Tomoyuki Sugano
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Tomoyuki Sugano is an elite Japanese professional baseball pitcher, best known as the longtime ace of the Yomiuri Giants and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most dominant modern-era starters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tomoyuki Sugano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4830818 — 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: Tomoyuki Sugano Context triple: [Central League MVP, notableMultipleTimeWinner, Tomoyuki Sugano]
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A.
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi is a Japanese neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic transmission.
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B.
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
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C.
Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano is a Japanese politician who has held senior leadership roles in major opposition parties and served in the national legislature.
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D.
Yoshikazu Yanagisawa
Yoshikazu Yanagisawa was a Japanese architect best known for designing Osaka’s iconic Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan.
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E.
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka was a Japanese film producer best known for originating and producing the Godzilla franchise and many other kaiju and tokusatsu films for Toho.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tomoyuki Sugano Target entity description: Tomoyuki Sugano is an elite Japanese professional baseball pitcher, best known as the longtime ace of the Yomiuri Giants and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most dominant modern-era starters.
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A.
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi is a Japanese neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic transmission.
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B.
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
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C.
Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano is a Japanese politician who has held senior leadership roles in major opposition parties and served in the national legislature.
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D.
Yoshikazu Yanagisawa
Yoshikazu Yanagisawa was a Japanese architect best known for designing Osaka’s iconic Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan.
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E.
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka was a Japanese film producer best known for originating and producing the Godzilla franchise and many other kaiju and tokusatsu films for Toho.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball pitcher
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human ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ |
| allStarSelection | NPB All-Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Central League MVP
NERFINISHED
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Eiji Sawamura Award NERFINISHED ⓘ NPB Best Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ NPB Golden Glove Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| brokeWithTeam | Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| college | Tokai University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1990-10-11 ⓘ |
| debutLeague | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague | NPB Draft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraTitle | Central League ERA leader ⓘ |
| hasPlayedEntireNPBCareerFor | Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Tatsunori Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 18 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberSignificance | traditional ace number in Japanese baseball ⓘ |
| knownFor |
excellent control
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high strikeout-to-walk ratio ⓘ low walk rate ⓘ run prevention ability ⓘ |
| league | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | Japan national baseball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | dominant starting pitching in NPB ⓘ |
| NPBdebutTeam | Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NPBdebutYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2015 WBSC Premier12
NERFINISHED
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2017 World Baseball Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pitchType |
curveball
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forkball ⓘ four-seam fastball ⓘ sinker ⓘ slider ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsIn | Central League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | pitcher ⓘ |
| relativeRelationship | nephew of Tatsunori Hara ⓘ |
| reputation | one of the top starting pitchers in modern NPB ⓘ |
| role | ace pitcher of the Yomiuri Giants ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| strikeoutTitle | Central League strikeout leader ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | command-oriented power pitcher ⓘ |
| team | Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| winTitle | Central League wins leader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tomoyuki Sugano Description of subject: Tomoyuki Sugano is an elite Japanese professional baseball pitcher, best known as the longtime ace of the Yomiuri Giants and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most dominant modern-era starters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.