Hidetoshi Nakata

E185623

Japanese footballer association football player human

Hidetoshi Nakata is a retired Japanese footballer widely regarded as one of Asia’s greatest players, known for his successful career in Serie A and his influential role in popularizing Japanese football internationally.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hidetoshi Nakata canonical	6
Hidetoshi	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1646628 — 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: Hidetoshi Nakata
Context triple: [Brescia Calcio, hasNotablePlayer, Hidetoshi Nakata]

A. Kenji Shimizu
Kenji Shimizu was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who served as a senior commander before and during World War II.
B. Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
C. Tamon Yamaguchi
Tamon Yamaguchi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and carrier task force commander during World War II, best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway.
D. Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese prime minister known for his “income-doubling plan” and for overseeing rapid economic growth and modernization in postwar Japan.
E. 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.
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: Hidetoshi Nakata
Target entity description: Hidetoshi Nakata is a retired Japanese footballer widely regarded as one of Asia’s greatest players, known for his successful career in Serie A and his influential role in popularizing Japanese football internationally.

A. Kenji Shimizu
Kenji Shimizu was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who served as a senior commander before and during World War II.
B. Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
C. Tamon Yamaguchi
Tamon Yamaguchi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and carrier task force commander during World War II, best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway.
D. Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese prime minister known for his “income-doubling plan” and for overseeing rapid economic growth and modernization in postwar Japan.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese footballer ⓘ association football player ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Asian Footballer of the Year ⓘ Scudetto with AS Roma 2000–01 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1977-01-22 ⓘ
familyName	Nakata ⓘ
givenName	Hidetoshi ⓘ linked to: Hidetoshi Nakata
hasWebsite	https://nakata.net ⓘ
height	approximately 1.75 m ⓘ
influenced	perception of Asian players in European football ⓘ
knownFor	being one of Asia’s most successful footballers in Europe ⓘ popularizing Japanese football internationally ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn	J1 League ⓘ Premier League ⓘ Serie A ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	ACF Fiorentina ⓘ linked to: Fiorentina AS Roma ⓘ linked to: A.S. Roma Bellmare Hiratsuka ⓘ Bologna FC 1909 ⓘ Bolton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ Japan national football team ⓘ Parma Calcio 1913 ⓘ Perugia Calcio ⓘ
name	Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ
nationality	Japanese ⓘ
notableWork	helping AS Roma win the 2000–01 Serie A title ⓘ
occupation	fashion entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ professional footballer ⓘ
participatedIn	1996 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2000 AFC Asian Cup ⓘ linked to: AFC Asian Cup 2000 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ linked to: 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2006 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan ⓘ
positionPlayed	attacking midfielder ⓘ midfielder ⓘ
postRetirementActivity	involvement in fashion industry ⓘ promotion of Japanese culture and crafts ⓘ
retired	true ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shirtNumber	10 ⓘ 7 ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity	1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brescia Calcio → hasNotablePlayer → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ

Hidetoshi Nakata → name → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ

Hidetoshi Nakata → givenName → Hidetoshi ⓘ

linked to: Hidetoshi Nakata

Júbilo Iwata → notablePlayer → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ

Bellmare Hiratsuka → notablePlayer → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ

Asian Footballer of the Year → hasRecipient → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ

Nakata → familyNameOf → Hidetoshi Nakata ⓘ