Mothra

kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1961 film Mothra
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Mothra
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Mothra

Summary

Mothra is a fictional butterfly[1]. Mothra draws 715 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_butterfly category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mothra is the creator of Nakamura Shinichiro[3].
  • Mothra is the creator of Yoshie Hotta[4].
  • Mothra's image is recorded as Mosura trailer - Mothra flying.png[5].
  • Mothra's instance of is recorded as fictional butterfly[6].
  • Mothra's instance of is recorded as fictional deity[7].
  • Mothra's instance of is recorded as film character[8].
  • Mothra's instance of is recorded as movie monster[9].
  • Mothra's performer is recorded as Haruo Nakajima[10].
  • Mothra's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2011006148[11].
  • Mothra's Commons category is recorded as Mothra[12].
  • Mothra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01s11s[13].
  • Mothra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mothra[14].
  • Mothra's present in work is recorded as Godzilla[15].
  • Mothra's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as モスラ[16].
  • Mothra's enemy is recorded as King Ghidorah[17].
  • Mothra's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007577154205171[18].
  • Mothra's media franchise is recorded as Godzilla[19].
  • Mothra's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 모스라[20].
  • Mothra's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as モスラ[21].
  • Mothra's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/cb570674-3e15-441f-b9ed-7485efbba70f[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

Created works include Nakamura Shinichiro[3], a writer[23], 1918–1997[24], of Japan[25], awarded the Mainichi Publication Culture Award[26] and Yoshie Hotta[4], a novelist[27], 1918–1998[28], of Japan[29], awarded the Akutagawa Prize[30]. Things named for Mothra include Pleomothra[31], a taxon[32].

Why It Matters

Mothra draws 715 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_butterfly category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Mothra has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Mothra is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Mothra include Pleomothra[31], a taxon[32].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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