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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:46, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kotaro Kume (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Unquestionably fails WP:SPORTCRIT by a large margin. Never played a single league match above the fourth tier in Japan. Kept before for reasons that are no longer valid; for appearing in a single cup match - the guidelines that were applied no longer exist. As Kotaro Kume barely had any football career, there is no significant coverage either. The Japanese Wikipedia is filled with primary routine sources and a Gekisaka match report from an adolescents' game. Geschichte (talk) 06:15, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Japan. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:38, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 10:43, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. GiantSnowman 10:47, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Fails GNG. – RossEvans19 (talk) 14:16, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Coverage simply routine such as [1] from Sankei Sports Rollinginhisgrave (talk | contributions) 05:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. JP google news yields nothing (No result). I only found just these articles from Gekisaka. 1, 2. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 03:55, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all of the above. This part of his career is probably over even if football/soccer is for life. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:24, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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