The short answer: No. The long answer: Possibly, but only if you abandon standard search methods.
And in that sense, the link is always alive. You just have to know where to look. Do you have a working Maki Tomoda link? Historians of lost media are waiting. Contact the Lost Media Wiki or join the search thread on r/MakiTomoda. The fish may yet return to the river. maki tomoda link
The author, Dr. Yuki Harada, suggests: "The 'Maki Tomoda link' functions as a placeholder for ephemeral nostalgia. Participants in the search are not actually seeking a video of a minor idol. They are seeking the feeling of searching—the camaraderie of dead ends, the thrill of a 404 error that once was a 200 OK. The link is a shared delusion that offers more meaning than the content ever could." The short answer: No