Kadokawa Shoten
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Kadokawa Shoten is a major Japanese publishing company known for producing manga, light novels, and magazines, and for its significant influence on otaku and pop culture media.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kadokawa Corporation | 8 |
| Kadokawa Shoten canonical | 3 |
| KADOKAWA | 1 |
| Kadokawa | 1 |
| Kadokawa Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18584400 — 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: Kadokawa Shoten Context triple: [Sgt. Frog, publisher, Kadokawa Shoten]
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A.
Shueisha
Shueisha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing popular manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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B.
Kodansha
Kodansha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing and distributing popular manga, novels, and magazines worldwide.
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C.
Kadokawa Pictures
Kadokawa Pictures is a Japanese film production and distribution company known for producing genre films, including kaiju movies like "Guardian of the Universe," as well as adaptations of popular novels and manga.
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D.
Tokyo Shokonsha
Tokyo Shokonsha was the original name of what is now Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo dedicated to commemorating Japan’s war dead.
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E.
Tokuma Shoten
Tokuma Shoten is a major Japanese publishing company known for books, magazines, and its historical involvement in anime and media production.
- 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: Kadokawa Shoten Target entity description: Kadokawa Shoten is a major Japanese publishing company known for producing manga, light novels, and magazines, and for its significant influence on otaku and pop culture media.
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A.
Shueisha
Shueisha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing popular manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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B.
Kodansha
Kodansha is a major Japanese publishing company best known for producing and distributing popular manga, novels, and magazines worldwide.
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C.
Kadokawa Pictures
Kadokawa Pictures is a Japanese film production and distribution company known for producing genre films, including kaiju movies like "Guardian of the Universe," as well as adaptations of popular novels and manga.
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D.
Tokyo Shokonsha
Tokyo Shokonsha was the original name of what is now Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo dedicated to commemorating Japan’s war dead.
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E.
Tokuma Shoten
Tokuma Shoten is a major Japanese publishing company known for books, magazines, and its historical involvement in anime and media production.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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