Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minami Minegishi (2nd nomination)
User who brought this AfD has turned a number of articles on individual AKB48 members into redirects. I will not judge whether this user is biased again this or any other pop group, but the statement "I think we're forgetting that this is an industry and that the "characters" in those bands are just that, characters, who can be exchanged from one day to the next" indicates a personal opinion that, while some may share, is irrelevant to this AfD because it is only a subjective opinion. Even "characters" one personally thinks are "exchangeable" are notable as long as they pass , which demands more objective criteria. As I noted with the Mariko Shinoda AfD, it is true there is a legitimate argument that of the 100s of members of AKB and its sister groups, the vast majority do not deserve their own articles. Notability is not inherited. But it is basic to not only the AKB marketing strategy but also of many other talent agencies like Johnny's to create individual notability for the major members by having them appear in different musical groups, appear individually on TV, have individual contracts to do TV CMs, etc. So it is not the case that all AKB members are only notable because of AKB. Each must be judged individually. Even before her scandal, Minegishi was active in multiple groups/bands (indicating her notability was not solely derived from AKB), appeared in TV commercials by herself (http://eiga.com/news/20110906/14/), and was a regular on TV shows by herself (http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0035808). Then there was the scandal. True, this was a scandal, but it was reported by the media not just because it was a scandal, but because it was perceived to be emblematic of the Japanese idol system (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/02/01/music/akb48-members-penance-shows-flaws-in-idol-culture/, http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/8/3967268/akb48-minami-minegishi-how-a-j-pop-cult-took-over-japan, etc.), . Perhaps ironically, Minegishi came to represent something more than AKB. Infamy is still fame, and passes 
— User:Michitaro, 21:33, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)