Naomi Osaka (Japanese: 大坂 なおみ; born 16 October 1997) is a Japanese tennis player.
Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother. On 1 February 2016, Osaka reached her best singles ranking of world number 108. On 1 December 2014, she peaked at world number 1269 in the doubles rankings.
Osaka made her main draw WTA tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, having firstly entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Petra Martić for a spot in the main draw. She was then pitted against 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur and came from a set down to defeat the Australian in a match lasting two-and-a-half hours. It was Osaka's first ever main draw match win at the WTA level.
During the 2015 WTA Finals she won the Rising Stars Invitational tournament.
Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
Osaka (大阪市, Ōsaka-shi) (Japanese pronunciation: [oːsaka]; listen ) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Situated at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is the second largest city by the daytime population after Tokyo's 23 wards and the third largest city by the nighttime population after Tokyo's 23 special wards and Yokohama in Japan, serving as a major economic hub.
Historically a merchant city, Osaka has also been known as the "nation's kitchen" (天下の台所, tenka no daidokoro) and served as a center for the rice trade during the Edo period.
Some of the earliest signs of human habitation in the Osaka area at the Morinomiya ruins (森ノ宮遺跡, Morinomiya iseki) comprise shell mounds, sea oysters and buried human skeletons from the 5th–6th centuries BC. It is believed that what is today the Uehonmachi area consisted of a peninsular land with an inland sea in the east. During the Yayoi period, permanent habitation on the plains grew as rice farming became popular.
Osaka or Ōsaka may refer to:
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Osaka is the only album put out by The Kickovers. It was released on April 23, 2002 on the Fenway Recordings record label.
Some promotional copies of Osaka went out with the band's original name, The Brakes. Shortly after, they had to change their name because of a New York band called The Break.
The album includes one cover, "Hanging on the Telephone", which was originally performed by The Nerves, although a cover of it by Blondie was more popular. "The Good Life" is also the name of a Weezer song, so some fans may have expected it to be a cover, especially since bassist Mikey Welsh was a member of Weezer prior to The Kickovers. Although not a member, Dave Aarnoff of The Shods performed bass on several tracks of the album.
All songs by Nate Albert unless otherwise noted.
You shaped ideas system
You made it clear system
You'll pay the price system
Look what you've done
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
You told some lies system
The big surprise system
But open eyes system
Saw through it all
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
Warp
Warp
Warp
Warp
All over now system
They found you out system
So where to now system
Look what you've done
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
It's begun to warp
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
I've got the feeling
Naomi Osaka (Japanese: 大坂 なおみ; born 16 October 1997) is a Japanese tennis player.
Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother. On 1 February 2016, Osaka reached her best singles ranking of world number 108. On 1 December 2014, she peaked at world number 1269 in the doubles rankings.
Osaka made her main draw WTA tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, having firstly entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Petra Martić for a spot in the main draw. She was then pitted against 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur and came from a set down to defeat the Australian in a match lasting two-and-a-half hours. It was Osaka's first ever main draw match win at the WTA level.
During the 2015 WTA Finals she won the Rising Stars Invitational tournament.
Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.