Kyocera Corporation
E451579
Kyocera Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer known for its printers, copiers, electronic components, and industrial materials.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kyocera Corporation canonical | 2 |
| Kyocera | 1 |
| Kyocera AVX Components | 1 |
| Kyocera Communications | 1 |
| Kyocera Document Solutions | 1 |
| Kyocera Solar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4553102 — 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: Kyocera Corporation Context triple: [MIKE, fundingSource, Kyocera Corporation]
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A.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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B.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known globally by its brand name Panasonic, is a major Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer and technology company.
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C.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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D.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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E.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
- 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: Kyocera Corporation Target entity description: Kyocera Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer known for its printers, copiers, electronic components, and industrial materials.
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A.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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B.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known globally by its brand name Panasonic, is a major Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer and technology company.
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C.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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D.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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E.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceramics manufacturer
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electronics manufacturer ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ |
| businessModel |
B2B
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B2C ⓘ |
| corporatePhilosophy | respect for human beings and fair management ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kazuo Inamori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Document Solutions division
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Fine Ceramics division NERFINISHED ⓘ Life & Environment division ⓘ Semiconductor Components division NERFINISHED ⓘ Telecommunications Equipment division ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Kyocera AVX Components Corporation
NERFINISHED
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Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyocera International, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyocera Solar, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| industry |
advanced ceramics
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electronics ⓘ information technology services ⓘ office equipment ⓘ solar energy ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Hideo Tanimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listedOn | Tokyo Stock Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameChange | Kyocera Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameChangeDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| notablePractice | amoeba management system ⓘ |
| notableTechnology | long-life ceramic drum technology for printers ⓘ |
| originalName | Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
ceramic components
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cutting tools ⓘ document management systems ⓘ electronic components ⓘ fine ceramics ⓘ industrial printers ⓘ laser printers ⓘ mobile phones ⓘ multifunction copiers ⓘ photovoltaic systems ⓘ semiconductor packages ⓘ smartphone handsets ⓘ solar modules ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| stockIndex | Nikkei 225 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://global.kyocera.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kyocera Corporation Description of subject: Kyocera Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer known for its printers, copiers, electronic components, and industrial materials.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
MIKE
subject surface form:
Kyocera
this entity surface form:
Kyocera Document Solutions
subject surface form:
Kyocera
this entity surface form:
Kyocera Communications
subject surface form:
Kyocera
this entity surface form:
Kyocera Solar
subject surface form:
Kyocera
this entity surface form:
Kyocera AVX Components