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NAOMI OSAKA Gives up Her US Citizenship to Play for Japan in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
November 24, 2019
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NAOMI OSAKA

Superstar tennis player Naomi Osaka said Thursday she intends to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo next year. The two-time Grand Slam champion will give up her U.S. citizenship to play for her birth country in her Olympic debut.

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Osaka currently holds dual nationality from Japan and the United States. She turns 22 next week, the age at which Japanese law requires dual-nationality citizens to choose one.

Osaka was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian father and was raised in the U.S. from the age of 3. She told Japanese public broadcaster NHK that she has chosen to pursue Japanese citizenship, calling it a “special desire.”

“It’s definitely going to be very special,” Osaka said. “I think there’s no other place that I’d rather play my first Olympics. I think that will be one of the most memorable things that ever happens to me.”

Osaka won the China Open Sunday and is currently ranked No. 3 in the world, playing for Japan both in the Fed Cup and on the WTA Tour.

Japan has never taken home a gold medal for tennis at the Olympics, and Osaka’s debut at the 2020 Games may prove to be the nation’s best shot at the title.

“I’m kind of looking forward to everything like the opening ceremony,” she told the Olympic Channel. “It’s also a very big honor to even be participating.”

Osaka became the first Japanese player to ever win a Grand Slam title after beating Serena Williams at the 2018 U.S. Open. She took home her second Grand Slam title after defeating Petra Kvitova in the 2019 Australian Open.

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Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

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