Kaito Mizuta

Kaito Mizuta
水多 海斗
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
Le Havre
Number 17
Youth career
–2019 Maebashi Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 SV Straelen 60 (17)
2021–2023 Mainz 05 0 (0)
2021–2023 Mainz 05 II 66 (15)
2023–2025 Arminia Bielefeld 39 (6)
2025–2026 Rot-Weiss Essen 53 (11)
2026– Le Havre 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 July 2026

Kaito Mizuta (水多 海斗, Mizuta Kaito; born 8 April 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for French Ligue 1 club Le Havre.[1]

Career

In 2019, Mizuta signed for German fifth tier side SV Straelen, helping them earn promotion to the German fourth tier.[2][3][4][5] In 2021, he signed for Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga.[6][7][8] He mostly played for their reserve team Mainz 05 II, appearing twice on the bench for the senior squad.

On 29 January 2025, Mizuta signed with Rot-Weiss Essen in 3. Liga.[9]

On 7 July 2026, Mizuta signed with Le Havre in Ligue 1.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 May 2023.[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SV Straelen 2019–20 Oberliga Niederrhein 211110——2211
2020–21 Regionalliga West 39620——416
Total 601730——6317
Mainz 05 2021–22 Bundesliga 000000—00
2022–23 Bundesliga 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Mainz 05 II 2021–22 Regionalliga Südwest 355———355
2022–23 Regionalliga Südwest 3110———3110
Total 6615———6615
Career total 1263230000012932

References

  1. 1 2 Kaito Mizuta at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Kaito Mizuta träumt von einer Profi-Karriere". rp-online.de. December 2020.
  3. ↑ "「いつかタケフサと同じ舞台で戦いたい」5部からスタートしブンデス開幕戦でベンチ入り。マインツの日本人FW水多海斗が切り拓く、唯一無二のキャリア". footballista.jp. 28 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Auch Schalke und BVB: U-Teams buhlen um Regionalliga-Shootingstar". reviersport.de.
  5. ↑ "マインツ所属の海外志向の若武者-水多海斗(21)の異例のキャリアと現在地". yg-international-ultras.com.
  6. ↑ "過去には日本代表選手も所属していたFSV マインツIIでプレーし、開幕戦ブンデスリーグ1部となるトップチームにベンチ入りを果たした水多選手にインタビューしてきましたのでぜひご覧ください!". 11 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "元FC東京・水多海斗がマインツでトップデビュー!主力DF「彼の動きは…". football-tribe.com. 16 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "FW水多海斗がベンチ入り!…11選手隔離のマインツ、強豪ライプツィヒ撃破で白星発進". soccer-king.jp. 16 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Rot-Weiss Essen verpflichtet Kaito Mizuta" [Rot-Weiss Essen signs Kaito Mizuta] (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Kaito Mizuta débarque au HAC !" [Kaito Mizuta arrives at HAC!] (in French). Le Havre AC. 7 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Kaito Mizuta at Soccerway