U-Kaoru Mitoma udlalela i-Brighton & Hove Albion FC kanye neQembu Lesizwe lase-Japan, futhi waziwa ngokuzimisela kwakhe okungantengantengi nomoya wakhe, oboniswa “Isimangaliso se-One-Millimeter” angenakulibaleka phakathi neNdebe Yomhlaba Ka-2022. Ukuzinikela kwakhe kulo mdlalo kumenze waba nogqozi ezweni, wakhuthaza nabanye ukuthi balandele abakuthandayo eJapan nasemhlabeni jikelele.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, imboni yezindiza ihlangabezane nezinselelo ezinkulu, futhi njengoba inkampani yezindiza inqoba ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke, Iqembu le-ANA lasungula umbono walo omusha wokuphatha, “Ukuhlanganisa Umhlaba Ngokumangalisayo” njengobufakazi bentshiseko nokuzibophezela kwayo ekubumbeni ikusasa elisha.
Ihlatshwe umxhwele ukubonakaliswa kuka-Kaoru Mitoma womoya ofanayo, i-ANA yanikeza isivumelwano sobambiswano ukuze isekele ngokugcwele imizamo yakhe.
UKaoru Mitoma, owazalwa ngoMeyi 20, 1997 (oneminyaka engu-25) eKawasaki City eSifundazweni saseKanagawa eJapan, wajoyina iKawasaki Frontale (J1) yase-University of Tsukuba ngo-2020. irekhodi le-rookie) futhi inikeze abasizi abangu-30 (ukuba i-rookie yokuqala emlandweni we-J-League ukuwina isicoco sokusiza), okubambe iqhaza kakhulu emqhudelwaneni we-Kawasaki Frontale. Ngo-Agasti 13, 12, umemezele ukudluliselwa kwakhe okugcwele kuBrighton and Hove Albion FC (“Brighton”) yePremier League, isigaba sokuqala sebhola elikhokhelwayo e-England. Ngesizini ka-10, udlulele kwiklabhu yaseBelgian First Division A, iRoyal Union Saint-Giroudes, lapho ashaye khona amagoli ayisikhombisa emidlalweni engama-2021 futhi wasiza iqembu ukuthi libe nesizini ephumelelayo. NgoJulayi 2021, wabuyela eBrighton, lapho ashaya khona amagoli ayisishiyagalombili wasiza amathathu ngesizini ka-27/2022 (kusukela ngo-22/23), okuhlanganisa nowamanqamu weNdebe. Uphinde wadlala kuyo yonke imidlalo eNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-3 eQatar, ehola iJapan ku-21 ehamba phambili emqhudelwaneni wesibili ilandelana.
