Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ikue Kimura

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The result was delete. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:24, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ikue Kimura

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I'm struggling to see evidence of notability. Taking the list of roles on Ja.wiki (and others), she has one main role in Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School and that seems to be it. With the exception of a minor role in Full Metal Panic, the articles for other shows she appeared in don't even list her roles amongst the characters. When the article is claiming she is best known for that FMP role I think it's clear there isn't much hope here. SephyTheThird (talk) 21:41, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Voice actress who had only a few secondary roles. Fails WP:ACTOR. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 23:33, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak delete Kyoko is a major/main character in Full Metal Panic (Kaname's best friend), but I don't know about Cole in Kiddy Grade as he is classified as a minor character. Samurai Girl is of course title character, but yeah, I don't see much to write about the actor. As JP wikipedia has a stub level article, I'd tend towards deleting this.AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 07:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

When considering the nomination, Kyoko was the deciding factor. She gets a decent amount of screentime but she doesn't have a plot role and doesnt really do anything different to the other school characters. I would say the series only has three main roles across all 3 existing shows and those are Kaname, Sagara and Tessa (setting aside the bad guys from each individual series). Unless I'm missing something?SephyTheThird (talk) 15:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I forgot about Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber; those are more major ones to share the spotlight with Kaname and Sousuke for the FMP series. But in the FMP Fumoffu series where it focuses on the school, she's a main along with Mizuki and Ren [1]. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:19, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add that she has roles in some idol anime and promotion called Kira Kira Melody Gakuen and the group Lalalu. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:19, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It seems that this singer has some relevance. It would be a shame to lose out on some information that someone might find useful some time down the line. I also don't understand why it needs to be deleted. Stubs can be worked upon. -Arkhaminsanity (talk) 14:50, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How is she as a singer notable? She sang the track on the one anime show she is the title character for, but doesn't have any stuff listed in Oricon for singles [2] or albums. [3] But her media regarding video boxsets and character stuff for FMP and Samurai Girl is a maybe [4] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:24, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - I'm hesitant to !vote delete in this case as I have a soft-spot for Japanese voice actors, and I acknowledge that it's possible that some offline coverage may exist for her. However, it appears that she only really had one, maybe two notable roles, and significant reliable coverage, at least online, simply does not appear to exist for her. If her role in FMP was more notable, I would have suggested a redirect to the List of Full Metal Panic characters, but no. Another possibility would be a redirect to Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School, but given that show's age and the circumstances, I have doubts on redirecting could be a viable option. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 09:22, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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