The 23 -year -old star has a Japanese mother and father is Haiti. Last week, in an article in Nikkei Asia newspaper, she shared her life as well as how she was raised from a young age.
“Because I have spent a lot of time in Japan in teenagers and the early stages of mature life, those memories are clearer than my childhood,” Osaka said. “The public travel in Japan is now a bit more difficult than before. Therefore, I sometimes have to disguise it with a cap and wig.”
“For me, every culture contributes to the same in shaping me like today. Japanese culture gives me discipline, proper behavior, cleanliness and influence on my style. Mother's professional ethics, what she has to do at the same time to help me nurture the passion for tennis also has a significant impact on me,” she said. “American culture helps me open and have a radical thinking. And the Haiti part in me makes me courageous to overcome when everything becomes difficult.”
“Japan is an important part of my life. I am proud of my being and no one can be more proud than me when I am the one who will play for Japan at this year's Olympic Games,” she excitedly shared. “Hope everyone will support me.”
Osaka won the Australian Championship expanded in February, bringing himself the fourth Grand Slam title. However, she failed in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open before rival Maria Sakkari.
