Kaoru Mitoma

Kaoru Mitoma, born on May 20, 1997, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger. (Kaoru Mitoma)

At the age of 10, he joined the Kawasaki Frontale youth academy. At 18, he chose to attend Tsukuba University instead of directly joining the first team, where he played for the university te

In August 2021, he signed with Brighton, and was loaned to Union SG in Belgium for his first year. In the 2022-23 season, he emerged as a key player, scoring more Premier League goals in a si

He was selected for the Japan men's national football team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was first called up to the Japan national team in November 2021. He was included in the 26-man squad