Japan’s three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has inspired a new manga character to appear in an issue of Nakayoshi magazine next month, the publishers announced on Nov. 29.
Osaka, who is the world’s highest paid female athlete, is a fan of both manga and anime and took to social media to welcome the character.
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