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Matthew Chozick

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Non notable filmmaker / actor. No notable productions as filmmaker. No good roles for NACTOR. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. A few lines in Variety is not enough. Awards are not major. Just showing at festivals is not notable. Sockfarm creation. Prod removed cause it's apparently Anglocentric to nominated an article on an Anglo for deletion. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:00, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Japan, and Connecticut. Shellwood (talk) 11:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 03:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: On one hand, I hate sock farms, but on the other hand, he didn't merely show up but won something. I'm always "torn" about how to !vote in such situations. Discuss. Bearian (talk) 18:47, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He has appeared in a major role on one of Japan’s highest-rated television programs for over a decade, which is a marker of notability among others. If you don’t read Japanese, it may be difficult to understand that the subject is a foreign figure who is well-known in Japan, hosting television programs and receiving coverage in major newspapers and magazines. For those interested in understanding Japanese entertainment and media in English, preserving articles like this adds depth and cultural diversity to Wikipedia. In addition to Variety, he has also been featured in Time Out and a few other English-language publications, but there is much more in Japanese. Wata78 (talk) 17:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wata78, I don't see any sources in the Japanese Wikipedia article. If you know of sources in Japanese, please could you post links here? RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:23, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RebeccaGreen Thank you. I will post a few Japanese sources here. Maybe they're helpful?

Independent reporting in Aera_(magazine): https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/2444?page=1

Independent review of his book in Bookstand and its promotional comment from Nicolas Cage: https://bookstand.webdoku.jp/news/2019/03/07/120000.html

Recent MSN News article on his TV show (June 16, 2025): https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/entertainment/2025%E5%B9%B46%E6%9C%8816%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8B%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%88%E3%81%AF-%E6%A2%85%E9%9B%A8%E3%82%92%E5%90%B9%E3%81%A3%E9%A3%9B%E3%81%B0%E3%81%9B-%E6%B0%97%E5%88%86%E7%88%BD%E5%BF%AB-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8B%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%88-%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%81%A8%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%98%A0%E5%83%8F%E5%A4%A7%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB/ar-AA1GmBgh

News coverage in Natalie (website) for short movie Toshie the Nihilist] : https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/535713

Real Sound reporting on Sony Pictures event: https://realsound.jp/tech/2023/12/post-1510660.html

Nikkan Sports reporting: https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202308080001093.html

More Nikkan Sports reporting: https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202308090000475.html

Cinefil reporting: https://cinefil.tokyo/_ct/17645878

FM Yokohama coverage: https://tresen.fmyokohama.jp/38119/

Stereo Sound reporting: https://online.stereosound.co.jp/_ct/17670796

Information in English about his book translation: https://kyokoyoshida.net/archives/60

Tokyo MX article: https://s.mxtv.jp/tokyomxplus/mx/article/201910010650/detail/

Radio DMT: https://radio-dtm.jp/page/?p=7633 Wata78 (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:55, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Liz. I’ve made a few improvements to the page and added some important missing information, such as the Galaxy Award (Japan) for television work. Wata78 (talk) 04:08, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Would like to see more feedback from editors and a review of sources. I assume User:Wata78 is arguing for a Keep.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:55, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, this is a page that I wouldn't have considered nominating myself but now that I am looking through the sourcing it seems quite thin. He has appeared in a major role on one of Japan’s highest-rated television programs for over a decade, which is a marker of notability among others @User:Wata78 do you have a source for this? especially calling his role major? From what I saw in my investigations he appears to often be a guest on shows, but that is very different.

Looking at some of your sources:

MSN: he is listed as Agent but no other context about what he did.

Radio DMT: Some book blurbs and a short biographical paragraph.

Tokyo MX: A standard "ask a foreigner's opinion" article that mentions his opinion but is not significant coverage of him.

FMYokohama: Pretty thin article.

I have further comments on the other AfD about other sources in the context of the short film. WP:BIO#Basic Criteria does say "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" so I am not fully committed on a decision of what to do with this article. Moritoriko (talk) 03:04, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Moritoriko, thanks. Yes, the Wikipedia quote in green is indisputable if you're familiar with the Japanese media. For over a decade he has been on the huge Nippon Television program "Sekai Maru Mie" in a prominent role on hundreds of episodes (credited as such on the show and Nippon Television website). His job is to introduce TV shows on the program (and that's central since it is a show about shows, which he leads). I’ll share some information in English below from Tokyo media to help provide a clearer context, since the translation tools don’t seem to be conveying an accurate picture to you. A lot of your descriptions (like with the Tokyo MX piece) are not correct. That article is reporting about something he said on a TV news show.

Metropolis

Experience Suginami, Tokyo Government Tourism Page

What I Use To Study Japanese - Matthew Chozick How a TV star in Japan studies Japanese

Time Out Tokyo

Podcast talk in English Wata78 (talk) 15:04, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't need you to say it, I need a reliable source to say it.

And no, I read the TokyoMX piece, I know that it is just asking his opinion, it is not talking about him in an in-depth independent manner.

The rest of the sources you shared just now are also interesting but they are all interviews which are contentious in establishing notability because they aren't independent since so much of the content is from the horse's own mouth.

Moritoriko (talk) 15:43, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean, but before each of those interview articles is a paragraph of context in English. None of it is from the horse's mouth. It all says the same thing about his TV work. It is not controversial.

The TV shows credit him on official network websites like this one and this one. Ratings for episodes are online. Here is a rating for a "Sekai Maru Mie" episode that received 17.1%. That is bigger than Sunday Night Football or American Idol in the US.

Since "multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" this seems like an easy Keep. Wata78 (talk) 16:39, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per above discussion. Bearian (talk) 00:59, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]