The native form of this personal name is Mitoma Kaoru. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Kaoru Mitoma 三笘 薫
Mitoma playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Kaoru Mitoma[1]
Date of birth
(1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth
Hita, Ōita, Japan[3]
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[4]
Position(s)
Left winger
Team information
Current team
Brighton & Hove Albion
Number
22
Youth career
2007–2015
Kawasaki Frontale
College career
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2016–2019
University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2018–2021
Kawasaki Frontale
50
(21)
2021–
Brighton & Hove Albion
52
(10)
2021–2022
→ Union SG (loan)
27
(7)
International career‡
2018
Japan U21
3
(1)
2017–2021
Japan U23
9
(4)
2021–
Japan
20
(7)
Medal record
Representing Japan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang
Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Kaoru Mitoma (三笘 薫, Mitoma Kaoru, born 20 May 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team.[5][6]
^"2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 16 September 2022. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^"FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^"三笘薫さん（サッカー）インタビュー". Players Japan. 25 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Kaoru Mitoma: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^"'Mitoma is one of the best wingers in the world'". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^"Kaoru Mitoma at Brighton: From the university dribbling thesis to brilliance in Belgium and finishing like Thierry Henry". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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after the COVID-19 outbreak. A good example was a breakout season by KaoruMitoma, who started more matches on the bench than in the starting XI. In 2021...
KaoruMitoma, a member of the Japan men's national team, so she has been featured on the league's official YouTube channel as the "WE League's Mitoma"...
freshman with thirteen, as well as former University of Tsukuba alumni KaoruMitoma, who had also made a name for himself in Japan for his performances at...
based, was also going to employ a large number of university students.Kaoru_Mitoma, a member of the Japan national football team at the 2022 FIFA World...
for the 2020 Olympic Games alongside 2 Kawasaki Frontale ex-teammates, KaoruMitoma, and Reo Hatate. He started every match for Japan during the tournament...
with a close range finish, with the assist coming from a cut-back by KaoruMitoma on the left, seeing the ball hover within millimeters of the left sideline...
sent off in each of the last three seasons, when he tackled Brighton's KaoruMitoma with excessive force after 12 minutes, following a VAR check, after referee...
"初代、JPFA MVPは三笘 薫選手！ベストイレブンにはW杯メンバーから10名選出！" [The first JPFA MVP was KaoruMitoma! 10 players from World Cup squad selected for the best eleven!] (in Japanese)...
On 4 February, Sarmiento came on from the bench and later assisted KaoruMitoma's 87th minute winner, the only goal of the game in the victory over Bournemouth...
for university teams through their youth careers. A recent example is KaoruMitoma, who studied and played for University of Tsukuba until 2019, who also...
Tariq Lamptey as Brighton went on to beat Bournemouth with a 87th minute KaoruMitoma goal. Buonanotte made his first start for Brighton on 28 February, playing...
3 Salem Al-Dawsari Al-Hilal 112 4 Kim Min-jae Fenerbahçe Napoli 99 5 KaoruMitoma Union Saint-Gilloise Brighton & Hove Albion 91 6 Daichi Kamada Eintracht...
Goal of the Month". Premier League. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023. "Mitoma makes history with Budweiser Goal award". Premier League. 15 September 2023...
Gymnastics, 8 Olympic gold medalist Go Oiwa – Football player and manager KaoruMitoma – Football player Shogo Taniguchi – Football player Kenta Hasegawa –...
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