Kojiro
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Kojiro is a masculine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji and is borne by multiple real and fictional figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kojiro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10057884 — 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: Kojiro Context triple: [Kojiro Umezaki, givenName, Kojiro]
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A.
Kojiro Umezaki
Kojiro Umezaki is a Japanese-born shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player and composer known for blending traditional Japanese music with contemporary and cross-cultural collaborations.
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B.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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D.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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E.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
- 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: Kojiro Target entity description: Kojiro is a masculine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji and is borne by multiple real and fictional figures.
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A.
Kojiro Umezaki
Kojiro Umezaki is a Japanese-born shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player and composer known for blending traditional Japanese music with contemporary and cross-cultural collaborations.
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B.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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D.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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E.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| canBeWrittenWithVariousKanji | true ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| hasNameCategory |
Japanese-language masculine given names
ⓘ
masculine given names ⓘ |
| hasNameComponentMeaningDependentOnKanji | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearerType |
fictional character
ⓘ
real person ⓘ |
| hasRomanizationSystem | Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyllableCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasUsageType | personal name ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling |
Kojirō
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kōjirō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGivenNameFor | males ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Ko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameOrder |
given name after family name in Japanese order
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given name before family name in Western contexts ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
hiragana
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kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
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: Kojiro Description of subject: Kojiro is a masculine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji and is borne by multiple real and fictional figures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.