Takuya Onishi
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Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut and former commercial airline pilot who flew to the International Space Station as a JAXA mission specialist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Takuya Onishi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4214859 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Takuya Onishi Context triple: [JAXA Astronaut Group, notableMember, Takuya Onishi]
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A.
Kazuya Takahashi
Kazuya Takahashi is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo titles, including the music for Luigi’s Mansion.
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B.
Kosuke Imai
Kosuke Imai is a political scientist and statistician known for his contributions to causal inference, experimental design, and statistical methods in the social sciences.
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C.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
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D.
Daisuke Kato
Daisuke Kato is a former Japanese professional baseball player best known for his time with the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Tomonori Kanemoto
Tomonori Kanemoto is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder and manager, best known as an ironman of Nippon Professional Baseball for his consecutive games and innings played streaks.
- 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: Takuya Onishi Target entity description: Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut and former commercial airline pilot who flew to the International Space Station as a JAXA mission specialist.
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A.
Kazuya Takahashi
Kazuya Takahashi is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo titles, including the music for Luigi’s Mansion.
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B.
Kosuke Imai
Kosuke Imai is a political scientist and statistician known for his contributions to causal inference, experimental design, and statistical methods in the social sciences.
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C.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
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D.
Daisuke Kato
Daisuke Kato is a former Japanese professional baseball player best known for his time with the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Tomonori Kanemoto
Tomonori Kanemoto is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder and manager, best known as an ironman of Nippon Professional Baseball for his consecutive games and innings played streaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JAXA astronaut
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astronaut ⓘ commercial airline pilot ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown | Boeing 767 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airlineEmployer | All Nippon Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1975-12-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor of Engineering ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
All Nippon Airways
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Onishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | aeronautical and astronautical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Takuya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
ANA
NERFINISHED
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JAXA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| launchedFrom | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz MS-01 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | JAXA astronaut corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Takuya Onishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 大西卓哉 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a former commercial airline pilot
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flying to the International Space Station as a JAXA astronaut ⓘ |
| occupation |
airline pilot
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astronaut ⓘ engineer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Expedition 48
NERFINISHED
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Expedition 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionAtAirline | co-pilot ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
| roleInMission | JAXA mission specialist ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceflightEndDate | 2016-10-30 ⓘ |
| spaceflightStartDate | 2016-07-07 ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
International Space Station
NERFINISHED
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Soyuz MS-01 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInSpace | approximately 115 days ⓘ |
| wasSelectedAsAstronautBy | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasSelectedAsAstronautInYear | 2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Takuya Onishi Description of subject: Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut and former commercial airline pilot who flew to the International Space Station as a JAXA mission specialist.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.