A fact from Akari Akase appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that prior to starting her music career, Akari Akase was a popular cosplayer and TikToker, with more than 1.2 million subscribers?
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:29, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
... that prior to starting her music career, Akari Akase was a popular cosplayer and TikToker with over 1.2 million subscribers? Source: [1] (the whole article)
ALT1: ... that cosplayer and entertainer Akari Akase started her career after being scouted on TikTok and receiving a Twitter direct message? Source: [2] ("あかせ はい。でも、実は中学生の頃まで本気でプリキュアになりたかったんです。毎年、七夕の短冊に書いていて、いつか妖精が私を迎えに来てくれると思っていたら、いつの間にか高校生になってました（笑）。")
ALT2: ... that when she was in high school, cosplayer and entertainer Akari Akase served as her school's volleyball club manager? Source: [3] ("あかせ 男子バレー部のマネージャーをやってました。途中から女子マネは私ひとりになってしまったんですけど、練習の準備や雑用、あとは試合のときにお守りを作ったりとかしてました。")
New and long enough, within policy, QPQ done, hook facts check out via Google Translate. No copyvios possible from sources since they are in Japanese, and spot checks also reveal no copyvios from web. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 01:17, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
