Yasuaki Iwata
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Yasuaki Iwata is a Japanese video game composer known for his work on major Nintendo titles, particularly in the Super Mario series.
All labels observed (1)
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| Yasuaki Iwata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3649080 — 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)
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Target entity: Yasuaki Iwata Context triple: [Super Mario 3D World, composer, Yasuaki Iwata]
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A.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Gunpei Yokoi
Gunpei Yokoi was a pioneering Nintendo game designer and hardware engineer best known for creating the Game Boy and shaping early video game icons and systems.
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C.
Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer best known internationally for his evocative film scores, particularly in collaborations with directors like Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Yimou.
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D.
Kunio Nakagawa
Kunio Nakagawa was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the island’s fierce and protracted defense during the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
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E.
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Fusajiro Yamauchi was a Japanese entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that would evolve into the global video game giant Nintendo.
- 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: Yasuaki Iwata Target entity description: Yasuaki Iwata is a Japanese video game composer known for his work on major Nintendo titles, particularly in the Super Mario series.
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A.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Gunpei Yokoi
Gunpei Yokoi was a pioneering Nintendo game designer and hardware engineer best known for creating the Game Boy and shaping early video game icons and systems.
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C.
Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer best known internationally for his evocative film scores, particularly in collaborations with directors like Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Yimou.
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D.
Kunio Nakagawa
Kunio Nakagawa was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the island’s fierce and protracted defense during the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
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E.
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Fusajiro Yamauchi was a Japanese entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that would evolve into the global video game giant Nintendo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese person
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human ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mario Kart series
NERFINISHED
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Splatoon ⓘ
surface form:
Splatoon series
Super Mario series ⓘ The Legend of Zelda ⓘ
surface form:
The Legend of Zelda series
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| basedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| employer | Nintendo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | video game music ⓘ |
| genre | video game music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composing music for Nintendo first‑party titles
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contributions to Super Mario franchise soundtracks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
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Mario Kart 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe NERFINISHED ⓘ New Super Luigi U ⓘ New Super Mario Bros. U ⓘ Nintendo Switch system music ⓘ Splatoon ⓘ Splatoon ⓘ
surface form:
Splatoon 2
Super Mario 3D World ⓘ Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury ⓘ Super Mario Maker ⓘ Super Mario Maker 2 ⓘ Super Mario Odyssey ⓘ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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video game composer ⓘ |
| worksOnPlatform |
Nintendo 3DS
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Nintendo Switch ⓘ Wii U ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yasuaki Iwata Description of subject: Yasuaki Iwata is a Japanese video game composer known for his work on major Nintendo titles, particularly in the Super Mario series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.