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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure) GSS (talk|c|em) 09:40, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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References here consist of the artist's own biography and a series of dead Internet links. A web search shows Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, SoundCloud, and other sites that are promotional. I was not able to find substantive discussion in independent reliable verifiable sources in English-- If they exist in Japanese, we need someone who speaks Japanese who can find them. Right now, this article looks like a promotional piece for the artist. Am not certain she qualifies under WP:MUSICIAN or not. Bindle-stiff (talk) 13:02, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep -- Easily, overwhelmingly, meets WP:BAND criterion 2: "Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart." For instance she had two albums on the Billboard Japan Chart for August 14, 2004, both a song and an album on the Billboard Japan chart for November 1, 2000, and so on. Check this GBooks search for multiple other instances of her charting. Note also that Billboard Japan is an approved chart for notability considerations. This is an extraordinarily irresponsible nomination, a failure of WP:BEFORE, and a radical misunderstanding of WP:ARTN given the nom's reliance on the state of the sources in the article. I'ts especially bad given that nom states explicitly that they aren't sure if she satisfies the relevant notability guideline. If you're not sure, don't nominate. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 14:34, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Would have been nice if the article mentioned either of the Billboard achievements, I didn't catch those in my search. I did a basic search on her and it did not turn up the Billboard stuff. My bad. But maybe it isn't so deeply irresponsible for me to nominate it for deletion given what I did find and the paucity of references given in the current article. That is why we get to have this debate, to clarify whether or not the subject really is notable. Thank you for clarifying. Mr. IP-address. Bindle-stiff (talk) 10:03, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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