Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shigefumi Hino (2nd nomination)
he was the co-creator of the "Yoshi" character, although don't ask me what that is. What I do know is there are dozens of Gnews sources and many mentions in books of this fact. He has therefore met both things mentioned in  part 3" "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work." if a German news site thinks enough of their creation to https://apps.derstandard.de/privacywall/story/2000065015570/nintendo-bestaetigt-super-mario-schlug-yoshi-urspruenglich-ins-gesicht translate an article about it into German (also mentioning the article subject), the "work" is well-known. The coverage is also in multiple languages; Belgian news site lesoir.be says "Créé par Shigefumi Hino, le gentil dinosaure prénommé Yoshi était une brave bête qui a conquis le cœur de bon nombre de joueurs." I don't read Thai, but https://www.beartai.com/article/game-article/352312 this quote tells me that a Thai news site also knows who Hino is: "หรือเป็นเพียงแค่การชี้นิ้วสั่งแบบในหนังสือคู่มือที่ถูกวาดออกมา เพราะเมื่อเราดูในเกมแล้วมันเหมือนเอามือทุบหัวมากกว่า ซึ่งก็มีคนสงสัยเรื่องนี้ได้ถามไปยัง Shigefumi Hino คนออกแบบตัวละครในเกม Super Mario World ที่ได้ออกมาเปิดเผยว่า สิ่งที่เขาคิดตอนออกแบบเกมนั้น Mario ต้องทุบหัว Yoshi เพื่อให้มันแลบลิ้น". Italian media https://www.everyeye.it/articoli/speciale-yoshi-s-crafted-world-sulle-orme-del-dinosauro-nintendo-42773.html knows about him too: "All'atto pratico, Yoshi doveva essere una semplice cavalcatura utile a Mario per superare gli ostacoli più insidiosi; eppure, nell'originale design di '''Shigefumi Hino''' erano già racchiusi tutti i tratti che avrebbero poi reso quell'animaletto una mascotte formidabile."  The article may be lacking basic biographical facts and in-depth coverage about the actual life of the artist, but  #3 means that even those who keep their private lives hidden are notable, if they create a well-known body of work. I did add four sources to the article
— User:ThatMontrealIP, 03:00, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ARTIST (Wikipedia:Notability)