Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yumiko Kosaka

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The result was delete. The article's subject is found to lack notability. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:11, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yumiko Kosaka

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She sings in a few anime songs and has a profile in Oricon however there is little to no notability besides that she participated in that. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:01, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep She seems to satisfy WP:SINGER#5 by having two albums on a major record label, although I can't find any coverage in reliable sources to meet the general notability guidelines or to actually verify that. Opencooper (talk) 05:34, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(I've changed my !vote to a weak keep because in general she seems to meet criteria by both charting and having albums) Opencooper (talk) 14:12, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - While my search for reliable coverage was surprisingly empty, I suspect that, given she was mostly active in the 1990s, there could be offline coverage existing somewhere. She sang some anime theme songs, so that sure should have gotten at least some press at the time. Given that I have no access to Japanese offline sources, I'm not !voting on this one (although I'm leaning towards a keep, if only due to her having charting records), but I am pinging Michitaro, who seems to be an expert on these kinds of things. If offline coverage is found not to exist or is insignificant, I will !vote delete. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 14:56, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It would be sufficient to retain if she has charted in the 1990s for her work. She does appear in Oricon and CD Japan. Pinging Prosperosity AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:13, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It would solve things if we could prove she charted, but the main problem is that there are no reliable online sources of record charting in Japan before the 2000s that I know of. Oricon's database does not go back that far. There are sites like this that preserve some of the Oricon charts back into the 90s and 80s, but this one only gives the monthly rankings, not the weekly ones. Incidentally, she does not appear in the rankings for May, June or July 1993, which is when "Believe Me" (which was seemingly her biggest hit) was released. I can check Oya Soichi to see if she appeared much in the popular press in the 90s. Michitaro (talk) 06:08, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless better convincing coverage can be found as this is still questionable for the applicable notability. SwisterTwister talk 08:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Probably not notable but it pains me that now we're left with multiple mentions of her on the other articles, without links from there to her own article describing her career and other participations. I mentioned this on another AfD about a minor game developer as well. Only a few games under one's belt and without notability but still would be interesting seeing the career even if it's tiny. This isn't an argument but a rant. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 12:52, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Her single BELIEVE ME did not chart in the Oricon Top 30 Singles for the week of release [1], same for マスカレード [2], 永遠の孤独 [3] and REASON [4]. There is a tiny Mixi fan community for her [5] without her involvement, she was active for less than two years and only association with Tekkaman Blade keeps her name up for searches. Jun Kayama 05:55, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lacks WP:Notability from reliable sources. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:29, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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