Takeshi Obata
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Takeshi Obata is a renowned Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating popular series such as Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Bakuman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Takeshi Obata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751068 — 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: Takeshi Obata Context triple: [All You Need Is Kill, hasMangaAdaptationIllustrator, Takeshi Obata]
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A.
Yoshihiro Ushijima
Yoshihiro Ushijima is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ushijima surname.
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B.
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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C.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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D.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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E.
Ken Sugimori
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.
- 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: Takeshi Obata Target entity description: Takeshi Obata is a renowned Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating popular series such as Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Bakuman.
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A.
Yoshihiro Ushijima
Yoshihiro Ushijima is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ushijima surname.
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B.
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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C.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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D.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
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E.
Ken Sugimori
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
illustrator
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manga artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tezuka Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1969-02-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Tsugumi Ohba
NERFINISHED
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Tsugumi Ohba (on Bakuman) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsugumi Ohba (on Death Note) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsugumi Ohba (on Platinum End) ⓘ Yumi Hotta NERFINISHED ⓘ Yumi Hotta (on Hikaru no Go) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| debutWork | 500 Kōnen no Shinwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Shueisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | manga illustration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | shonen manga ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
anime adaptation of Bakuman
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anime adaptation of Death Note ⓘ anime adaptation of Hikaru no Go ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Takeshi Obata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小畑 健 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| notableFor |
illustrating Bakuman
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illustrating Death Note ⓘ illustrating Hikaru no Go ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All You Need Is Kill (manga adaptation)
NERFINISHED
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Bakuman NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Dragon Ral Ω Grad NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Note NERFINISHED ⓘ Hikaru no Go NERFINISHED ⓘ Platinum End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
illustrator
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manga artist ⓘ |
| primaryPublicationVenue | Weekly Shonen Jump NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
detailed character designs
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realistic proportions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Takeshi Obata Description of subject: Takeshi Obata is a renowned Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating popular series such as Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Bakuman.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.