Tomoaki Nagao
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Tomoaki Nagao, better known as Nigo, is a Japanese fashion designer, DJ, and entrepreneur famed for founding the streetwear brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) and influencing global street culture.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tomoaki Nagao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13828991 — 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: Tomoaki Nagao Context triple: [Nigo, birthName, Tomoaki Nagao]
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A.
Maeda Yoshinori
Maeda Yoshinori was a Japanese daimyō of the Maeda clan who ruled part of Kaga Domain during the Edo period.
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B.
Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki was a late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō best known for his pivotal betrayal at the Battle of Sekigahara, which helped secure Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Sotaro Takeda
Sotaro Takeda was a high-ranking Japanese naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet.
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D.
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor renowned for his versatile performances in both Japanese cinema and international films and television series.
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E.
Shingen Yashida
Shingen Yashida is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as a powerful and ruthless Japanese crime lord and adversary of Wolverine.
- 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: Tomoaki Nagao Target entity description: Tomoaki Nagao, better known as Nigo, is a Japanese fashion designer, DJ, and entrepreneur famed for founding the streetwear brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) and influencing global street culture.
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A.
Maeda Yoshinori
Maeda Yoshinori was a Japanese daimyō of the Maeda clan who ruled part of Kaga Domain during the Edo period.
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B.
Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki was a late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō best known for his pivotal betrayal at the Battle of Sekigahara, which helped secure Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Sotaro Takeda
Sotaro Takeda was a high-ranking Japanese naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet.
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D.
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor renowned for his versatile performances in both Japanese cinema and international films and television series.
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E.
Shingen Yashida
Shingen Yashida is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as a powerful and ruthless Japanese crime lord and adversary of Wolverine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.