Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1992, Miura ghọrọ onye egwuregwu Japan mbụ a họpụtara n'ime NHL mgbe ndị Montreal Canadiens họọrọ ya na 11th round (260th overall) nke
1992 NHL Entry Draft. (N'ụzọ nkịtị, Miura bụ onye ọkpụkpọ Japan nke abụọ "họọrọ" site na otu egwuregwu ahụ; nke mbụ bụ Taro Tsujimoto, onye ọkpụkpọ akụkọ ifo nke ndị Buffalo Sabres mere ka ọ bụrụ egwuregwu na 1974; Miura, bụ onye mbụ "ezigbo" onye ọkpụkpọ a ga-edepụta). Miura agbabeghi na NHL, na ahụmịhe egwuregwu ice hockey North America ya bụ naanị egwuregwu isii ọ gbara na Wheeling Thunderbirds nke East Coast Hockey League na 1993-1994. Ọ bụ n'afọ 2006 ka NHL hụrụ onye egwuregwu Japan mbụ ya ka ọ na-egwu egwuregwu, mgbe Yutaka Fukufuji na-egwu maka Los Angeles Kings.