Otoya Yamaguchi
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Otoya Yamaguchi was a 17-year-old Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma during a televised political debate in 1960.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Otoya Yamaguchi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3510019 — 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: Otoya Yamaguchi Context triple: [Inejiro Asanuma, killedBy, Otoya Yamaguchi]
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A.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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B.
Yoshisuke Aikawa
Yoshisuke Aikawa was a prominent Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur best known as the founding leader who built Nissan into a major automotive and industrial conglomerate.
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C.
Makino Nobuaki
Makino Nobuaki was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who played a key role in Japan’s foreign policy during the late Meiji and Taishō periods, including its participation in the Paris Peace Conference and the early League of Nations era.
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D.
Sanjo Ohashi
Sanjo Ohashi is a historic bridge in Kyoto, Japan, long regarded as a key terminus of the Tōkaidō road and an important crossing point in the city.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- 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: Otoya Yamaguchi Target entity description: Otoya Yamaguchi was a 17-year-old Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma during a televised political debate in 1960.
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A.
Yūsaku Kamekura
Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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B.
Yoshisuke Aikawa
Yoshisuke Aikawa was a prominent Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur best known as the founding leader who built Nissan into a major automotive and industrial conglomerate.
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C.
Makino Nobuaki
Makino Nobuaki was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who played a key role in Japan’s foreign policy during the late Meiji and Taishō periods, including its participation in the Paris Peace Conference and the early League of Nations era.
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D.
Sanjo Ohashi
Sanjo Ohashi is a historic bridge in Kyoto, Japan, long regarded as a key terminus of the Tōkaidō road and an important crossing point in the city.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese ultranationalist
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assassin ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 17 ⓘ |
| arrestedOn | 1960-10-12 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1960 Anpo protests ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | hanging ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-02-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-11-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1960-10-12 ⓘ |
| detainedAt | Tokyo Detention House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationLevel | high school dropout ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| eventContext | televised political debate ⓘ |
| familyBackground | son of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces officer ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Japanese right-wing extremism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| ideologicalTarget | Japan Socialist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageDepictedIn | Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Asanuma assassination ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Japanese militarist tradition ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | died before trial ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | assassination broadcast on live television ⓘ |
| memberOf | Greater Japan Patriotic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Otoya Yamaguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 山口 二矢 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of Inejiro Asanuma ⓘ |
| notableWork | assassination of Inejiro Asanuma ⓘ |
| occupation | political activist ⓘ |
| perpetrated | assassination of Inejiro Asanuma ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo Detention House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfEvent | Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
far-right politics
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ultranationalism ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
documentaries about political violence in Japan
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photograph by Yasushi Nagao ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| targetedPolitician | Inejiro Asanuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | yoroidoshi (short sword) ⓘ |
| victimOfAssassination | Inejiro Asanuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteMessageWith | toothbrush and toothpaste ⓘ |
| wroteSlogan |
Long live the Emperor
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Would that I had seven lives to give for my country ⓘ |
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Subject: Otoya Yamaguchi Description of subject: Otoya Yamaguchi was a 17-year-old Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma during a televised political debate in 1960.
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