Mitoma is now the outright highest-scoring Japanese player in Premier League history, with 15 goals, moving one clear of former Leicester City striker Shinji Okazaki. Mitoma also got an assist on Sunday at Old Trafford, taking him to 12 in his Premier League career, double the total of any other Japanese player.

The wily Seagulls midfielder bundled the south coast side ahead in the second half at Manchester United. And with it, he became the Premier League's highest-scoring Japanese player ever. That's now 15 for Mitoma and we're going to go out on a limb and say that record will be extended in the seasons to come.

Brighton attacker Kaoru Mitoma has become the most successful Japanese player in Premier League history. With his strike in victory at Manchester United on Sunday, it marked Mitoma 's 15th goal in the Premier League.

Manchester United vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Seagulls dominate at Old Trafford That makes Mitoma Japan's greatest ever Premier League player, with former Leicester City forward Shinji Okazaki just behind him with 14. Here's all 15 of those strikes in one neat video.

GO DEEPER Kaoru Mitoma finally looking his old self after taxing second Premier League season Mitoma also scored in the 2-0 win at Ipswich on Thursday. Georginio Rutter came off the bench to ...

Just minutes after having a goal disallowed, Brighton get their go-ahead goal as Kaoru Mitoma gets a touch at the far post to make it 2-1 for the Seagulls at Old Trafford.

Kaoru Mitoma rewrote the record for most goals by a Japanese football player in the English Premier League on Sunday as

Brighton break the deadlock as Kaoru Mitoma buries his right-footed effort into the back of the net to give the Seagulls a 1-0 lead against Ipswich Town.

Kaoru Mitoma believes he should have set an outright Premier League goal-scoring record by now. With the chances he has had to score, he is probably right. But, as the Albion winger returns to ...

Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter fired Brighton to their first Premier League win since November as they sank Ipswich 2-0 at Portman Road.

In the English Premier League, Japan's Mitoma Kaoru has become the league's highest-scoring Japanese soccer player with 15 goals.

Kaoru Mitoma has been a revelation for Brighton since returning from an initial loan spell at Union Saint-Gilloise during the 2021/22 campaign. Scoring his first goal for the Seagulls in only his