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Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks starting in January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka has won seven career singles titles, including four majors: two each at the Australian Open and the US Open. She is the first Japanese player to win a major singles title.
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sports · Japanese tennis player (born 1997) · tennis player · also Naomi Osaka, Naomi Ōsaka, Osaka Naomi, Osaka
Born 16 October 1997 · Q17466583
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2026· 9 entries
Public attention spiked: 23,332 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.8× the usual 3,409, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 17,851 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.2× the usual 3,409, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 340,925 Wikipedia readers in one day, 100× the usual 3,409, with 24 article edits. Editors noted: Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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The Guardian: Naomi Osaka tones down the jellyfish, but Wimbledon entrances help soothe nerves
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Public attention spiked: 39,484 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.6× the usual 3,409, with 3 article edits. Coverage that week: “Naomi Osaka tones down the jellyfish, but Wimbledon entrances help soothe nerves” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Naomi Osaka wows Wimbledon crowd with kimono-inspired outfit
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Public attention spiked: 55,549 Wikipedia readers in one day, 16.3× the usual 3,409, with 9 article edits. Editors noted: Updated current prize money and career w/l record as of May 25, 2026 and updated current ranking as of May 4, 2026
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The Guardian: Iga Swiatek finds her flawless best to dismantle Naomi Osaka at Italian Open
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2025· 1 entry
Osaka announced that she and Cordae were no longer in a relationship, adding that there is "no bad blood" between the two and that he is a "great person" and "awesome dad"
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2024· 1 entry
Hana Kuma announced a partnership with the LPGA to create a brand building program for female golfers
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2022· 3 entries
Osaka announced that she had signed Nick Kyrgios as her first client
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Osaka and Duguid launched Hana Kuma, a media and production company
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Osaka left IMG, in order to set up her own sports management agency, Evolve, alongside her agent, Stuart Duguid
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2021· 5 entries
Won the Australian Open Women with WTA Tour Womens (2021).
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Won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year with WTA Tour Womens (2021).
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Awarded Time 100 (2021).
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Osaka suffered from depression and other issues, which led to a publicly scrutinized retirement from the French Open and withdrawal from Wimbledon
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Osaka became a co-owner of the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League, the top level of women's soccer in the U
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2020· 6 entries
Won the Associated Press Athlete of the Year with WTA Tour Womens (2020).
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Awarded Associated Press Athlete of the Year (2020).
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Awarded Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2020).
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For her activism, having also been named to the list in 2019 for representing professional tennis well as an excellent role model and a major champion
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Ranked eighth among athletes in endorsement income and had the highest-ever annual income of any female athlete
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And the 8th highest-paid athlete in endorsements alone
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2019· 5 entries
Won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year with WTA Tour Womens (2019).
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Won the Australian Open Women with WTA Tour Womens (2019).
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Which placed her second among female athletes behind only Serena Williams who earned $25 million
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Followed by the Forbes 30 under 30 Hall of Fame in 2022
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Osaka began a relationship with American rapper Cordae (then YBN Cordae) in 2019.
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2018· 2 entries
Played for Japan at the Hopman Cup (2018).
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Winning her first Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, then defeating Serena Williams in the final of the US Open
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2017· 3 entries
While the team was competing in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
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Played for Japan Billie Jean King Cup team (2017).
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Osaka hired Sascha Bajin to be her coach in the off-season
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2015· 2 entries
Osaka continued to climb up the rankings
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And was the first player to follow up her first Grand Slam singles title with another at the next such event since Jennifer Capriati in 2001
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2014· 2 entries
Spent seven months training at an academy run by Harold Solomon, a former top five player and French Open finalist who has coached many top women's tennis players including Jennifer Capriati and Mary Joe Fernández
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Moved to the Harold Solomon Tennis Academy
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2006· 1 entry
When she was about eight years old, her family moved to Florida so that the girls would have better opportunities to train
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2001· 1 entry
That led the Williams sisters to boycott it for 13 years
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1997· 2 entries
Born 1997-10-16.
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In Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan to Leonard François, who is from Jacmel, Haiti, and Tamaki Osaka (大坂 環, Ōsaka Tamaki), who is from Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
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