Mako Iwamatsu
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Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mako Iwamatsu canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4331291 — 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: Mako Iwamatsu Context triple: [Conan the Destroyer, starring, Mako Iwamatsu]
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A.
Mako Kamitsuna
Mako Kamitsuna is a Japanese-born film editor and filmmaker known for her work on critically acclaimed independent films, including the period drama "Mudbound."
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B.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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C.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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D.
Mako Mori
Mako Mori is a skilled Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for her emotional depth, resilience, and pivotal role in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
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E.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
- 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: Mako Iwamatsu Target entity description: Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
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A.
Mako Kamitsuna
Mako Kamitsuna is a Japanese-born film editor and filmmaker known for her work on critically acclaimed independent films, including the period drama "Mudbound."
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B.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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C.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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D.
Mako Mori
Mako Mori is a skilled Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for her emotional depth, resilience, and pivotal role in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
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E.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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human ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American television industry
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American voice acting ⓘ Hollywood film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mako NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
NERFINISHED
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Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ RoboCop 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidekicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNominationForWork | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Sand Pebbles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | esophageal cancer ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | East West Players NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-12-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-07-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Iwamatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Makoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Mimosa Iwamatsu
NERFINISHED
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Sala Iwamatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Mako Iwamatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinctive gravelly voice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avatar: The Last Airbender
NERFINISHED
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Conan the Barbarian NERFINISHED ⓘ Conan the Destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sand Pebbles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
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stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Somis, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| role |
Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian
NERFINISHED
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Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender NERFINISHED ⓘ Po-han in The Sand Pebbles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Shizuko Hoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–2006 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mako Iwamatsu Description of subject: Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)