Visual kei
E267093
Visual kei is a Japanese music and fashion movement characterized by flamboyant, androgynous looks, elaborate hairstyles, and theatrical rock performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Visual kei canonical | 2 |
| Visual Kei fashion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2445029 — 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: Visual kei Context triple: [Harajuku, styleAssociatedWith, Visual kei]
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A.
MV
MV is the vehicle registration code for the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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B.
Handai
Handai is the common Japanese abbreviation for Osaka University, a leading national research university based in Osaka, Japan.
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C.
Nisekoi
Nisekoi is a romantic comedy anime and manga series that follows a high school boy forced into a fake relationship with a yakuza boss’s daughter while searching for his childhood promise girl.
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D.
Superflat
Superflat is a postmodern Japanese art movement founded by Takashi Murakami that blends high and low culture through brightly colored, anime- and manga-inspired imagery and a characteristically flat, two-dimensional aesthetic.
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E.
Kannon
Kannon is the Japanese name for the bodhisattva of compassion, derived from the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara and widely venerated in Japan.
- 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: Visual kei Target entity description: Visual kei is a Japanese music and fashion movement characterized by flamboyant, androgynous looks, elaborate hairstyles, and theatrical rock performances.
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A.
MV
MV is the vehicle registration code for the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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B.
Handai
Handai is the common Japanese abbreviation for Osaka University, a leading national research university based in Osaka, Japan.
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C.
Nisekoi
Nisekoi is a romantic comedy anime and manga series that follows a high school boy forced into a fake relationship with a yakuza boss’s daughter while searching for his childhood promise girl.
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D.
Superflat
Superflat is a postmodern Japanese art movement founded by Takashi Murakami that blends high and low culture through brightly colored, anime- and manga-inspired imagery and a characteristically flat, two-dimensional aesthetic.
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E.
Kannon
Kannon is the Japanese name for the bodhisattva of compassion, derived from the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara and widely venerated in Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese subculture
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fashion movement ⓘ music movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buck-Tick
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D (band) ⓘ Dir en grey ⓘ Luna Sea ⓘ Malice Mizer ⓘ SID (band) ⓘ The Gazette ⓘ Versailles (band) ⓘ X Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | 1980s Japan ⓘ |
| exportedTo |
Europe
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Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| genreOf | rock music ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
angura kei
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eroguro kei ⓘ kote kei ⓘ nagoya kei ⓘ oshare kei ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese rock fashion
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anime character design ⓘ cosplay culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Japanese visual arts
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Western glam rock ⓘ Western heavy metal ⓘ kabuki theatre ⓘ punk fashion ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
anime and manga-related media
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music magazines ⓘ |
| musicScene | Japanese rock scene ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
J-pop
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J-rock ⓘ idol culture ⓘ |
| stylisticOrigin |
glam rock
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gothic rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ new wave ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| typicalAudience | youth subcultures in Japan ⓘ |
| typicalFeature |
androgynous looks
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elaborate costumes ⓘ elaborate hairstyles ⓘ flamboyant appearance ⓘ heavy makeup ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ visual theatrics on stage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Visual kei Description of subject: Visual kei is a Japanese music and fashion movement characterized by flamboyant, androgynous looks, elaborate hairstyles, and theatrical rock performances.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Visual Kei fashion