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Tomotaka Okamoto

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Unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject of this BLP. A search using his Japanese name here was unsuccessful as was checking the foreign language Wikipedia pages on the subject. Do not believe the page meets GNG or MUSICBIO. J04n(talk page) 13:20, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 13:20, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 13:21, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 13:21, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

• Keep - First, Okamoto has charted, which satisfied #2 of WP:MUSICBIO: [1]. His top charting is #120 for a single, #100 for album, but this is the general music chart, and I assume is quite good for a classical music artist. Oricon also says that he has appeared on television 79 times in the last couple of years [2], and the home pages of some of these shows confirm this: [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] (the last a quite popular show). In terms of coverage, there are a number of articles on the net with significant coverage, including on Oricon, CD Journal (multiple articles), [9], [10], etc. And there is a book about him: [11] [12]. He is signed to a major label [13], and a major talent agency [14]. He has released more than two albums from Universal Music Japan, which satisfies #5 of WP:MUSICBIO [15]. And he has won an award: [16]. And he has done the theme song for a network TV show [17], which satisfies #10 of WP:MUSICBIO. I believe this is enough to satisfy notability criteria. Michitaro (talk) 15:32, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment I don't understand quite what the "Japanese search" above is, but if you just put 岡本知高 into Google (note no space needed), there is masses of obvious coverage. Imaginatorium (talk) 17:47, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
• Keep. Passes WP:MUSICBIO with flying colors. Google News is misleading because it is only limited to news articles (and so will not include things like books and charts) in the last 30 days. All a GNews search can really tell you is whether they've been in the news very recently. — Gwalla | Talk 18:30, 20 October 2014 (UTC)