Famous tennis player Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997 to Leonard Francois and Tamaki Osaka. It was reported that the couple met in Hokkaido when Leonard came to Japan after studying at New York University.nnTamaki’s parents were against the couple’s relationship, which resulted in her being estranged from her family for more than a decade. When Naomi was already three years old, the family moved from Japan to the United States. Naomi only got to meet her maternal grandparents when she turned 11 years old. Her paternal grandmother helped raise her in the United States.