Hoʻokani ʻo Kaoru Mitoma no Brighton & Hove Albion FC a me ka Hui Lahui o Iapana, a ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona kūpaʻa paʻa ʻole a me ka ʻuhane, i hōʻike ʻia e kāna poina ʻole "Hoʻokahi-Millimeter Miracle" i ka 2022 World Cup. ʻO kāna hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka haʻuki ua hoʻolilo iā ia i mea hoʻohanohano ʻāina, e paipai ana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e alualu i ko lākou makemake ma Iapana a me ka honua.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana mokulele i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, a i ka lanakila ʻana o ka mokulele i ka maʻi maʻi honua, ua hoʻokumu ka ANA Group i kāna ʻike hoʻokele hou, "Uniting the World in Wonder" ma ke ʻano he hōʻike i kona makemake a me kāna kūpaʻa e hoʻolālā i kahi wā e hiki mai ana.
Mahalo iā Kaoru Mitoma i ke ʻano o ka ʻuhane hoʻokahi, hāʻawi ʻo ANA i ʻaelike hui e kākoʻo piha i kāna mau hana.
ʻO Kaoru Mitoma, hānau ʻia ma Mei 20, 1997 (makahiki 25) ma Kawasaki City ma Kanagawa Prefecture ma Iapana, ua hui pū me Kawasaki Frontale (J1) mai ke Kulanui o Tsukuba i 2020. ʻOiai he rookie, ua pāʻani ʻo ia i 30 mau pāʻani, loaʻa iā ia he 13 mau pahuhopu ( he moʻolelo rookie) a hāʻawi i 12 mau kōkua (ʻo ia ka rookie mua ma ka moʻolelo J-League i lanakila i ka inoa kōkua), hāʻawi nui i ka hoʻokūkū o Kawasaki Frontale. Ma ʻAukake 10, 2021, hoʻolaha ʻo ia i kona hoʻololi piha ʻana iā Brighton a me Hove Albion FC ("Brighton") o ka Premier League, ka mahele mua o ka pôpeku ʻoihana ma ʻEnelani. I ka makahiki 2021, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka hui Belgian First Division A ʻo Royal Union Saint-Giroudes, kahi i kiʻi ai ʻo ia i ʻehiku mau pahuhopu i 27 mau hiʻohiʻona a kōkua i ka hui i kahi wā holomua. I Iulai 2022, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i Brighton, kahi āna i kiʻi ai i ʻewalu mau pahuhopu a kōkua i ʻekolu i ka manawa 22/23 (e like me 3/21), me ka hopena Cup. Ua pāʻani pū ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia pāʻani i ka 2022 World Cup ma Qatar, e alakaʻi ana iā Iapana i ka 16 maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokūkū lua.
