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The result was keep. sufficient consensus DGG ( talk ) 03:01, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sayoko Hagiwara (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Nothing currently actually suggesting better for WP:ENTERTAINER and WP:GNG and there's simply nothing else convincing here, the Japanese Wiki also showed nothing else better. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment This may be one of those borderline cases. She apparently was a somewhat popular tokusatsu heroine in the 1980s, with a number of TV credits [1] and film credits [2] [3]. (Note she changed the kanji for her name at one point). She was then out of the business for about 20 years before returning in 2006. She apparently now is a regular presenter on TV shopping shows, but has appeared on some major variety shows [4]. There are a few pieces on her in the popular press that can be accessed now (or could be accessed at one point): [5], [6], [7]. She of course appears on fan sites like [8]. My feeling is that if we went back to the popular press in the 1980s, before the internet, we would find some more articles on her, possibly enough to pass WP:GNG. I'll see if Oya Soichi Bunko has anything. Michitaro (talk) 16:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No improvement in sight. The mentioned Japanese article is larger but doesn't have any sources either: [9]. If it were up to me I'd keep the article since she has credits in multiple articled productions, but alas that is not the Wikipedia way. However the Japanese Wikipedia article for her exists so if one wants to find information about her they can, with the help of some translation software. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 15:34, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep On second thought, after getting to know some of the roles, she does seem to have some amount of notability as the few roles were in quite popular shows. There doesn't seem to be mainstream English coverage but there does seem to be a niche English fanbase as well with unusable coverage, which is one of the notability criterias. This article has also been missing the {Expand Japanese} hatnote, as the Japanese article is much bigger even though apparently without citations as well. I think if it were slightly improved (more than I could, I mean) it'd look passable. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 00:53, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per User:Michitaro's analysis and sources. Mainly active in a pre-internet era, the subject appears to pass WP:ENT. An article such as [10] clearly suggests some notability and provides a reliable overview for her career. Cavarrone 08:27, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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