The Japanese winger has been in electric form for Brighton since returning from the World Cup, scoring four times in his last six league games. theSun theSundaily Mitoma Brighton Japan WorldCup
Liverpool’s English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold vies with Brighton’s Japanese midfielder Kaoru Mitoma during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool at the Amex stadium in Brighton, on the south coast of England on January 29, 2023. AFPPIX: Kaoru Mitoma strapped a camera to his head to study dribbling for his graduation thesis. Now his former university coach is enjoying watching him teach Premier League defenders a lesson.
Brighton signed Mitoma for a bargain £2.5 million from Kawasaki Frontale in 2021 and he arrived in England a virtual unknown last summer following a loan spell in Belgium. “It was an excellent idea,“ Masaaki Koido, who coached Mitoma at the university football team, told AFP at the institution near Tokyo.Mitoma got together 10 players who were recognised as good dribblers and 10 who were not.
“He wanted to become a better player, so he wanted to be able to clearly understand why he was good at dribbling and other players weren’t as good.”It's not uncommon for footballers in Japan to go to university before turning professional -- nine of the country's 26-man squad at last year's World Cup in Qatar were graduates.
“He was lightweight, he didn’t have a very powerful shot and he didn’t go past players very often. But he had a lot of skill.” He returned to Kawasaki in 2020 after graduating and took the J-League by storm, before signing for Brighton and spending a year on loan at Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise.
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