Tasuku Honjo
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Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the PD-1 protein, which led to groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy treatments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tasuku Honjo canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2390628 — 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: Tasuku Honjo Context triple: [Keio Medical Science Prize, notableLaureate, Tasuku Honjo]
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A.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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B.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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C.
Makoto Yamashita
Makoto Yamashita is a Japanese politician serving as the governor of Nara Prefecture.
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D.
Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano is a Japanese politician who has held senior leadership roles in major opposition parties and served in the national legislature.
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E.
Takatoshi Nishiwaki
Takatoshi Nishiwaki is a Japanese politician serving as the governor of Kyoto Prefecture.
- 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: Tasuku Honjo Target entity description: Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the PD-1 protein, which led to groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy treatments.
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A.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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B.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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C.
Makoto Yamashita
Makoto Yamashita is a Japanese politician serving as the governor of Nara Prefecture.
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D.
Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano is a Japanese politician who has held senior leadership roles in major opposition parties and served in the national legislature.
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E.
Takatoshi Nishiwaki
Takatoshi Nishiwaki is a Japanese politician serving as the governor of Kyoto Prefecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
ⓘ
human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize
ⓘ
Keio Medical Science Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Culture (Japan)
Robert Koch Prize ⓘ Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of PD-1 blocking antibodies ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-01-27 ⓘ |
| degree |
MD
ⓘ
PhD ⓘ |
| discovered |
programmed cell death protein 1
ⓘ
surface form:
PD-1
programmed cell death protein 1 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kyoto University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Kyoto University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| familyName | Honjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
immunology
ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Tasuku ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Osamu Hayaishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | clinical cancer immunotherapy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cancer immunotherapy research
ⓘ
discovery of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ⓘ immune checkpoint therapy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
ⓘ
surface form:
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Japan Academy ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences (United States)
|
| name | Tasuku Honjo self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kyoto
ⓘ
surface form:
Kyoto, Japan
|
| positionHeld |
Deputy Director of Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
ⓘ
Professor at Kyoto University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
B cell biology
ⓘ
class switch recombination ⓘ immune checkpoint pathways ⓘ |
| residence |
Kyoto
ⓘ
surface form:
Kyoto, Japan
|
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | James P. Allison ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Tasuku Honjo Description of subject: Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the PD-1 protein, which led to groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy treatments.
Referenced by (5)
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