SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Ayase Ueda, Feyenoord Rotterdam midfielder Inbeom Hwang, and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participate in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participates in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Ayase Ueda, Feyenoord Rotterdam midfielder Inbeom Hwang, and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participate in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito feels disappointed after the goal by Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Anis Hadj Moussa, making the score 2-0, during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Ayase Ueda, Feyenoord Rotterdam midfielder Inbeom Hwang, and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participate in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Ayase Ueda, Feyenoord Rotterdam midfielder Inbeom Hwang, and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participate in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito and Feyenoord Rotterdam defender Hugo Bueno play during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito and Feyenoord Rotterdam defender Hugo Bueno play during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Ayase Ueda, Feyenoord Rotterdam midfielder Inbeom Hwang, and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participate in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito and Feyenoord Rotterdam defender Hugo Bueno play during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam defender Bart Nieuwkoop and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito play during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord Rotterdam defender Bart Nieuwkoop and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito play during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participates in the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

SC Feyenoord Rotterdam v Sparta Rotterdam - Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito feels disappointed after the goal by Feyenoord Rotterdam forward Anis Hadj Moussa, making the score 2-0, during the match between Feyenoord and Sparta at De Kuip for the Dutch Eredivisie season 2024-2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Koops / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participates in the match between Sparta and RKC at Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Marcel van Dorst / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk

Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito participates in the match between Sparta and RKC at Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Marcel van Dorst / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

RKC defender Roshon van Eijma and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito play during the match between Sparta and RKC at Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Marcel van Dorst / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

RKC defender Roshon van Eijma and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito play during the match between Sparta and RKC at Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Marcel van Dorst / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk - Eredivisie

RKC defender Roshon van Eijma and Sparta Rotterdam player Shunsuke Mito play during the match between Sparta and RKC at Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Marcel van Dorst / EYE4images/NurPhoto)

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (back, bottom) reacts after scoring the team's second goal with a header in the second half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (3rd from R) scores the team's second goal with a header in the second half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (R) opens the scoring in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (L) celebrates after opening the scoring in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (C) is congratulated by teammates after opening the scoring in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Football

Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (R) celebrates after opening the scoring in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match against Paraguay at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

Japan crown prince at meeting of botanical park association

Japan crown prince at meeting of botanical park association

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a meeting of the Japan Association of Botanical Gardens in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

Japan crown prince visits botanical park

Japan crown prince visits botanical park

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) visits Mito Botanical Park in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

Japan crown prince visits botanical park

Japan crown prince visits botanical park

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) visits Mito Botanical Park in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi competes en route to winning gold in the women's javelin throw event at the Mito Invitational national athletics championships on May 5, 2024, in Mito, eastern Japan.

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi competes en route to winning gold in the women's javelin throw event at the Mito Invitational national athletics championships on May 5, 2024, in Mito, eastern Japan.

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi competes en route to winning gold in the women's javelin throw event at the Mito Invitational national athletics championships on May 5, 2024, in Mito, eastern Japan.

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi competes en route to winning gold in the women's javelin throw event at the Mito Invitational national athletics championships on May 5, 2024, in Mito, eastern Japan.

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Athletics: Mito Invitational championships

Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi competes en route to winning gold in the women's javelin throw event at the Mito Invitational national athletics championships on May 5, 2024, in Mito, eastern Japan.

Japanese apricot blossoms in eastern Japan

Japanese apricot blossoms in eastern Japan

Japanese apricot blossoms are in full bloom on March 1, 2024, at Kairakuen -- known as one of the three greatest gardens in Japan -- in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Interior and security ministers from the Group of Seven advanced countries take part in a photo session during the second day of a three-day meeting held in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Interior and security ministers from the Group of Seven advanced countries take part in a photo session during the second day of a three-day meeting held in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Interior and security ministers from the Group of Seven advanced countries begin the second day of a session held in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Meeting of G7 interior, security ministers

Interior and security ministers from the Group of Seven advanced countries begin the second day of a session held in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

Football: J League awards ceremony

Football: J League awards ceremony

Albirex Niigata's 21-year-old winger Shunsuke Mito poses at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, after being named the Best Young Player in the Japanese top flight this season.

Japanese crown prince, crown princess

Japanese crown prince, crown princess

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko applaud during a ceremony for the national arbor festival in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2023. (Pool photo)

Football: Japan vs. U.S. U-22 friendly

Football: Japan vs. U.S. U-22 friendly

Japan's Shunsuke Mito (14) vies for the ball in the second half of an under-22 friendly football match against the United States in Phoenix, Arizona, on Oct. 17, 2023.

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako (R) meets with students at a school for the hearing-impaired in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako (R) visits the Kairakuen garden in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako in Ibaraki Prefecture

Japanese Princess Kako (front L) communicates in sign language with students at a school for the hearing-impaired in Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

File photo taken in July 2009 shows Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, 2022, aged 91.

Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

MITO, Japan, June 30 Kyodo - Police officers line up in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, before a shift on June 30, 2020, as a law to impose tougher penalties for road rage incidents took effect in Japan the same day.

Mito Kakizawa

Mito Kakizawa

Mito Kakizawa, a member of the House of Representatives, secretary general of the Japan Restoration Party (photo taken on July 14, 2015)

Britons exhibit photos to show life, people in Fukushima town

Britons exhibit photos to show life, people in Fukushima town

MITO, Japan, May 21 Kyodo - Anthony Ballard from Britain points to one of the photos at an exhibition jointly held in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on May 16, 2015, by him and compatriot Phillip Jellyman to show life and people in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, still off-limits due to the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The two Britons are English teachers at one of the town's junior high schools.

Contestants gulp 'natto' beans at speed-eating competition

Contestants gulp 'natto' beans at speed-eating competition

MITO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - Contestants gulp "natto" fermented sticky beans on rice at a speed-eating world competition in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2015.

Flying robot tested to probe tunnel hit by accident

Flying robot tested to probe tunnel hit by accident

MITO, Japan - A remote-controlled robot flies above barriers inside an experimental tunnel of the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, during a demonstration shown to the press on Jan. 8, 2015.