Kawasaki Ki-100
E50162
The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kawasaki Ki-100 canonical | 7 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100 (as Ha-112-II derivative family) | 1 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100-I Ko | 1 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu | 1 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100-II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296562 — 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: Kawasaki Ki-100 Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, usedAircraft, Kawasaki Ki-100]
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A.
Kawasaki Ki-45
The Kawasaki Ki-45 was a twin-engine heavy fighter aircraft used by Japan during World War II, notable for its long-range interception and ground-attack roles.
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B.
Kawasaki Ki-61
The Kawasaki Ki-61 was a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft notable for its inline liquid-cooled engine and performance that drew comparisons to contemporary European fighters.
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C.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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D.
Nakajima Ki-44
The Nakajima Ki-44 was a fast, heavily armed Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, notable for its emphasis on climb rate and interception over maneuverability.
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E.
Nakajima Ki-84
The Nakajima Ki-84 was a late-World War II Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its high speed, powerful armament, and effectiveness against Allied fighters and bombers.
- 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: Kawasaki Ki-100 Target entity description: The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.
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A.
Kawasaki Ki-45
The Kawasaki Ki-45 was a twin-engine heavy fighter aircraft used by Japan during World War II, notable for its long-range interception and ground-attack roles.
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B.
Kawasaki Ki-61
The Kawasaki Ki-61 was a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft notable for its inline liquid-cooled engine and performance that drew comparisons to contemporary European fighters.
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C.
Mitsubishi Ki-67
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II medium bomber known for its relatively high speed, maneuverability, and use in a variety of roles including level bombing, torpedo attacks, and kamikaze missions.
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D.
Nakajima Ki-44
The Nakajima Ki-44 was a fast, heavily armed Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, notable for its emphasis on climb rate and interception over maneuverability.
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E.
Nakajima Ki-84
The Nakajima Ki-84 was a late-World War II Japanese single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its high speed, powerful armament, and effectiveness against Allied fighters and bombers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| airframeBasedOn |
Kawasaki Ki-61
ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-61-II
|
| armament |
2× 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine guns
ⓘ
2× 20 mm Ho-5 cannon ⓘ |
| bombLoad | 2× 250 kg bombs ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 400 km/h ⓘ |
| designFeature | radial engine fitted to inline-engine airframe ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | 2700 kg ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | 14-cylinder twin-row radial ⓘ |
| engineModel | Mitsubishi Ha-112-II ⓘ |
| engineType | radial engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1945-02-01 ⓘ |
| grossWeight | 3500 kg ⓘ |
| height | 3.80 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1945 ⓘ |
| length | 8.82 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Aircraft Industries
|
| maximumSpeed | 580 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 3800 kg ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
excellent maneuverability
ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | approximately 390 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| opponentAircraft |
B-29 Superfortress
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 1500 hp ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kawasaki Ki-61 ⓘ |
| primaryMission | air defense of Japan ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1945 ⓘ |
| range | 2200 km ⓘ |
| rateOfClimb | 15.7 m/s ⓘ |
| retired | post-World War II ⓘ |
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 11000 m ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1945 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Japanese home islands ⓘ |
| undercarriage | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| usedBy | Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ |
| variant |
Kawasaki Ki-100
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-I Ko
Kawasaki Ki-100 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu
Kawasaki Ki-100 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-II
|
| wingArea | 20.0 m² ⓘ |
| wingspan | 12.00 m ⓘ |
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: Kawasaki Ki-100 Description of subject: The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late-World War II Japanese fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent maneuverability and reliability, created by fitting a radial engine to the airframe of the earlier Ki-61.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-I Ko
this entity surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-I Otsu
this entity surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100-II
subject surface form:
Mitsubishi Ha-104
this entity surface form:
Kawasaki Ki-100 (as Ha-112-II derivative family)