Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player.
Naomi Osaka has been ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.
In addition to that, Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion and her seven titles on the WTA Tour also include two at the Premier Mandatory level.
Naomi Osaka was named one of the 2020 Sports Illustrated Sportspersons of the Year for her activism largely as part of her US Open championship run, and was also included on Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in both 2019 and 2020.
Naomi Osaka was the 2021 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony.
Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Chūō-ku, Osaka in Japan to Tamaki Osaka (大坂 環, Ōsaka Tamaki) and Leonard François.
Naomi Osaka’s mother is from Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, and her father is from Jacmel, Haiti.
Naomi Osaka’s parents met when her father was visiting Hokkaido while he was a college student in New York.