The Strange Story of Kaoru Mitoma: The Footballer Who Studied Dribbling in University (Literally)
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Mitoma probably has one of the most unique and strange journeys to becoming a professional footballer that I’ve ever seen. From being recognized at a young age as a skilled prodigy within Japan who dreamed of one day making it to the pros only and eventually being offered a legitimate professional footballing contract - to then turn around and instead pursue a degree in sports science.
But why not accept the contract and start your career right? Well, it’s a lot more complicated than that. Because as crazy as that sounds, it seems like it’s starting to pay off. And now with Mitoma finally starting to make a name for himself in the global and European stage just in the past few months alone - I think it’s time you all heard his story.
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Mitoma has been on fire lately 🤯 That goal against Liverpool is easily one of the best goals I’ve ever seen. He’s a joy to watch 🔥
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Even Messi would be proud to score that goal.
He didn't go to learn to dribble...ffs...get your facts straight...
I’m a Liverpool fan, and I love that goal. One for the ages!
Don't forget Kamada! Also very good for Japan and super important for Eintracht Frankfurt
@@sanynava9160 I don't think you understand CZcams. The title is just to grab your attention.
He's one of the best dribblers of the new generation
5:25 Is it surprising?
He’s one of the best dribblers of the new generation. But jamal musiala is the best dribbler of the new generation 🤩
Best in Premier League imo
@@vali4595 could also argue that Vinicius is also there
No he’s fkn not dude
His hut trick in Belgium was phonomenal. He started to play from 2nd half with one man down with 0-2. And He made the team win.
That was an insane 4-2 comeback win that started and finished with Mitoma 🔥
When did that happen?
Wow. The video didn't do this achievement justice.
@@RaymarFootball 2021-22 10/16
new facts. In the first half of the match, we had a player sent off and lost 2-0. Mitoma won the second half with a hat-trick.
Hes gonna have a fantastic career as a player, probably has hope as a manager if bros studied sports science and is capable enough during his player career and literally write a thesis on such stuff
It's interesting how a lot of Japanese players actually went to university and started their career a little later. In Europe or rather i should say Western countries, the younger they are when they sign a professional contract the better.
I don't know about a manager. It depends on his leadership and tactics skills. But I could def see him being like an attacking coach for a big club or national team
@@Benjihurlock tactics I have no doubt but leadership and charisma will be a factor. People from academe aren't always good in social settings
@@Benjihurlock true true
@@melzer1377 it's an interesting thought process but it's probably to have some sense of security or like a plan b incase the football career doesnt work
"Take your time to master your craft"
I like this quote. Mitoma truly understand himself and he understand how to achieve his best. Most of young talent would always rush their future resulting in heavy injury that end severely hinders their performance or, worse, got caught in night hedonistic life. I hope Mitoma can become Japan's Messi and serve as inspiration for the next generation to come
You mean Japan's Cristiano Ronaldo
@@ultronic2765 can't you read🤣
his thesis is also an important contribution to the japanese football young talents, i hope many young player gets inspired by his effort and time sacrifice
Always believed that he would be a worldclass player someday,
but I never thought that he would actually reach to this level this fast.
It's really been a crazy 3 year ride of following his football carrer from the J-league here in Japan up to Premier league
He’s got fifa player character energy
Hopefully he reaches the heights on players like mane salah son🔥
That's the unthinkable part. He didn't slack off while studying. I want to know his GPA now 😂
world class ? you're joking right
Fast? He is like 25 and he still sucks 🤣. He is nowhere near world class and never will be.
My older brother is kind of a Mitoma. He was an incredible box to box midfielder (perhaps the best in the entire city) but also is incredibly gifted with intelligence. His coach (Fernando "Wrinkles" Castro) asked my mom to convince him to play because he was going to be the best but my brother was determined to become a doctor and now is one of the very best MD specialists of all europe (and we are from Colombia)
Joda este si es un comentario que no me esperaba, hasta podría sacar quien es sabiendo que el entrenador es Fernando Castro. Yo tambien crecí conociendo talentos así, nunca lo aprovecharon por miedo a lo que pudiera pasar. Uno de mis mejores amigos lo busco el River cuando teníamos 12... Termino viviendo en Europa pero no del fútbol. Lo bueno es que la gente competitiva resalta en el área que se dedique. Saludos!
Source: trust me bro
@@altarant when your source of happiness is questioning others online
@@prav2568 How the hell is that criticizing? Lmfao you're soft
@@altarant I sincerely do not mind if someone I will never ever meet doesn't "trust me bro"..
I love Japan and all their players. So much respect to the game
Probably the best idea. A lot of journeyman players like him don't really know what to do after finishing their career. But with the sports science degree and as well as his experience is a player he can definitely find a position in any club
His most recent goal against Liverpool was a work of beauty.
Kaoru Mitoma is easily my favorite Japan player along with Takumi Minamino
both good looking .
Lol minamino,you mean your 2 favorite Japanese players are the most popular one?
@@NguyenQuang-tm3ou Mitoma is not popular, Tomiyasu is
@@dreambot_ Minamino is popular among girls (mostly kpop fans lol).
In my old days was Nakamura and Nakata the guys which I liked hehe.
I admired the "never give up" spirit of Japan football team at he World Cup and Mutomo was a huge factor for the team's success.
Mutomo?
@@app11120 Marimo
Mitoma
Man is literally a sports anime protag. I'm actually going to start watching Brighton games from now on just for him, what an unusually cool way to go about your football career.
Also thank you for reminding me that I still have to watch blue lock. Every other sports got a cool anime about it, it's about time football got one too.
Mitoma is like Main character 💡+ 🔥+⚡.
This man showed something incredible that is alien to most sports fans.
Study and Theory > Natural talent and practice
A path that is rarely tried and rarely executed in such an amazing manner
As mentioned, he is neither the fastest nor the strongest nor the most naturally gifted player, but he uses his mega mind to optimize every scenario he finds himself in. He doesn't intuitively dribble but instead has an entire systematized and theory driven dribbling style. This man is literally computing on the pitch and thinking about his moves before he makes them.
its crazy how we have seen someone actually study dribbling and he is now a legend at dribbling. Some stuff you only see in fiction lmao
Hes what you call a generational talent. Along side a few youngesters like Musiala, Bellingham, Endrick etc.
He’s 25 bro
@@jackdudley7258 oh damn.. didnt realize that, still qualifies as a generational talent tho, thats for sure😂😂
@@saifabidalbloushi bro Musiala and Bellingham are better than him at only 18 and Mitoma is 25. He's not generational sorry. If he becomes better after 30 like Benzema, Modric then he can be considered generational
@@saifabidalbloushi hes far from being a generational talent😂
@@jackdudley7258 exactly
He's not generational
Blue Lock = Japan National Team
The original title of his graduation thesis at University of Tsukuba is "A study on information processing of the attacking side in one-on-one situations in soccer: Why I can dribble past defenders".
daichi kamada and kaoru mitoma are my two favorite japanese players currently
as a big Brighton fan I found that background story on Kauru very interesting and hope he can help us qualify for European football.
mitoma has been amazing this season. the fact that he got a degree in dribbling and now is balling like this is crazy
Imagine going up to your professor and explaining to him/her the importance of a body feint or nutmeg
the uni Mitoma teaches would be very popular. i will sit in front of him in the classroom.
I really respect him for scientifically studying football to become better as a pro player.
Never heard someone do that beforem
Thanks Raymar for the video on Mitoma! I hope you make a video on Hidetoshi Nakata too.
Hidetoshi Nakata's journey was the first and most anime-like story ive seen... He was the one paved the way for Honda, Shinji, and Mitoma. Legendary.
Oh my I don't really know Hidetoshi Nakata well but I do have a faint memory of him in the 2006 WC and at the italian league, I don't remember what team he was on.
@@Alowne217 Perugia
& Parma
Nakata is such an overrated player who was way overhyped by the Japanese media. He wasn’t regular in any of the sides he played for, he turned the ball over way too often, he couldn’t really score, and had absolutely atrocious international records. The only reason his name still gets mentioned here and there is because of him being the first Japanese player who was brought into Europe to sell jerseys and the Japanese media milking every last drop of his false hype. That and kids playing him in FIFA and thinking FIFA is a good indicator of greatness.
1. Park, Son
2. Kagawa, Honda, Hasebe
3. Nakamura
Nakata who?
@@Zwervv not sure what you wanna say. He was the first Japanese player to play overseas and that's enough of a reason for Japanese medias to hype for.
Also if you know anything about Japanese manga/anime, Nakata's story was just like real life Captain Tsubasa for many Japanese people. Without Nakata's influence, Japanese football would never be as big as what it is now. HIS STORY INSPIRED A GENERATION OF JAPANESE FOOTBALLERS.
Also, why you including son/park in this conversation? So weird.
Yeah Mitoma is insane!! love him!! he could become worlds best!!
He's good but I doubt he'll become the world's best with all the great talent in the world today such as Mbappe, Haaland, Kvaratskhelia, Musiala, Mudryk, Rashford etc
@@McFlashh rashford is no longer a new talent bros too old to be considered a new talent
@@McFlashh As a Cityzen,,,the guy seems like an anime football character....How he dribbles, his thesis and his intelligence in scoring goals. He will become EPL's best player. He's much better than Saka.
@@bruhinthebruhwiththebruh1370 But he’s still a talented footballer, who’s got lots of potential
@@Dante--X I rate Mitoma, he’s a baller but his dribbling is nowhere near Kvaratskhelia - he’s a generational talent.
I'm so happy to get to know more about this player!
He's through a different futballer journey, he went to university and still is playing on premier league, this is INSANE for my reality, I'm from Brazil and never saw anything like that.
Now I'll hire him on my UT.
Dammit I regret not doing this when I was young. Because I thought about doing something similar. Since I was never taught the fundamentals of football I wanted to learn the little quirks and angles and every little detail that pros did when it came to the game and just emulate that but at a very tactical way
I have a feeling He'll be a good manager
Absolutely incredible story, and inspirational, to believe that he can pull this off by studying and not just practising, This innovative way maybe would create a new type of path for aspiring ballers
Watching the Liverpool game last weekend was really eye opening. I haven't seen much of him outside of his assist for Japan in the WC. But his dribbling in that Liverpool game was comparable to Messi, Hazard or Robben imo.
What a player , amazing composure and dribbling - the way he wasted Liverpool 🔥
I want him to play for Barca ❤️💙
10 times better than Fati
He suits madrid. Him in one wing and vini on the other would be deadly
@@nocapfacts9330 Vini and Mitoma playing on the same position. So either one of them will probably be on the bench. But with Vini’s reputation, I don’t think that he will be on the bench
@@aidilcubes vini definitely has more of a scorer's instict and more natural talent with a higher ceiling imo
Barca is to blind to see him, they even sold Kubo to var madrid
He didn't learn dribbling in uni, his major was sports nutritions. Though he did write a paper about dribbling
The goal against Liverpool was next level!! I became a convert at that moment, and while my Leeds United aren't crashing any top 5 parties, BHA just might.. between them and what Newcastle are doing, the EPL has been awesome this year. Even the rebirth of Arsenal has been fun to watch.
Love the insertion of blue lock and anime into this video with Mitoma. A lot of times when non Japanese people try to stuff anime into everything Japanese it’s just cringe but this video is very well done and 🔥
Bro when i saw him on Brighton vs Liverpool… I could tell dude is special
Mitoma deserves his own shōnen Manga
Exactly! You have a great insight!
Weeb
So that's why his movements were so subtle, to the point of nearly not entertaining, and yet his opponents still miscalculated his movements, making his dribble that efficient.
I like the way where he looks like he intend to shoot hard with his right foot only to change direction with a subtle switch, and followed by unexpected shoot with his right foot. I mean, in that position, most player will shot with his left, lefty or not.
日本では大学生からプロサッカー選手になる人は少数ですが珍しくはありません。以前ニューカッスルに所属していた武藤嘉紀とインテルミラノに所属していた長友佑都も日本の名門大学出身です。また日本のカタールワールドカップメンバー26人のうち9人が大学出身です。日本の大学リーグは世界一レベルが高いので、毎年ユニバーシアードで優勝しています。
Bro , this guy did exactly what my father done in past , with the difference that he had better luck and better decisions , bcs my father was studying the players of Liverpool back in 70s and 80s but he didn't wanted to grind slowly , he was waiting for big team to ask him straight away (and remember back then the scouting and also the way of families were thinking too were way too different) so yeah
Amazing guy.
True epitome of a football nerd, his brain and vision is his superpower.
This is what happens when you add technical knowledge to sports knowledge. By technical, I mean literally. Combining these 2 helps you observe the very little details that others may not observe regularly.
That was a good lesson for the youngsters, don’t rush, make sure your growth and knowledge is enough, so when the time comes. You can shine when going on the big stage.
Was waiting for this vid since the first time I seen this guy I knew he was a baller 💪🏽
Finally, one of the best of the World Cup is finally described by Raymar.
I had too 🇯🇵 🔥
Great video aside, the narrative is just spot on, soothing to listen to, love it. 👌🏼💖
blue lock is so fire cant wait for season 2
I watched a video of him 2 days ago and I had never seen him play before, though I saw that his movement was different than most players but I did know what it was and this video help me.p with those details that I lack. Thank you
I think you're missing out that one of the reasons why he didn't accept Kawasaki Frontale's offer. He saw that his other U-18 teammates Itakura Kou (Now at Borussia Monchengladbach) and Miyoshi Koji (Now at Royal Antwerp) were promoted to the first team but barely getting any minutes despite being good. Kawasaki Frontale has the best youth system in Japan but they put a lot of emphasis on foreigners because they want to dominate J.League and AFC Champion's League so instead of giving minutes to youngster they give it to foreigners.
Mitoma debuted for Frontale in the 2020 season and the rest is history.
I highly enjoyed this video, because of some clips from anime shows. Not a big fan of anime, but I am starting to become a fan of Mitoma. Hopefully he gets to either play for a big club like Arsenal or turn Brighton into a big club and be a force in Europe. 🙏
The blue lock anime ( the anime in the video ) is amazing
Mitoma and Kvaratskhelia are two young players that just have something I haven't seen in a long time.
They both bring a huge level of anticipation and excitement every time they are on the ball.
Amazing talent.
imagine if kvaratskhelia was brazilian, his value and popularity would be the highest among footballers
Both has unique way of dribbling too. It's scared me with how they easily defeat their opponent defenders with little amount of feint and body fake. I thought I was looking at 2015 Messi dribbling.
@@hijisfriend9030 they are nowhere near Messi when it comes to dribbling and the issue is Messi close control is litteraly impossible to replicate
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I seen this video coming. He is so good and ofcourse he deserves his own video that’s isn’t just goals and dribbles
Besides his excellent dribble, he is very humble, and calm. For example, the last game against Liverpool, the defender intentionally hit his face right inside box. He didn’t fall down or get upset. Just used his hand to massage his cheek. He eventually scored the winning goal. He is a role model for young kids.
All of sudden I am excited about watching Brighton play. Thank u Mitoma.
Brilliant vid man, i loved iy
Y r the best bro
Keep going , youv vt good videos
Thx
Kaoru Mitoma, remember that name. He astonished his dribble skills by studying and made a research of it. Amazing story life❤️
Some context: The University of Tsukuba is a top tier national university in Japan, academically. It is not yet a Harvard or Oxford, but still, the equivalent of Berkeley or Virginia, Durham or Warwick.
His tactical awareness is superb, if he studied literal sports science, who knows how he will impact tactics and such. Another Cruyff perhaps
What do you mean? His major in university was sport science that's why his thesis was about dribbling.
He has a pretty sorted life. Would probably play 10 years of professional football with good wages and then end up being a world class manager.
Looks like that would not have happened, had the 3rd world war broken out.😂😂😂
grateful to see a Japanese player being featured on this channel!!
At last, He is picked up by Reymar....
Every time he receives the ball in a game, the exciting feeling that he will do something else comes to me.
TSUBASA OZORA. Early 2000s, me coming back from school and watching this in post war Croatia. Weather was hot, clouds were bluer than blue. Nostalgia hits like a train this time. This message is only for me. Like a message in a bottle. Time is the key. Concept of time is a key of finding meaning.
Please do a video on andriy shevchenko. He's my favourite player and I love your analysis and takes on soccer players.
Man, that last minute score vs liverpool is Ice cold! Nagi Seishiro finish!!!
He reminds me when I was young, imagining how I would get out of some situations. A lot of us did that when we were younger. We would perform some dribbles alone while imagining how our opponent would react to a feint and then comes the trick lol. While growing up, we usually stop that. I myself had quite few successful dribbles. Mitoma took it seriously and now he's destroying some defense. He makes me want to go back in the past and do it properly. If I was 12 years old, I would read his thesis and practice. I think japanese kids will take his thesis seriously, specially the strikers and midfielders. I'll keep that in my mind, in 10 years we might see some smooth skillers from Japan thanks to Mitoma.
Mitoma,this guy story tells us that you can be successful if you are able to really tomaximize your time..
Setting goals and priorities puts you on speed in life.
Well informed video
THAT LAST CLIP, THE GOAL WAS EFFIN BEAUTIFUL
That is a good point; there is a huge roadblock for youngsters hoping to break into the first teams of any big league clubs. Makes a lot of sense for Mitoma to earn a degree instead of getting potentially loaned out incessantly, and it worked out nicely.
Seeing him play in some Brighton games and his dribbling and skill is out of theis world.
I put on closed captions on his latest Jpaneese interview, while he is very humble and nice he also seems very confident in his abilities, like he knows he is one of the best right now.
Guy scored a header yesterday he’s not only a dribbling merchant he’s unreal
the blue lock footage is a w
Going to university before joining a pro team is far from "unusual". There are four other Japanese players in the UK alone who went to uni before entering the pro ranks, and some of Japan's most famous historical stars went to university (everyone from Gon Nakayama to Yuto Nagatomo). The university leagues in Japan are quite competitive and several schools are in the fourth and fifth tier of Japan's pyramid. In fact, a lot of teams go out of their way to scout and sign university grads. Kashima Antlers, among others, has a long history of signing guys out of university and turning them into star players.
well said
bruh maximized his skills with science and stats.
Maybe this is the future of football. How textbooks will be the foundation of football will be amazing!!
Only asians can do that, other people are too dumb to use their brain🤣🤣
Really impressive and inspiring. Hope he becomes a future great and competes for football crown against Mbappe and Haaland. How exciting will it be!!!
That last goal was nasty🔥
Out of all footballers including Ronaldo and Messi this guy inspires me the most cus he made it to the top through his intelligence and determination
Mitoma played here in our Belgian league last season and just from the summary of his first match I knew he was something special. He literally did everything right. I didn't understand why he was still under-used at Union and in the first half the of season for Brighton, but Brighton's manager finally seems to see it and reaping the fruits.
one reason might be his character. he has much power than what people think , almost 180cm and 73kg, but he is too reserved. To be top players, they need to appeal their agresiveness and self confidence.
It's amazing how you made this video just before the Liverpool game.
Not even I expected that goal 😂🔥
I bet we see a massive rise in people studying like he did and witnessing his skills.
As a Japanese I’m so happy there is a documentary about Mitoma now.
He is literally him . He is that guy. He is the Main Charakter
Ngl the transition to the ad was so good 😂
Did not expect a picture of my uni to be used in your video😂
Thought he was a graduate for a sec😅1:36
No way 😂 I’m living in Tokyo rn bro. Couldn’t find a good pic of Tsukuba (where he graduated)
2 here today
Great you did this story
😊😊😊Kaoru Mitoma is a genius player
He wasn't a nobody.
He was super in Japan, and I think any scout could have easily found him.
Sadly Japan's market ain't get a look for bigger European club. But hopefully after several Japanese players doing great this season like Daichi, Take, Tomi and Kyogo + phenomenal world cup runs it could be different for Japanese football. And I can't get more excited when my club Barcelona seriously consider Daichi as their target for summer.
@@GilangRamadhan-gi1dv real madrid >> barca
@@1607Adi_Manz did I ask you?
@@1607Adi_Manz Everyone knows that 😂
Japan's market isn't big? You must be kidding. They have over 70+ players in Europe for the past 4 years after 2018 WC, Mitoma, Kamada and Tomiyasu included
I'd love to see a video on Virgil Van Dijk. There are so many strong opinions about him.
overrated 3 season wonder
@@1607Adi_Manz he’s good
Finished player
Who needs sports anime when a guy like this could produce moments better than an anime.
Amazing... such a joy watching him beating Arnold :)
Mitoma is gonna be bought for 200 mill💀
Not Until he is English 😢
Nah
He's better than Saka and Flashford combined. FAXXX
@@Dante--X no he's not,,,, he is yet to prove himself
@@_Minimus Bro,,do u watch Brighton's games??? He's just UTTERLY brilliant with the way he analyze, moves and play the ball. He's like a mini-version of Messi with how he dribbles with brilliance. Rashford and Saka just moves the ball and cuts back like the rest of the generic wingers.
I knew the story but wanted to hear it again 🤣🤣
That goal in the first clip looks like the one gagamaru scored against team Y i think
and the scariest part is that he is still learning and he wont stop learning.
Exceptional calculation