Talk:Momoko Seto

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:10, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Momoko Seto studied at Human Academy? Source: (search for the mention of "瀬戸 桃子")
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Conrad (raccoon)
  • Comment: Another possible hook could be about the radio DJ angle, but I'm not sure how to word it. The hook could work either as a quirky or even for DYKAPRIL, but I will leave it to the reviewer. Thanks to Finnfrog99 for the fact suggestion.

Created by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 126 past nominations.

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:18, 17 April 2026 (UTC).

• Narutolovehinata5: Article is long enough and new enough. Copyvio Detector comes back clear (noting that several sources are in Japanese and thus not able to be scanned). I cannot tell if the Japanese sources are reliable (some appear to be primary sources). I'm happy to assume good faith but I'd appreciate some commentary on how these sources are viewed within the anime world. Note that the final clause of the "Biography" section is missing a citation. Hook is in the article and appropriately cited. However, I think a completely new hook is needed. Is "Human Academy" something well-known within the anime or voice acting world? I'd never heard of it or the subject and the hook is completely inscrutable to me. I initially thought that perhaps the subject was a robot or some kind of vtuber and that's why it would be funny to attend "Human Academy", but that's not the case. (Plus, if anyone reading the hook is curious about Human Academy, the article provides no further information and we have no article on the subject so there's no reward for clicking for that reason.) Basically, I think this hook is far from meeting WP:DYKINT. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:16, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971: Fair, I wasn't sure if that angle was going to work out anyway. Here's an attempt at the radio DJ angle, though let me know if it needs rewriting:

ALT1 ... that Momoko Seto told her parents she was aiming to be a radio DJ rather than a voice actress?

ALT2 ... that Momoko Seto was cast in her first voice acting role after only four months of training?

For what it's worth, the article does briefly mention what Human Academy is (it's an acting training school). Let me know if ALT1 needs more context or clauses, as it was intended to be more of a starting point rather than a final hook. If neither of these options work, I will have to withdraw as there's not much else I can use in the article or find. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:27, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Narutolovehinata5, ALT2 is the more interesting of this set, but the machine translation I'm using for the source doesn't express the *only* four months concept -- that is, it doesn't imply, like the hook does, that it would unusual to get a role four months after beginning training. Being unfamiliar with practices and patterns in voice acting and anime, I do not know if that's a short time or not, and the source doesn't seem to say. Or perhaps this comes across differently to an actual speaker versus someone using machine translation; if so, please provide a translation of the relevant passage. P.S. Can you comment on the reliability of the Japanese-language sources used? Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:34, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971: Seigura.com is a voice acting industry online magazine that features interviews and news about Japanese voice actors. The Japanese Wikipedia (which I partially used as a source) uses the site as a source not just for Seto's article but for voice actor articles in general. I've also used it in other articles no issue. Given the nature of interviews, they are mainly useful as information sources rather than establishing notability (though she would meet notability guidelines as she had multiple singles chart on Oricon, Japan's main music chart). The relevant part of the interview is this:

スクールに入ってから４カ月ほどでオーディションを受けたのですけど、不思議と自信がありました。もちろん緊張はしていたのですが、それ以上に「自分の力を発揮できるチャンスだ」という気持ちのほうが大きかったです。これまで積み重ねてきた努力があったからこそ、緊張よりも楽しさが勝っていたのだと思いますし、その経験を通して、あらためて努力の大切さを実感しました。自分にとって、初めてのオーディションだったのですが、なぜか「もう何度も経験しているような感覚」がありました。

Admittedly my level of Japanese is relatively basic and I had to rely on a machine translation to understand, although it should largely be accurate. If you want, I can ask for help from Miraclepine, another DYK regular active in Japanese media articles, to help with either the article or the hook. As I understand it, it is indeed quite unusual to get a named role that quickly after starting training: usually trainees take at least a year before they start appearing in anime, and even then, usually they start out with background roles. She went directly to a supporting role, which is more unusual (I've also seen cases of newbie voice actors going straight to main or even lead roles, and that is even more unusual). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:46, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the discussion of sources. I'd love to have a source that provides in the article the helpful context you shared on the rarity of Seto's career path. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:48, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Okay, I found the relevant quote in the Seigura source as WP:DYKV requires (again, machine translation), with the bolded parts for context:

Japanese:

[Interviewer]: ──そのスクールの在校生を対象に『ライアー・ライアー』のオーディションが行われたことが、デビューのきっかけになったんですよね？

[Seto]: スクールに入ってから４カ月ほどでオーディションを受けたのですけど、不思議と自信がありました。 ... 自分にとって、初めてのオーディションだったのですが、なぜか「もう何度も経験しているような感覚」がありました。

[Interviewer]: 合格を聞いた時のことは覚えていますか？

[Seto]: 東京から埼玉へ戻る途中で「結果が出ましたよ」と連絡を頂いたんです。あまりにも早かったので、「これは落ちたかな……」と思っていて。電車を降りてからあらためて結果を聞いたら「合格です」と言われました。当時は、自分のやってきたことを認めてもらえたようで、とてもうれしかったですね。ですが、そこがようやくスタートラインに立てた瞬間というか、初めて靴を履けたような感覚でした。

English:

[Interviewer]: So, the audition for Liar, Liar—held specifically for students enrolled at that school—was what sparked your debut, right?

[Seto]: I took the audition only about four months after joining the school, yet strangely enough, I felt confident. ... It was actually my very first audition, but for some reason, I had this sensation—almost as if I had already gone through the experience countless times before.

[Interviewer]: Do you remember the moment you heard you had passed?

[Seto]: I received a message saying, "The results are out," while I was on my way back to Saitama from Tokyo. It came so quickly that I actually thought to myself, "I bet I failed..." But after I got off the train and asked for the results properly, I was told, "You passed." At the time, I was absolutely overjoyed—it felt as though everything I had worked for had finally been recognized. Yet, in a way, that moment felt less like the finish line and more like the starting line—or perhaps, like the very first moment I was finally able to lace up my shoes.

@Dclemens1971: What do you think? ミラP@Miraclepine 23:21, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Miraclepine: Thanks for this translation/analysis. I think this supports the "only" angle in ALT2, so I'm willing to approve it -- once a source is added to the end of the final graf of the bio section Narutolovehinata5. Dclemens1971 (talk) 11:07, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Additional note: do we need to rework the hook since everything in it is sourced to her own statements? Something like ALT2a ... that Momoko Seto said she received her first voice acting role after only four months of training? Dclemens1971 (talk) 11:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971: I've added a reference that confirms the multiple songs thing. I'll leave it to you on whether or not we go with ALT2 or ALT2a. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:23, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Approving ALT2 and ALT2a and will leave the choice to the promoter to determine the best balance of DYKINT and attribution. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)