Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Princess Kaoru Nakamaru
but with the proviso that "Princess" be dropped). This was no guessing game. Third party references exist. If people are still not satisfied, please do this http://ci.nii.ac.jp/search?q=中丸薫 search. This is a keyword search for her name at CiNii, the periodical index put together by the National Institute of Informatics, a government sponsored agency. This only covers mainstream, mostly intellectual periodicals and comes up with 28 hits, mostly articles by her in major magazines like Bungei Shunju, but also including several articles on her in journals like Shukan Shincho. I also did a Magazine Plus search and came up with 40 hits, including more in magazines like Shincho 45 about her. Given her recent loonyness, and the fact that she was a TV personality, one would expect that she would be covered more in the popular press, which are less covered by these databases. If people want, I can go to the library and search the Oya Soichi Bunko index, the main index for popular periodicals in Japan. JFHJr does pose important questions about the problems of judging the notability of journalists. I would suggest in this case treating her not only as a journalist, but as a TV personality (her main claim to fame was her interview TV shows), in which case  might be relevant. Japan, after all, tends to turn many people into "tarento". In that case, criterion 1 might be applicable: "Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions." Given that she has hosted multiple national TV shows, that might fit here
— User:Michitaro, 12:41, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ENT (Wikipedia:Notability)