Hideo Ohno
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Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hideo | 1 |
| Hideo Ohno canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T424022 — 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: Hideo Ohno Context triple: [Tohoku University, hasRector, Hideo Ohno]
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A.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Masayoshi Ōhira
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
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D.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
- 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: Hideo Ohno Target entity description: Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
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A.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Masayoshi Ōhira
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
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D.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese person
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academic ⓘ physicist ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IEEE David Sarnoff Award
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ISCS Welker Award ⓘ Japan Academy Prize ⓘ Magnetism Award of the IEEE Magnetics Society ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate in Physics ⓘ |
| citizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer | Tohoku University ⓘ |
| familyName | Ohno ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
magnetic semiconductors
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magnetism ⓘ materials science ⓘ physics ⓘ semiconductor physics ⓘ spintronics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Hideo
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linked to:
Hideo Ohno
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| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | development of spin-based electronics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
IEEE
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Physical Society of Japan ⓘ The Japan Academy ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Academy
Tohoku University ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to information storage technologies based on spintronics
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pioneering work in spintronics ⓘ research on (Ga,Mn)As diluted magnetic semiconductors ⓘ research on ferromagnetic semiconductors ⓘ |
| notableWork | demonstration of ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As at relatively high temperatures ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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researcher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of Tohoku University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
magnetic semiconductors
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semiconductor spintronics ⓘ spintronics devices ⓘ |
| workLocation | Sendai ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hideo Ohno Description of subject: Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hideo Ohno