Akira Mutō
E445868
Akira Mutō was a Japanese Imperial Army general during World War II who was convicted as a Class A war criminal for his role in atrocities committed by Japanese forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akira Muto | 1 |
| Akira Mutō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4153338 — 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: Akira Mutō Context triple: [Sugamo Prison, notablePrisoner, Akira Mutō]
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A.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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B.
Ōyama Iwao
Ōyama Iwao was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese field marshal and statesman who played key leadership roles in Japan’s early modern wars and military modernization.
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C.
Hyakutake Yuji
Hyakutake Yuji is a Japanese amateur astronomer best known for discovering Comet Hyakutake, one of the brightest and most widely observed comets of the 20th century.
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D.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Senichi Hoshino
Senichi Hoshino was a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former pitcher, best known for revitalizing multiple Nippon Professional Baseball teams and leading them to championship success.
- 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: Akira Mutō Target entity description: Akira Mutō was a Japanese Imperial Army general during World War II who was convicted as a Class A war criminal for his role in atrocities committed by Japanese forces.
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A.
Makoto Uchida
Makoto Uchida is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co.
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B.
Ōyama Iwao
Ōyama Iwao was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese field marshal and statesman who played key leadership roles in Japan’s early modern wars and military modernization.
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C.
Hyakutake Yuji
Hyakutake Yuji is a Japanese amateur astronomer best known for discovering Comet Hyakutake, one of the brightest and most widely observed comets of the 20th century.
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D.
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his work on CP violation in the Standard Model, for which he shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Senichi Hoshino
Senichi Hoshino was a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former pitcher, best known for revitalizing multiple Nippon Professional Baseball teams and leading them to championship success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army officer
ⓘ
Japanese general ⓘ convicted war criminal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInService | World War II era ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| charge | Class A war crimes ⓘ |
| conflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War
ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
World War II ⓘ |
| convictedBy | International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| era |
Shōwa period
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
|
| hasRole |
senior commander in Japanese operations in the Philippines
ⓘ
senior staff officer in Japanese operations in China ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | convicted ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being convicted as a Class A war criminal
ⓘ
role in atrocities committed by Japanese forces during World War II ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Japanese military campaigns in East Asia ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf |
atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war
ⓘ
war crimes in the Philippines ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief of staff of the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
ⓘ
general in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ staff officer in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| punishment | death sentence ⓘ |
| subjectOf | International Military Tribunal for the Far East proceedings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Akira Mutō Description of subject: Akira Mutō was a Japanese Imperial Army general during World War II who was convicted as a Class A war criminal for his role in atrocities committed by Japanese forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Akira Mutō