Haikyu!!
E454820
Haikyu!! is a popular Japanese sports anime and manga series that follows a high school volleyball team's journey to compete at the national level.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Haikyu!! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4592920 — 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: Haikyu!! Context triple: [Wakatoshi Ushijima, appearsInWork, Haikyu!!]
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A.
Nisekoi
Nisekoi is a romantic comedy anime and manga series that follows a high school boy forced into a fake relationship with a yakuza boss’s daughter while searching for his childhood promise girl.
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B.
Tsukki
Tsukki is one of the official mascots of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, depicted as a stylized snow owl representing the moon and winter night.
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C.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
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D.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
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E.
Kashima Kikō
Kashima Kikō is a travel diary by the Japanese haiku master Matsuo Bashō, recounting his poetic journey to the Kashima Shrine and surrounding regions.
- 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: Haikyu!! Target entity description: Haikyu!! is a popular Japanese sports anime and manga series that follows a high school volleyball team's journey to compete at the national level.
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A.
Nisekoi
Nisekoi is a romantic comedy anime and manga series that follows a high school boy forced into a fake relationship with a yakuza boss’s daughter while searching for his childhood promise girl.
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B.
Tsukki
Tsukki is one of the official mascots of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, depicted as a stylized snow owl representing the moon and winter night.
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C.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
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D.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
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E.
Kashima Kikō
Kashima Kikō is a travel diary by the Japanese haiku master Matsuo Bashō, recounting his poetic journey to the Kashima Shrine and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anime television series
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manga series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Haikyu!! (manga) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animeDirector |
Masako Satō
NERFINISHED
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Susumu Mitsunaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animeEndDate | 2020-12-19 ⓘ |
| animeMusicBy |
Asami Tachibana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuki Hayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animePremiereDate | 2014-04-06 ⓘ |
| animeStudio | Production I.G NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animeWriter | Taku Kishimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Haruichi Furudate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Haruichi Furudate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographic | shōnen ⓘ |
| follows | high school volleyball team striving for nationals ⓘ |
| genre |
shōnen
ⓘ
sports ⓘ |
| hasFilm |
Haikyu!! the Movie: Battle of Concepts
NERFINISHED
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Haikyu!! the Movie: The Dumpster Battle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Let’s! Haikyu!? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrator | Haruichi Furudate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprint | Jump Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensedBy |
Crunchyroll
NERFINISHED
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Sentai Filmworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Shōyō Hinata
NERFINISHED
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Tobio Kageyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTeam | Karasuno High School volleyball club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mangaSerializationEndDate | 2020-07-20 ⓘ |
| mangaSerializationStartDate | 2012-02-20 ⓘ |
| mediaType |
animated film
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print ⓘ television ⓘ |
| numberOfAnimeEpisodes | 85 ⓘ |
| numberOfAnimeSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfMangaVolumes | 45 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
MBS
NERFINISHED
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TBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Shueisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalTeam |
Aoba Johsai High School volleyball club
NERFINISHED
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Nekoma High School volleyball club NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiratorizawa Academy volleyball club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | volleyball ⓘ |
| theme |
competition
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perseverance ⓘ teamwork ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Haikyu!! Description of subject: Haikyu!! is a popular Japanese sports anime and manga series that follows a high school volleyball team's journey to compete at the national level.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wakatoshi Ushijima