Akira Yoshimura
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Akira Yoshimura was a Japanese novelist known for his stark, meticulously researched works often depicting war, disaster, and human resilience, including the acclaimed novel "On Parole."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Akira Yoshimura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6187322 — 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: Akira Yoshimura Context triple: [Yoshimura, hasNotableBearer, Akira Yoshimura]
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A.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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B.
Shōji Nishimura
Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, noted for his role and death in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda is a Japanese media executive best known for his leadership role at Nippon Television Network, one of Japan’s major commercial broadcasters.
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D.
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi is a Japanese neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic transmission.
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E.
Kenji Satō
Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
- 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: Akira Yoshimura Target entity description: Akira Yoshimura was a Japanese novelist known for his stark, meticulously researched works often depicting war, disaster, and human resilience, including the acclaimed novel "On Parole."
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A.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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B.
Shōji Nishimura
Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, noted for his role and death in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda is a Japanese media executive best known for his leadership role at Nippon Television Network, one of Japan’s major commercial broadcasters.
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D.
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi is a Japanese neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic transmission.
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E.
Kenji Satō
Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Akutagawa Prize
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Noma Literary Prize ⓘ Yomiuri Prize for Literature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Meiji University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
historical narrative
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literature ⓘ war literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
disaster fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation of On Parole
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film adaptation of Shipwrecks ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary Japanese novelists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Japanese wartime experience ⓘ |
| inLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bleak depictions of human survival
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precise historical and documentary research in fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
disaster
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human resilience ⓘ war ⓘ |
| name | Akira Yoshimura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 吉村昭 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Deserted City
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linked to:
The Empty City
On Parole ⓘ One Man’s Justice ⓘ Shipwrecks ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo ⓘ |
| spouse | Ikezawa Natsuki ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism in Japan ⓘ |
| workFocus |
historical events
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natural disasters in Japan ⓘ true crime cases ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
meticulously researched narratives
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stark prose ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Akira Yoshimura Description of subject: Akira Yoshimura was a Japanese novelist known for his stark, meticulously researched works often depicting war, disaster, and human resilience, including the acclaimed novel "On Parole."
Referenced by (1)
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