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  2. Jun 1, 2021 · Naomi Osaka's Parents, Leonard Francois and Tamaki Osaka, Are Her Biggest Fans ... Naomi and her father look on during a practice session ahead of the 2019 WTA finals. (Image credit: Lintao Zhang)

  3. Jul 11, 2023 · Julian Finney/Getty. Naomi Osaka ’s parents, Leonard Francois and Tamaki Osaka, have always supported her tennis ambitions. Leonard and Tamaki first met when he was visiting Japan as a college ...

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  5. Sep 15, 2023 · Lenah Ann. Lenah Ann is a Kenyan-based content creator with 2 years of experience. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Media and Communication from Dedan Kimathi, Kenya in 2021. Naomi Osaka's father, Leonard François, is a well-known legend who took it upon himself to train her two daughters to become professional tennis players.

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    • Who Is Naomi Osaka’s Mother, Tamaki Osaka?
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    Naomi’s mother Tamaki was raised in Nemuro, a coastal town on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern Island. For high school, Tamaki was sent to Sapporo, Hokkaido’s capital. While she was in high school, Tamaki met Francois. However, due to the sense of separatism in Japan—which dates back to the 1630s when the Tokugawa shogunate cut off the...

    Naomi’s father Francois is from Jacmel, Haiti. He was a college student in New York when he met Tamaki on a trip to Hokkaido. In 1999, when Naomi and Mari were just toddlers, Francois watched a broadcast of the French Open featuring Venus and Serena Williams, who were 18 and 17 at the time and teamed up to win the doubles title that year. Though Fr...

    For more about the Olympics, check out Jeremy Fuchs’ 2021 book, Total Olympics: Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic, and Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing. The book, which was called an “indispensable Olympic resource” and “pure fun” by The New York Times, follows the history of the Olympics, from how it began in a a Victorian English town called Much We...

  6. Feb 22, 2023 · Currently, number 65 (January 30, 2023) in the World Women’s Tennis ranking, Naomi Osaka represents Japan and is the daughter of her parents, Leonard Maxime Francois and Tamaki Osaka. Even from the name alone, we can clearly see the two are from different communities. True to that, Naomi’s mother was born in Nemuro, Japan, while her father ...

  7. Apr 26, 2024 · She has a master’s degree from American University, lives by the beach, and hopes to own a teacup pig and taco truck one day. Olympic tennis player Naomi Osaka’s parents, Leonard Francois and ...

  8. Oct 28, 2022 · Leonard Francois is a Haitian-American professional tennis coach who is the father of Naomi Osaka and Mari Osaka. He is well credited for coaching his two daughters to play tennis since they were three. Leonard is married to a Japanese citizen named Tamaki Osaka. As of 2022, he works as Naomi’s head coach.