Tennis phenom ‘transforms’ when she steps onto the courtroom

One of many best improvements in manga and anime storytelling was the introduction of the magical woman sequence. First developed by Fujio Akatsuka‘S Himitsu no Akko-chan In 1962, the style has undergone radical shifts over time: the warring magical schoolgirls of Naoko Takeuchi‘S Sailor Moon in 1992 and extra grownup themed tales with Magical woman Madoka in 2011. It’s no surprise that individuals have been impressed by the style alongside the way in which. One in all them is tennis star Naomi Osaka, as evidenced by her outfits for the 2024 US Open.

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Osaka posted a photograph of herself in a magical girl-inspired outfit on Instagram on August 26. The picture reveals Osaka carrying a black ruffled gown with an outsized white ribbon on her again. The look is as if the tennis star is carrying characters like Sailor Moon or extra just lately Remedy Yum Yum from Scrumptious get together deal with.

Osaka’s sponsor Nike positioned a press launch about her US Open outfit on August 25. Within the press launch, Osaka went into element about her outfit, saying:

The inspiration that sparked the search for me — and this could be a Japanese time period — is that I really feel like a ‘magical woman’ on the courtroom… There is a second of transformation for me once I stroll onto the courtroom, and I’ve lots of enjoyable enjoying, so it is a actually large motivation for me to need everybody who sees the outfit to have the ability to relate to that feeling.

In Nike’s press launch, Osaka was seen carrying solely the black equipment she noticed in her Instagram publish. Throughout her August 27 match towards Tenth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko, Osaka revealed a light-weight, virtually mint inexperienced, magical woman gown. The US Open Tennis X (previously Twitter) account posted a video of her entrance on August 27. The US Open Tennis account additionally caught a small element about Osaka’s outfit that wasn’t talked about in Nike’s press launch in a follow-up publish: the bows on the again of Osaka’s footwear.


Just like the Boston Pink Sox and Seattle Mariners after their anime-themed collaborations on August 28, Naomi Osaka additionally acquired the anime bump, profitable her first-round match 6-3, 6-2. Nevertheless, she misplaced to Karolína Muchová within the second spherical on August 29.

Sources: NikeNoami Osaka’s InstagramUS Open Tournaments X/Twitter account (hyperlink 2), US Open match web site, Immediately