Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naoko Hayashiba
I was in Japan when the shogi scandal occurred in 1995 and she was all over the papers. None of that is on the net now, but the CiNii database shows some 45 magazine articles on and by her in major weekly magazines, etc. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/search?q=%E6%9E%97%E8%91%89%E7%9B%B4%E5%AD%90&range=0&count=20&sortorder=1&type=0. A quick search of the net shows that she still appears in the major press for various reasons, recently apparently for health problems: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1557781.html, http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/02/21/kiji/K20140221007634610.html, http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20140221/enn1402211153012-n1.htm, http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1545749.html, http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2015/09/29/0008440553.shtml, http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2015/12/29/0008684020.shtml, http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/09/29/kiji/K20150929011227870.html, http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20150128-1427382.html, etc. The fact she got this much press just for getting sick indicates how much she is a celebrity still garnering much press attention. Easily passes 
— User:Michitaro, 04:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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