Yes, Naomi Osaka is Japanese. And American. And Haitian
The Conversation
28 Jul 2021, 06:39 GMT+10
On Friday, Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. This honour sent an important message to the world: Osaka represents a diversifying Japan.
Yet, some still question whether she really is Japanese. The question we should be asking instead is: who is Naomi Osaka, really?
Netflix's new three-part documentary series attempts to answer this question. Director Garrett Bradley followed the tennis player over two years from her first grand slam win in 2018 to her third in 2020.
The documentary touches on her tennis career, her mental health and her call to change the format of post-match press conferences.