Glico Running Man
E158367
Glico Running Man is an iconic Japanese advertising mascot depicted as a victorious runner, famously featured on a large neon billboard in Osaka’s Dotonbori district.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glico Running Man canonical | 1 |
| Glico Running Man billboard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1371388 — 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.
Target entity: Glico Running Man Context triple: [Glico Running Man sign, hasBrandCharacter, Glico Running Man]
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A.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
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B.
Tokyo Kyojin
Tokyo Kyojin is an alternate name for the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams based in Tokyo.
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C.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
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D.
Tokyo Chiken
Tokyo Chiken is the commonly used abbreviated name for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, a key prosecutorial authority in Japan’s capital.
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E.
Tokyo Round
The Tokyo Round was a major series of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1970s that aimed to reduce tariffs and address non-tariff barriers to international trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Glico Running Man Target entity description: Glico Running Man is an iconic Japanese advertising mascot depicted as a victorious runner, famously featured on a large neon billboard in Osaka’s Dotonbori district.
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A.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
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B.
Tokyo Kyojin
Tokyo Kyojin is an alternate name for the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams based in Tokyo.
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C.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
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D.
Tokyo Chiken
Tokyo Chiken is the commonly used abbreviated name for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, a key prosecutorial authority in Japan’s capital.
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E.
Tokyo Round
The Tokyo Round was a major series of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1970s that aimed to reduce tariffs and address non-tariff barriers to international trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advertising mascot
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billboard character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
tourism posters for Dotonbori
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travel guides about Osaka ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
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surface form:
Ezaki Glico
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| category |
Japanese pop culture icon
ⓘ
landmark of Osaka ⓘ |
| colorScheme |
blue background
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red “Glico” text ⓘ white running figure ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currentVersionInstalled | 2014 ⓘ |
| currentVersionNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| depicts | victorious runner ⓘ |
| displayType |
neon billboard
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outdoor advertising sign ⓘ |
| firstInstalled | 1935 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | symbol of modern Osaka ⓘ |
| hasLogoText |
Glico brand
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surface form:
Glico
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| hasVersionCount | 6 ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Japanese ⓘ |
| lightingTechnology |
LED (current version)
ⓘ
neon ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dotonbori ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Osaka ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| locatedInPrefecture | Osaka Prefecture ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Dotonbori Canal
ⓘ
Namba commercial district ⓘ
surface form:
Namba area
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| ownedBy | Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
mimicking the running pose
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taking photos in front of the sign ⓘ |
| pose |
arms raised in victory
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running on a track ⓘ |
| position | above Dotonbori Canal ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier billboard versions ⓘ |
| product |
Glico caramel
ⓘ
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. ⓘ
surface form:
Glico confectionery
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| replacedBy | new designs over time ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Dotonbori nightlife
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Osaka city identity ⓘ energy ⓘ health ⓘ victory ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
brand promotion
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corporate image advertising ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Ebisu Bridge ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Glico Running Man Description of subject: Glico Running Man is an iconic Japanese advertising mascot depicted as a victorious runner, famously featured on a large neon billboard in Osaka’s Dotonbori district.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.