Silver Samurai
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Silver Samurai is a Marvel Comics Japanese mutant and master swordsman, often depicted as a high-tech armored warrior and both adversary and occasional ally of Wolverine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Samurai canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11172179 — 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: Silver Samurai Context triple: [The Wolverine, featuresCharacter, Silver Samurai]
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A.
Ronin
Ronin is a 1998 action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer, best known for its intricate espionage plot and realistic, high-intensity car chases set in France.
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B.
Saiko
Saiko is the romanized name of Lake Sai, one of the scenic Fuji Five Lakes near Mount Fuji in Japan.
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C.
Samurai
Samurai is a spinning thrill ride at Thorpe Park in the UK known for its intense, disorienting inversions and high-speed rotations.
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D.
Ninja
Ninja is a fast, small, and focused build system designed to efficiently handle incremental builds in large software projects.
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E.
Ninja
The Kawasaki OH-1 "Ninja" is a Japanese light observation and scout helicopter designed for reconnaissance and target designation missions.
- 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: Silver Samurai Target entity description: Silver Samurai is a Marvel Comics Japanese mutant and master swordsman, often depicted as a high-tech armored warrior and both adversary and occasional ally of Wolverine.
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A.
Ronin
Ronin is a 1998 action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer, best known for its intricate espionage plot and realistic, high-intensity car chases set in France.
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B.
Saiko
Saiko is the romanized name of Lake Sai, one of the scenic Fuji Five Lakes near Mount Fuji in Japan.
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C.
Samurai
Samurai is a spinning thrill ride at Thorpe Park in the UK known for its intense, disorienting inversions and high-speed rotations.
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D.
Ninja
Ninja is a fast, small, and focused build system designed to efficiently handle incremental builds in large software projects.
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E.
Ninja
The Kawasaki OH-1 "Ninja" is a Japanese light observation and scout helicopter designed for reconnaissance and target designation missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics character
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antihero ⓘ mutant ⓘ supervillain ⓘ swordsman ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Big Hero 6
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HYDRA ⓘ Yashida clan ⓘ |
| alignment |
occasional ally of heroes
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often villainous ⓘ |
| ally |
Big Hero 6
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Wolverine ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Keniuchio Harada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armorFeature | advanced technology ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yashida family ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations | Japan ⓘ |
| category |
Marvel Comics mutants
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Marvel Comics supervillains ⓘ |
| creators |
Bob Brown
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Steve Gerber ⓘ |
| enemy |
Wolverine
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X-Men ⓘ |
| equipment |
high-tech samurai armor
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katana ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Daredevil #111 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableStoryline |
conflicts with Wolverine over the Yashida clan
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leadership of the Yashida crime syndicate ⓘ |
| occupation |
bodyguard
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crime lord ⓘ mercenary ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| powers |
ability to charge bladed weapons with energy
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enhanced reflexes ⓘ enhanced speed ⓘ expert swordsmanship ⓘ tachyon energy generation ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| realName | Kenuichio Harada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Mariko Yashida
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Shin Harada NERFINISHED ⓘ Shingen Yashida ⓘ |
| species | mutant ⓘ |
| trainedIn |
bushido
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martial arts ⓘ |
| universe | Marvel Universe ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Silver Samurai Description of subject: Silver Samurai is a Marvel Comics Japanese mutant and master swordsman, often depicted as a high-tech armored warrior and both adversary and occasional ally of Wolverine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.