From majors to manga: Japan tennis ace Naomi Osaka to star in comic book


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Three-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will be starring in a new Japanese manga comic book series. Photo: Handout

Japan's major-winning tennis player Naomi Osaka has welcomed a new manga comic-book series where she will star as a cartoon character in a magazine aimed at teenage girls.

Unrivaled Naomi Tenka-ichi, which will run in Nakayosi magazine from late December, was produced with the help of Osaka's older sister, Mari. "Tenka-ichi" means "world number one" in Japanese.

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