base at story start) ⓘ |
| centralPlotDevice | time loop ⓘ |
| characterCreatedBy | Hiroshi Sakurazaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | becomes an elite fighter through repeated loops ⓘ |
| closeAlly | Rita Vrataski ⓘ |
| conflict | war against the Mimics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| familyName | Kiriya ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst | Mimics ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
novel All You Need Is Kill
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linked to:
All You Need Is Kill
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| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 2004 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
military science fiction
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time loop fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Keiji ⓘ |
| hasAbility | time loop reset upon death ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociated |
fatalism and repetition
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personal growth through combat experience ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Rita Vrataski ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | light novel ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United Defense Force ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator in the novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | defeat the Mimics and break the time loop ⓘ |
| publisherOfOriginalWork | Shueisha ⓘ |
| servesIn | Jacket unit ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | near-future Earth under alien invasion ⓘ |
| trainingStatusAtStart | rookie soldier ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | powered exoskeleton suit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Keiji Kiriya Description of subject: Keiji Kiriya is the Japanese soldier protagonist of the military science fiction novel "All You Need Is Kill," who becomes trapped in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rita Vrataski (All You Need Is Kill light novel character)
subject linked to:
Rita Vrataski (All You Need Is Kill light novel character)
subject linked to:
Rita Vrataski (All You Need Is Kill light novel character)