Min Tanaka
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Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Min Tanaka canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2939521 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Min Tanaka Context triple: [47 Ronin, castMember, Min Tanaka]
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A.
Tiger Tanaka
Tiger Tanaka is the head of the Japanese Secret Service and a key ally to James Bond in the film and novel "You Only Live Twice."
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B.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is an elite Japanese right-handed pitcher, renowned for his dominant performances in Nippon Professional Baseball and subsequent move to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
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D.
Hideki Matsui
Hideki Matsui is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger who became a star outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball, most notably with the New York Yankees.
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E.
Naoki Tanaka
Naoki Tanaka is a Japanese politician and businessman known as the son of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and a member of the influential Tanaka political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Min Tanaka Target entity description: Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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A.
Tiger Tanaka
Tiger Tanaka is the head of the Japanese Secret Service and a key ally to James Bond in the film and novel "You Only Live Twice."
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B.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is an elite Japanese right-handed pitcher, renowned for his dominant performances in Nippon Professional Baseball and subsequent move to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
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D.
Hideki Matsui
Hideki Matsui is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger who became a star outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball, most notably with the New York Yankees.
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E.
Naoki Tanaka
Naoki Tanaka is a Japanese politician and businessman known as the son of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and a member of the influential Tanaka political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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butoh dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
body-as-landscape metaphor
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minimalist movement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-03-10 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dance
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performing arts ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary dance
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experimental theatre ⓘ |
| hasParticipatedIn |
film festivals
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international dance festivals ⓘ |
| hasPerformedIn |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary Japanese dancers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | butoh tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
avant-garde butoh dance
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improvisational outdoor performances ⓘ roles in Japanese period films ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement |
Butoh
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avant-garde dance ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Yojiro in The Twilight Samurai
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roles in Yoji Yamada samurai trilogy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Butoh performances worldwide
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Rampo Noir ⓘ The Hidden Blade ⓘ The Twilight Samurai ⓘ The Wind Rises ⓘ
surface form:
The Wind Rises (live-action promotion / related appearances)
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| occupation |
actor
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choreographer ⓘ dance teacher ⓘ dancer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Tokyo Prefecture ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Europe
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Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Min Tanaka Description of subject: Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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