Matome Ugaki
E381176
Matome Ugaki was a Japanese Imperial Navy admiral during World War II, known for his close association with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and for leading one of the final kamikaze missions of the war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matome Ugaki canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3616387 — 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: Matome Ugaki Context triple: [Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, notableOfficeHolder, Matome Ugaki]
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A.
Seishirō Itagaki
Seishirō Itagaki was a Japanese Imperial Army general and political leader who played a major role in Japan’s military expansion before and during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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B.
Yosuke Matsuoka
Yosuke Matsuoka was a prominent Japanese diplomat and foreign minister of the early Shōwa era, known for his role in Japan’s expansionist foreign policy leading up to and during World War II.
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C.
Ishiwara Kanji
Ishiwara Kanji was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army officer and military strategist best known as a key planner of Japan’s expansion into Manchuria in the early 1930s.
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D.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Aritomo Gotō
Aritomo Gotō was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, known for commanding cruiser forces in the Solomon Islands campaign.
- 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: Matome Ugaki Target entity description: Matome Ugaki was a Japanese Imperial Navy admiral during World War II, known for his close association with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and for leading one of the final kamikaze missions of the war.
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A.
Seishirō Itagaki
Seishirō Itagaki was a Japanese Imperial Army general and political leader who played a major role in Japan’s military expansion before and during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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B.
Yosuke Matsuoka
Yosuke Matsuoka was a prominent Japanese diplomat and foreign minister of the early Shōwa era, known for his role in Japan’s expansionist foreign policy leading up to and during World War II.
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C.
Ishiwara Kanji
Ishiwara Kanji was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army officer and military strategist best known as a key planner of Japan’s expansion into Manchuria in the early 1930s.
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D.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Aritomo Gotō
Aritomo Gotō was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, known for commanding cruiser forces in the Solomon Islands campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy officer
ⓘ
Japanese admiral ⓘ person ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeUsed |
Yokosuka D4Y
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surface form:
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive bomber
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| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| associatedWithUnit |
Eleventh Air Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
11th Air Fleet
Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| awarded |
Order of the Golden Kite
ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ |
| baseOfFinalSortie | Oita Air Base, Kyushu ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1890-08-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Okoyama, Seto, Okayama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| burialPlace | no known grave; presumed lost at sea ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in kamikaze mission ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ |
| commanderOf |
5th Battleship Division
ⓘ
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form:
First Air Fleet (late war period)
|
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| deathDate | 1945-08-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | off Okinawa, Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
"Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki"
ⓘ
various histories of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II ⓘ |
| education | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ |
| graduationClassRank | top of his class at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | symbol of late-war Japanese kamikaze ethos ⓘ |
| led | kamikaze attack on 1945-08-15 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| name | Matome Ugaki self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 宇垣纏 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close association with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
ⓘ
leading one of the final kamikaze missions of World War II ⓘ participation in planning and execution of major Imperial Japanese Navy operations in World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| position | chief of staff of the Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| presentAt | planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| rank |
Rear Admiral
ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto (cultural background, typical of Imperial Japanese officers) ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | senior staff officer in planning Japanese naval air operations early in World War II ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1912-1945 ⓘ |
| statusOfFinalMission | did not return ⓘ |
| targetOfFinalSortie | Allied ships off Okinawa ⓘ |
| wrote | war diary later published as "Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki" ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matome Ugaki Description of subject: Matome Ugaki was a Japanese Imperial Navy admiral during World War II, known for his close association with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and for leading one of the final kamikaze missions of the war.
Referenced by (3)
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