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ekiden

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ekiden

Summary

ekiden is a sports discipline[1]. ekiden draws 629 Wikipedia views per month (sports_discipline category, ranking #99 of 324).[2]

Key Facts

  • ekiden is in the country of Japan[3].
  • ekiden's instance of is recorded as sports discipline[4].
  • ekiden is a type of track relay race[5].
  • ekiden is a type of road running[6].
  • ekiden is a type of marathon[7].
  • ekiden's Commons category is recorded as Ekiden[8].
  • ekiden's sport is recorded as athletics[9].
  • ekiden's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ekiden[10].
  • ekiden's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '駅伝競走'}[11].
  • ekiden's different from is recorded as post-horses[12].
  • ekiden's practiced by is recorded as Q137157950[13].

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Definition and Type

ekiden's instance of is recorded as sports discipline[4]. Recorded subclass of include track relay race[5], road running[6], and marathon[7].

Why It Matters

ekiden draws 629 Wikipedia views per month (sports_discipline category, ranking #99 of 324).[2] ekiden has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] ekiden is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Sport → athletics
    Instance of → sports discipline
    Practiced by → Q137157950
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007407419005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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