Talk:Hitomi Tohyama

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• ... that Hitomi Tohyama, originally frustrated with having to perform in Japanese, was singing in that language "more than half the time" by 1988? Source: 彼女は日本語で歌わなくてはならないことが不満だったし、いつか有名になって思うとおりの歌を歌いたいと望んでいた――もちろん、英語で。...そして今なお日本語で歌っており、半分以上はそうだ。/She was unhappy about having to sing in Japanese, and hoped to one day be famous and be able to sing the way she wanted—in English, of course. ... And [in 1988] she still sings in Japanese, more than half the time.
  • ALT1: ... that Hitomi Tohyama, raised primarily in an English-speaking environment, did not learn Japanese until she began performing professionally in Japan? Source: 沖縄のときからずっとアメリカンスクール。英語でしか生活してないの。... だけど兼松さんに、ここは日本だから日本語が歌えるようにならないとダメ、って言われたの。英語はいつでもできるからまず日本語。綺麗な日本語で、どんなうるさいライヴハウスでも言葉をちゃんと聞き取れるように、そういう訓練はされたかな。/I went to American school ever since I was in Okinawa. I've only ever lived in the English language. ... But Kanematsu told me that since this was Japan, I had to be able to sing in Japanese. I can always speak English, so Japanese came first. I think I was trained to speak beautiful Japanese so that my words could be clearly heard even in the noisiest live music venues.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bhupendra Silwal

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 95 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 18:02, 6 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

• Page is long enough and was moved to mainspace recently enough. A review has been done (although that other submitter has not yet responded to feedback, I think it still counts as a QPQ). WP:EARWIG finds no copyvio. I cannot read Japanese, but Google Translate indicates that the listed sources support the hooks. I personally think ALT1 is the more interesting of the two. Looks good! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 22:11, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]