Misaki Kaoru 10 goals & Nakamura Keito 11 goals, breaking the record of five major league goals in Japanese players

In May 20th, in the 37th round of the Premier League, Brighton defeated Liverpool 3-2 at home, Santa Kaoru scored and won his 10th Premier League goal this season. He also became the first Japanese player to score double goals in a single season in the Premier League.

Japanese blogger "JapanSoccerFan" reviewed the single-season goal records of Japanese players in the five major leagues. This season, Keito Nakamura and Kaoru Misaki have successively set a new single-season goal records of Japanese players in the Ligue 1 and the Premier League.

The single-season goal record holder of the five major Japanese leagues (suitable: league, player name, team playing for, goal count, record season):

Premier League, Misaki Kaoru, Brighton, 10 goals, 2024/25 season

La Liga, Kubo Kenei, Real Sociedad, 9 goals, 2022/23 season

Bundesliga, Okazaki Shinji, Mainz, 15 goals, 2014/15 season

Serie A, Nakada Hideho, Perugia, 10 goals, 1998/99 season

Ligue 1, Nakamura Keito, Reims, 11 goals, 2024/25 season