Ken Sugimori
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Ken Sugimori is a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and art director best known for creating the original artwork and many iconic creature designs for the Pokémon franchise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ken Sugimori canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5080264 — 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: Ken Sugimori Context triple: [Pokémon, coCreator, Ken Sugimori]
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A.
Mikio Oda
Mikio Oda was a Japanese track and field athlete best known as the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist, winning the triple jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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B.
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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C.
Iwao Matsuda
Iwao Matsuda was an Imperial Japanese Army general who led Japanese forces during World War II, notably in the Pacific campaigns.
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D.
Katsuya Nomura
Katsuya Nomura was a legendary Japanese baseball catcher and manager, renowned for his strategic acumen, long NPB career, and multiple championship titles.
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E.
Tak Fujimoto
Tak Fujimoto is an American cinematographer renowned for his work on influential films such as The Silence of the Lambs and several collaborations with directors like Jonathan Demme and M. Night Shyamalan.
- 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: Ken Sugimori Target entity description: Ken Sugimori is a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and art director best known for creating the original artwork and many iconic creature designs for the Pokémon franchise.
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A.
Mikio Oda
Mikio Oda was a Japanese track and field athlete best known as the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist, winning the triple jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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B.
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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C.
Iwao Matsuda
Iwao Matsuda was an Imperial Japanese Army general who led Japanese forces during World War II, notably in the Pacific campaigns.
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D.
Katsuya Nomura
Katsuya Nomura was a legendary Japanese baseball catcher and manager, renowned for his strategic acumen, long NPB career, and multiple championship titles.
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E.
Tak Fujimoto
Tak Fujimoto is an American cinematographer renowned for his work on influential films such as The Silence of the Lambs and several collaborations with directors like Jonathan Demme and M. Night Shyamalan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art director
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character designer ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ |
| basedIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| employer | Game Freak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animation
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illustration ⓘ manga ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| genre |
character design
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fantasy illustration ⓘ video game art ⓘ |
| hasCreated | character designs for Pokémon games ⓘ |
| hasRole |
art director for Pokémon games
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lead artist for early Pokémon titles ⓘ |
| influenced | visual identity of the Pokémon franchise ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating original Pokémon artwork
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designing many first-generation Pokémon ⓘ establishing the visual style of the Pokémon series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Game Freak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ken Sugimori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 杉森建 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Drill Dozer
NERFINISHED
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Pokémon Black and White NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Diamond and Pearl NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Gold and Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Red and Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Red and Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Sun and Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Sword and Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon Trading Card Game illustrations NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon X and Y NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokémon franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Quinty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
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character designer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ manga artist ⓘ video game director ⓘ |
| workLocation | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ken Sugimori Description of subject: Ken Sugimori is a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and art director best known for creating the original artwork and many iconic creature designs for the Pokémon franchise.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.