Niigata Albirex BB
E381930
Niigata Albirex BB is a professional Japanese basketball team based in Niigata, known for competing in the country’s top-tier leagues and cultivating a strong local fan base.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Niigata Albirex BB canonical | 3 |
| Albirex BB | 1 |
| Niigata Albirex (JBL team) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3716697 — 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: Niigata Albirex BB Context triple: [bj league 2006–07, team, Niigata Albirex BB]
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A.
Ryukyu Golden Kings
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan, known as one of the top clubs in the B.League.
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B.
Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata is a professional Japanese football club based in Niigata that competes in the J.League.
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C.
Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe is a professional Japanese football club based in Kobe that competes in the J1 League.
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D.
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club based in Sapporo that competes in the J1 League.
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E.
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale is a professional Japanese football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, known for its recent dominance in the J1 League and attacking style of play.
- 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: Niigata Albirex BB Target entity description: Niigata Albirex BB is a professional Japanese basketball team based in Niigata, known for competing in the country’s top-tier leagues and cultivating a strong local fan base.
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A.
Ryukyu Golden Kings
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan, known as one of the top clubs in the B.League.
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B.
Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata is a professional Japanese football club based in Niigata that competes in the J.League.
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C.
Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe is a professional Japanese football club based in Kobe that competes in the J1 League.
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D.
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club based in Sapporo that competes in the J1 League.
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E.
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale is a professional Japanese football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, known for its recent dominance in the J1 League and attacking style of play.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional basketball team
ⓘ
sports club ⓘ |
| basedInRegion | Chūbu region ⓘ |
| competesIn | Japanese professional basketball system ⓘ |
| conference | B2 Eastern Conference ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| formerLeague | bj league ⓘ |
| founded | 2000 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Japan Basketball Association ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Niigata Albirex BB
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Albirex BB
NABLX BB ⓘ |
| hasCheerleadingTeam | yes ⓘ |
| hasFanClub | Albirex BB fan club ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.albirex.com/bb/ ⓘ |
| hasStrongLocalFanBase | true ⓘ |
| hasYouthPrograms | yes ⓘ |
| homeArena |
City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
ⓘ
Niigata City Gymnasium ⓘ Toki Messe ⓘ |
| homeCity | Niigata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCountryLeagueLevel | top tier of Japanese basketball at time of bj league ⓘ |
| homeGameLocationType | indoor arena ⓘ |
| homePrefecture | Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyColorAway | white ⓘ |
| jerseyColorHome | orange ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberFormat | Arabic numerals ⓘ |
| league | B.League ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
local newspapers
ⓘ
local television ⓘ online streaming ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Sendai 89ers
ⓘ
surface form:
Sendai 89ERS
Toyama Grouses ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
Niigata Albirex BB
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Niigata Albirex (JBL team)
|
| parentOrganization |
Albirex Niigata
ⓘ
surface form:
Albirex Niigata group
|
| playsSeason | B.League season ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | fully professional ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesBrandWith |
Albirex Niigata
ⓘ
surface form:
Albirex Niigata (football club)
|
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
navy
ⓘ
orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
| ticketType |
season tickets
ⓘ
single-game tickets ⓘ |
| usesMascot | Albirex-related mascot ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| wonConferenceTitle |
bj league
ⓘ
surface form:
bj league Eastern Conference
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Niigata Albirex BB Description of subject: Niigata Albirex BB is a professional Japanese basketball team based in Niigata, known for competing in the country’s top-tier leagues and cultivating a strong local fan base.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Niigata Albirex (JBL team)
this entity surface form:
Albirex BB