Shingen Yashida
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Shingen Yashida is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as a powerful and ruthless Japanese crime lord and adversary of Wolverine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shingen Yashida canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11172177 — 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: Shingen Yashida Context triple: [The Wolverine, featuresCharacter, Shingen Yashida]
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A.
Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki was a late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō best known for his pivotal betrayal at the Battle of Sekigahara, which helped secure Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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B.
Maeda Yoshinori
Maeda Yoshinori was a Japanese daimyō of the Maeda clan who ruled part of Kaga Domain during the Edo period.
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C.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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D.
Kuribayashi Taro
Kuribayashi Taro is the son of Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the famed commander of Japanese forces during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
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E.
Sotaro Takeda
Sotaro Takeda was a high-ranking Japanese naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet.
- 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: Shingen Yashida Target entity description: Shingen Yashida is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as a powerful and ruthless Japanese crime lord and adversary of Wolverine.
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A.
Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki was a late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō best known for his pivotal betrayal at the Battle of Sekigahara, which helped secure Tokugawa Ieyasu’s victory and the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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B.
Maeda Yoshinori
Maeda Yoshinori was a Japanese daimyō of the Maeda clan who ruled part of Kaga Domain during the Edo period.
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C.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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D.
Kuribayashi Taro
Kuribayashi Taro is the son of Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the famed commander of Japanese forces during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
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E.
Sotaro Takeda
Sotaro Takeda was a high-ranking Japanese naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics character
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fictional character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | The Wolverine (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yashida clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alias | Lord Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Japan
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed by Wolverine ⓘ |
| characterAlignment | villain ⓘ |
| characterType | crime boss ⓘ |
| comicBookDebut | Wolverine #1 (1982) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Kenuichio Harada
NERFINISHED
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Mariko Yashida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
Chris Claremont
NERFINISHED
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Frank Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Wolverine
NERFINISHED
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X-Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Yashida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Marvel Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Shingen Yashida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | superhero comics ⓘ |
| givenName | Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| memberOf | Yashida family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableStoryline | Wolverine (1982) limited series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
crime lord
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head of Yashida clan ⓘ yakuza leader ⓘ |
| parentOf | Mariko Yashida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Hiroyuki Sanada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | patriarch of the Yashida family ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| relative |
Kenuichio Harada
NERFINISHED
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Mariko Yashida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| skill |
martial artist
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master swordsman ⓘ strategist ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| statusInComics | deceased ⓘ |
| trait |
ambitious
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manipulative ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | katana ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shingen Yashida Description of subject: Shingen Yashida is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as a powerful and ruthless Japanese crime lord and adversary of Wolverine.
Referenced by (1)
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