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  2. May 12, 2024 · Naomi Osaka started playing tennis at the age of 3. She grew up in the United States but holds Japanese citizenship and represents Japan on the court (her mother is from Japan, her father from...

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    Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan to Tamaki Osaka (大坂 環, Ōsaka Tamaki) and Leonard François. [2] Her mother is from Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, and her father is from Jacmel, Haiti. She has an older sister, Mari, who is a former professional tennis player.

  4. 4 days ago · Naomi Osaka is a Japanese tennis player and activist who, with her victory at the 2018 U.S. Open, became the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. She also was the first Asian player to ascend (2019) to the top of the WTA world rankings.

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  5. Naomi Osaka: social justice activist, Slam winner and mother. When the tour resumed, Osaka was in scintillating form. She reached the Cincinnati Open semi-finals but withdrew from her match in order to raise awareness following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

  6. Jul 27, 2021 · Osaka was born in Japan in 1997 to her Japanese mother and Haitian father. She moved to the United States when she was three and grew up there as a Japanese-American dual national.

  7. Jan 13, 2024 · She made her official return at the start of 2024 in the Brisbane International, where she downed Tamara Korpatsch in the first round but lost in a hard-fought thriller to former world No. 1...

  8. Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Osaka, Japan to Leonard Francois and Tamaki Osaka. Her father, Leonard, is Haitian, and her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. The two met in 1990 when Leonard was visiting Sapporo as a college student.

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