Naomi Osaka (Japanese: 大坂 なおみ, Hepburn: Ōsaka Naomi, Japanese pronunciation: [oːsaka naomi], born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been …

Jan 17, 2025 · Naomi Osaka of Japan waves as she leaves the court after retiring from her third round match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the Australian Open tennis …

Jan 22, 2025 · 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 …

May 12, 2024 · Osaka boasts a 120 mile per hour serve, was the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam title, and became the first Asian tennis player to hold the world's No. 1 rank. …

Jan 13, 2024 · Within 10 minutes of the morning light reaching his window, Tetsuo Osaka was watching another distant, ascendant star that he’d seen before the rest of Japan: his …

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 …

Oct 24, 2024 · Fans who thought tennis and fashion defined Naomi Osaka are sorely mistaken. The four-time Grand Slam champion is an activist and outspoken proponent of women's rights. …

Jul 16, 2021 · Naomi Osaka's relationship with Japan has not always been easy, but change rarely is. How the face of the Games is changing the host nation.

She won 6-2, 6-4 to become Japan's first ever Grand Slam tennis champion. The stoic facade only slipped when boos rang out during the trophy ceremony. At the very next major, Osaka …

Jan 5, 2025 · Naomi Osaka retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury Sunday, a blow to the Japanese star just a week before the start of the Australian Open.