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Naomi Osaka has just made one of the most surprising business moves of her career, and it could shape the next chapter of her biography. According to The Japan Times, Osaka announced on Instagram that she is parting ways with Evolve, the sports agency she co founded with long time agent Stuart Duguid in 2022, ending a three year experiment in running her own shop. She thanked the team, called the run “great,” and teased that when she decides where she is going next, fans will hear it directly from her. SportsPro and other outlets echo that this is a clean break, with no new agency or structure yet revealed, which makes this one of the most significant off court decisions she has made since leaving IMG to start Evolve in the first place. Commentators, quoted by The Spun, say tennis fans are stunned that a four time major champion would walk away from a company that helped sign stars like Nick Kyrgios and current women’s number one Aryna Sabalenka. Long term, this sets up a pivotal question for her biography: does Osaka move back under a major global agency, or double down on a more bespoke, perhaps family driven, management model. For now, that next step is unconfirmed and any talk of specific new partners is pure speculation.
On the competitive side, Osaka has already closed the book on her upcoming Australian summer. A recent report from legal and sports industry outlet ALM notes that she has opted out of the Australian Open, skipping the first Grand Slam of 2026 after a season in which she climbed back to number 16 in the world and won her first title as a mother earlier this year. That decision raises obvious questions about scheduling, workload, and lingering physical or personal factors, but no precise reason has been publicly confirmed, so any deeper reading remains guesswork. At the same time, the official United Cup site lists Naomi Osaka as part of Team Japan for the 2026 mixed team event in Perth and Sydney, a signal that she still intends to be visible and competitive on hard courts in early January.
Off court, the Times of India recently highlighted Osaka’s Caribbean vacation photos, where she celebrated her Haitian heritage and shared relaxed, sun soaked images at the end of her 2025 season. The coverage emphasized how she continues to use social media not just for branding but for identity, motherhood, and cultural pride; fans flooded the comments with support, and there were no major controversies attached to the posts.
There have been no credible reports in the last 24 hours of new sponsorships, political statements, or dramatic personal revelations tied to Osaka, and any rumors beyond these confirmed developments should be treated as unverified.
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