Naomi Osaka Life, Family, Career, & Activism

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Naomi Osaka Life, Family, Career, Activism
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Who Is Naomi Osaka?

• Naomi Osaka has been playing tennis since she was
  three years old. Naomi was born in the U.S. but
  has Japanese citizenship and is a judge for Japan
  (her mother is from Japan, and her father is from
  Haiti). Naomi Osaka has a service that goes 120
  miles per hour. She was the first Japanese player
  to win a Grand Slam title and the first Asian
  player to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
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Early Life

• On October 16, 1997, Naomi Osaka was born in
  Osaka City, Osaka, Japan. Tamaki Osaka Leonard
  Maxime Francois met in the 1990s in Sapporo,
  Japan. When Tamakis family found out she was
  dating a Haitian man, they thought it was a
  shame, but she and Francois still got married.
  The couple went to the city of Osaka, where Osaka
  was conceived a year and a half after her more
  seasoned sister Mari. To make things easier for
  them in Japan, the girls were given their
  mothers last name.

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Tennis Career Would Be Successful

• On the courts, Naomi Osaka and Mari became
  friends, but Osaka has been driven for years to
  beat Mari in a match. Mari was a good player at
  first, but injuries slowed her down. The Japanese
  side of Osakas family was at first doubtful that
  her tennis career would be successful, but they
  changed their minds as she became successful.

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Tennis Career

• Naomi Osaka, who is 5 feet 11 inches tall,
  skipped junior tournaments and went straight to
  pro satellite tours, just like Venus and Serena
  did. In 2016, the Womens Tennis Association
  chose her as Newcomer of the Year. She turned
  pro in 2013. In March 2018, she won her first
  match on the WTA tour at Indian Wells,
  California. Then, in September 2018, Osaka won
  the U.S. Open, making her the first player from
  Japan to win a Grand Slam.

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Nominated for a Buzzword of the Year Award

• In Japan, the way she talks is called
  Naomi-bushi, which was nominated for a buzzword
  of the year award in 2018. The fact that Osaka
  always bows during her matches is also seen as
  something very Japanese.

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Activism

• Osaka is now one of the most influential people
  in professional tennis. She dropped out of the
  Cincinnati Open in 2020 to bring attention to the
  shooting of Jacob Blake. For the 2020 U.S. Open,
  Osaka wore masks with the names of Breonna
  Taylor, Ahmad Arbery, Trayvon Martin, and George
  Floyd, who were all African Americans who were
  hurt by police.