Kaoru Mitoma at the 2026 World Cup
Kaoru Mitoma is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team. Kaoru Mitoma lines up as Japan's left winger, and his job is stretching defences and creating from wide.
Japan go into the tournament as dark horses at 1.8% per Polymarket's live market, and much of that case rests on pressing: exactly the area Kaoru Mitoma is there to drive. His understanding with Takefusa Kubo could decide how Japan's tournament unfolds.
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