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The result was delete. — Cryptic 05:00, 26 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ENTERTAINER. This emerging actor has had one very minor (un-named) part in an Oscar-nominated film, and has not yet received any in-depth third-party coverage, so the article relies only on primary sources. The fact that this and the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article (already nominated for deletion for the same notability reasons) were both created by the same WP:SPA may also mean that there are self-promotional or conflict of interest issues. -- DAJF ( talk) 14:00, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. DAJF ( talk) 14:08, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. NORTH AMERICA ¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete ja:伊藤晃 (俳優) is created by the same user one day prior to this, and is also in AfD ( Wikipedia:削除依頼/伊藤晃_(俳優)). It features one more stage role in 2014 that I do not recognize myself but someone else might. It also uses more sources (numerically), but not adding much to notability with only IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and personal blogs, and not mentioned at all in Telegraph and WSJ sources. 野狼院ひさし _{Hisashi Yarouin} 14:57, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete: Per nom, only coverage in WP:RS I could find was only brief mentions.-- Crystallizedcarbon ( talk) 15:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply
• Keep: Birdman is not only an "Oscar-nominated film," it's nominated and won hundreds of awards all over the world.-- Fatwitchnewyork ( talk) 16:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Notability is not necessarily inherited, especially when Ito stars an unnamed and minor role in that film. Again referring to WP:NACTOR, notability is established for having "significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions." 野狼院ひさし _{Hisashi Yarouin} 04:09, 19 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Ito seems to have played "significant roles" in "multiple" notable stage performances.-- Fatwitchnewyork ( talk) 04:57, 19 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  It's hard to help when most of the sources (4 and 6-11) don't even mention him by name. 3 and 5 have him in primary-source cast listings, only proving existence but not giving notability to the actor. 野狼院ひさし _{Hisashi Yarouin} 14:23, 19 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete. A search in English did not produce any significant independent RS, and neither did one in Japanese. One may be able to establish that he has appeared in multiple stage performances by using non-independent sources, but since I cannot find any independent RS that discuss his role in those performances in any significant way, there seems to be insufficient evidence that his roles were major and/or that the theatrical pieces were notable. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. Michitaro ( talk) 20:29, 25 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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