is a Japanese Haitian-American fashion designer, and former tennis player. In her career, she reached four ITF finals. She is the older sister of

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...

, with whom she has collaborated on several fashion design and art projects.

Biography

Osaka was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father; shortly thereafter, the family moved to

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. She grew up in

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. Osaka made her

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debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, in the doubles event partnering with Marina Shamayko, losing in the first round to the pair

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and

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. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2019 Miami Open, having received a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Whitney Osuigwe. Osaka announced retirement from professional tennis in early 2021. Since retirement, she has focused on her art and fashion design, including co-designing her sister Naomi's

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look in fall 2021. Osaka's previous artistic work includes creating custom-designed COVID masks for UNICEF and illustrating the cover for ''GQ Japan'''s June 2020 edition featuring her sister. In January 2024, Osaka accused her father, Leonard François, of long-term physical abuse. https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-next-time-i-m-calling-police-i-will-kill-unless-kill-first-naomi-osaka-s-sister-accuses-father-abuse-emotional-harassment

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

References

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* * 1996 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Japanese people of Haitian descent Tennis players from Osaka Naomi Osaka 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub