Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Hokkaido that competes in the Pacific League.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters canonical | 26 |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | 5 |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters | 5 |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise | 1 |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1245642 — 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: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Context triple: [Nippon Professional Baseball, hasTeam, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]
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A.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are a professional Japanese baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League, based in Yokohama and owned by DeNA.
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B.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp is a professional Japanese baseball team based in Hiroshima that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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C.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Tokyo that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Chunichi Dragons
The Chunichi Dragons are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Nagoya that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
- 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: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Target entity description: The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Hokkaido that competes in the Pacific League.
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A.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are a professional Japanese baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League, based in Yokohama and owned by DeNA.
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B.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp is a professional Japanese baseball team based in Hiroshima that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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C.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Tokyo that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Chunichi Dragons
The Chunichi Dragons are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Nagoya that competes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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E.
Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers are a historic and popular professional baseball team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, known for their passionate fanbase and long-standing rivalry with the Yomiuri Giants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nippon Professional Baseball team
ⓘ
professional baseball team ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Fighters
ⓘ
NHF ⓘ |
| championship |
Japan Series champion 1962
ⓘ
Japan Series champion 2006 ⓘ Japan Series champion 2016 ⓘ |
| corporateSponsor | Nippon Ham ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| division | Pacific League ⓘ |
| formerHomeStadium |
Sapporo Dome
ⓘ
Tokyo Dome ⓘ |
| formerName |
Nippon-Ham Fighters
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linked to:
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Nittaku Home Flyers ⓘ Toei Flyers ⓘ |
| foundedAs | SENSHU University team precursor (Toei Flyers era) in 1946 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ |
| homeCity | Sapporo ⓘ |
| homePrefecture |
Hokkaido Prefecture
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linked to:
Hokkaido
|
| homeStadium | ES CON Field Hokkaido ⓘ |
| league | Pacific League ⓘ |
| location | Hokkaido ⓘ |
| mascot |
Brisky the Bear
ⓘ
Polly Polaris ⓘ |
| movedToHokkaido | 2004 ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Atsunori Inaba
ⓘ
Kensuke Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Michihiro Ogasawara NERFINISHED ⓘ Shohei Ohtani ⓘ Tsuyoshi Shinjo NERFINISHED ⓘ Yu Darvish ⓘ |
| owner | Nippon Ham Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| pennant |
Pacific League champion 1962
ⓘ
Pacific League champion 1965 ⓘ Pacific League champion 1981 ⓘ Pacific League champion 2006 ⓘ Pacific League champion 2007 ⓘ Pacific League champion 2009 ⓘ Pacific League champion 2012 ⓘ Pacific League champion 2016 ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | professional ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | Hokkaido ⓘ |
| rival |
Chiba Lotte Marines
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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ⓘ |
| shortName | Fighters ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| uniformColor |
black
ⓘ
blue ⓘ gold ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Description of subject: The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a professional Japanese baseball team based in Hokkaido that competes in the Pacific League.
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