Ichimei Fukuda
E551439
Ichimei Fukuda is a Japanese-American man whose lifelong, forbidden love story with Alma Belasco forms the emotional core of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Japanese Lover."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ichimei Fukuda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5367616 — 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: Ichimei Fukuda Context triple: [The Japanese Lover, mainCharacter, Ichimei Fukuda]
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A.
Kuniwo Nakamura
Kuniwo Nakamura was a Palauan politician who served as the country’s president in the 1990s, playing a key role in its early years of independence and international recognition.
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B.
Kureo Taniguchi
Kureo Taniguchi was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who played a key leadership role in Japan’s World War II campaigns in the Philippines.
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C.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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D.
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and was a prominent member of the New Komeito Party.
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E.
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi was a Japanese general who played a key leadership role in Japan’s military operations in French Indochina during World War II.
- 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: Ichimei Fukuda Target entity description: Ichimei Fukuda is a Japanese-American man whose lifelong, forbidden love story with Alma Belasco forms the emotional core of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Japanese Lover."
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A.
Kuniwo Nakamura
Kuniwo Nakamura was a Palauan politician who served as the country’s president in the 1990s, playing a key role in its early years of independence and international recognition.
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B.
Kureo Taniguchi
Kureo Taniguchi was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who played a key leadership role in Japan’s World War II campaigns in the Philippines.
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C.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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D.
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and was a prominent member of the New Komeito Party.
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E.
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi was a Japanese general who played a key leadership role in Japan’s military operations in French Indochina during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Japanese Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
forbidden love
ⓘ
identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ war and displacement ⓘ |
| centralTo | emotional core of The Japanese Lover ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Isabel Allende NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese American ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicBackground |
American
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Japanese Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
historical fiction
ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Fukuda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Ichimei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Alma Belasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith | Alma Belasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
love interest
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protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese-American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Japanese Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | characters in novels by Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithAlmaBelasco |
forbidden love
ⓘ
lifelong love ⓘ |
| setting |
San Francisco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ichimei Fukuda Description of subject: Ichimei Fukuda is a Japanese-American man whose lifelong, forbidden love story with Alma Belasco forms the emotional core of Isabel Allende’s novel "The Japanese Lover."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.