Hanshin Koshien Stadium

E22909

baseball stadium sports venue

Hanshin Koshien Stadium is a historic baseball stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, best known for hosting Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship and serving as the iconic home of the Hanshin Tigers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hanshin Koshien Stadium canonical	14
Koshien Stadium	6
Koshien	1
阪神甲子園球場	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T160831 — 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: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
Context triple: [Hanshin Tigers, homeStadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium]

A. Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
B. Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a historic Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the Chicago Cubs and its iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.
C. Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium is a Major League Baseball ballpark in Kansas City, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Kansas City Royals.
D. Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
E. Everett Memorial Stadium
Everett Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose athletic venue in Everett, Massachusetts, primarily used for local high school football and other community sporting events.
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: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
Target entity description: Hanshin Koshien Stadium is a historic baseball stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, best known for hosting Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship and serving as the iconic home of the Hanshin Tigers.

A. Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
B. Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a historic Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the Chicago Cubs and its iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.
C. Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium is a Major League Baseball ballpark in Kansas City, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Kansas City Royals.
D. Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
E. Everett Memorial Stadium
Everett Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose athletic venue in Everett, Massachusetts, primarily used for local high school football and other community sporting events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
accessibleBy	Kōshien Station ⓘ
builtToCommemorate	Emperor Taishō’s enthronement ⓘ
cityServed	Hanshin region ⓘ linked to: Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic home of Hanshin Tigers fans ⓘ symbol of Japanese high school baseball ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	open-air bowl ⓘ
hasFeature	bullpens under the stands ⓘ ivy-covered outfield walls ⓘ traditional all-dirt infield ⓘ
hasNickname	Koshien ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
hasOutfieldFenceDistance	approximately 118 meters to center field ⓘ approximately 95 meters to the poles ⓘ
hasScoreboardType	large video scoreboard ⓘ
homeStadiumOf	Hanshin Tigers ⓘ Hanshin Tigers farm team ⓘ
hosts	concerts ⓘ high school baseball tournaments ⓘ other sporting events ⓘ professional baseball games ⓘ
JapaneseName	阪神甲子園球場 ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
knownFor	Japan National High School Baseball Championship ⓘ National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament ⓘ spring Koshien tournament ⓘ linked to: National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament summer Koshien tournament ⓘ linked to: Japan National High School Baseball Championship
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Hyōgo Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Hyogo Prefecture Kansai region ⓘ Nishinomiya ⓘ
near	Kobe ⓘ Osaka ⓘ
opened	1924-08-01 ⓘ
operatedBy	Hanshin Electric Railway ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
ownedBy	Hanshin Electric Railway ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
primaryUse	baseball ⓘ
railwayLine	Hanshin Main Line ⓘ
region	Honshu ⓘ
renovated	2007 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ 2010 ⓘ
seatingCapacity	approximately 47,000 ⓘ
surface	dirt infield ⓘ natural grass outfield ⓘ
tenants	Hanshin Tigers ⓘ Japan National High School Baseball Championship ⓘ National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament ⓘ
yearCompleted	1924 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Hanshin Tigers → homeStadium → Hanshin Koshien Stadium ⓘ

subject linked to: Tigers

To-Lucky → homeStadiumPresence → Koshien Stadium ⓘ