Deletion of Akira Komatsu

Comment: changed from delete) – Still really borderline in my opinion. ''But'' Sports Nippon is an RS; their 2016 article as I said above is mostly about the high school goal and has very little about the rest of his career. Now I see the Asahi Shimbun 2018 article Nfitz posted https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLD7644DLD7UTQP026.html; that's also an RS, and again much of the article is about his high school goal, but it does have more about his career than the Sports Nippon article, and it was written in 2018. This https://kisocook.com/komatsuakira-4668 Kisocook.com (aka cococom.com) article is very in-depth, but it doesn't seem like it's an RS. I can't find any information about that website or its editorial oversight, but then I don't speak Japanese. Still, that's two sources (Sports Nippon and Asahi) that are definitely RS and have more than 500 words about the subject, albeit mostly about the high school goal. If Kisocook.com were an RS, then that'd be a clear GNG source. The coverage overall seems to meet  and , which mitigates  concerns for me. Nfitz has a point that–hey, they're still talking about his 50m shot in the high school championship, 40 years later. That does kind of show some lasting notability, can't deny it. I think it's weak evidence on GNG itself, but Tie goes to the runner|tie goes to the |HEY, so changing my !vote from delete to weak keep with thanks to Nfitz for improving the article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SUSTAINED||WP:AUD||WP:BLP1E||WP:HEY)

Comment: Looking at the article, I feel like the article would indeed fail  as the Japan Soccer League during that time wasn't a professional league which is a part of the criteria for the guideline. So by virtual of that, I would vote to delete
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY)

Comment: Delete - After having a look at the sources listed by others, and looking over the sources listed in the Japanese article, I have to agree that it doesn't pass the bar of GNG. Not enough significant coverage in those sources about him specifically. Not sure how Japan-wiki does notability, but if he doesn't pass GNG, he doesn't pass GNG. The Ashai article is OK and Sports Nippon article is borderline at best, but they are at least reliable sources. Together they ''could'' be argued to meet the GNG, though barely. Honestly no idea on the reliability of the Kisocook source, but it is in depth. There seems to be a reasonable likelihood that the guy also featured in a TV show on Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS, though this isn't really confirmed. Honestly on balance I'm willing to swap to keep per . The article has been improved and there is verifiable info contained therein. The wiki is better with this article than without it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard (WP:HEY)

Comment: per rationale provided by {{ping|HawkAussie}} & {{ping|Insertcleverphrasehere}}. Fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY)