Yoshio Yoda
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Yoshio Yoda was a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Fuji Kobiaji on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoshio Yoda canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7354380 — 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: Yoshio Yoda Context triple: [The Horizontal Lieutenant, castMember, Yoshio Yoda]
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A.
Hondo Ohnaka
Hondo Ohnaka is a roguish Weequay pirate and charming scoundrel in the Star Wars universe, known for his opportunistic alliances and humorous, self-serving antics.
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B.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
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C.
Nagahiro Minato
Nagahiro Minato is a Japanese medical scientist and academic administrator who has served as president of Kyoto University.
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D.
Cosmo Hoshimaru
Cosmo Hoshimaru is a futuristic, childlike space-themed character created as the official mascot for the 1985 World Exposition in Tsukuba, Japan.
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E.
Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the PD-1 protein, which led to groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy treatments.
- 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: Yoshio Yoda Target entity description: Yoshio Yoda was a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Fuji Kobiaji on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
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A.
Hondo Ohnaka
Hondo Ohnaka is a roguish Weequay pirate and charming scoundrel in the Star Wars universe, known for his opportunistic alliances and humorous, self-serving antics.
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B.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
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C.
Nagahiro Minato
Nagahiro Minato is a Japanese medical scientist and academic administrator who has served as president of Kyoto University.
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D.
Cosmo Hoshimaru
Cosmo Hoshimaru is a futuristic, childlike space-themed character created as the official mascot for the 1985 World Exposition in Tsukuba, Japan.
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E.
Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the PD-1 protein, which led to groundbreaking cancer immunotherapy treatments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese-American person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInActing | 1962–1965 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
McHale's Navy (1964 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
McHale's Navy
McHale's Navy (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
McHale's Navy
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Fuji Kobiaji ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-03-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| employer |
McHale's Navy television series
ⓘ
linked to:
McHale's Navy
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese American ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | cinema ⓘ |
| genre | television comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor | role of Fuji Kobiaji on McHale's Navy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese-American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
McHale's Navy
ⓘ
McHale's Navy (film) ⓘ
linked to:
McHale's Navy
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
business executive ⓘ corporate executive in Hawaii ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of McHale's Navy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Kobe
|
| placeOfDeath | Fullerton, California, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedBranchOfMilitary |
Imperial Japanese Navy (fictionalized)
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| portrayedMilitaryRole | Japanese prisoner of war ⓘ |
| residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| televisionDebut | McHale's Navy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yoshio Yoda Description of subject: Yoshio Yoda was a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Fuji Kobiaji on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
Referenced by (2)
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