Tennis Participant, Naomi Osaka poses for a photograph with LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers after the sport on April 4, 2019 at STAPLES Heart in Los Angeles, California.
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4-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka is launching a media manufacturing corporate in partnership with The SpringHill Corporate, a media conglomerate created via Lebron James.
The manufacturing corporate, known as Hana Kuma, will produce scripted and non-fiction content material, beginning with a New York Instances documentary about Patsy Mink, the primary lady of colour elected to U.S. Congress, in line with a press free up. The announcement says Hana Kuma will spotlight “empowering” and “culturally particular” tales.
“There was an explosion of creators of colour after all being provided with sources and an enormous
platform,” Osaka mentioned within the free up. “Within the streaming age, content material has a extra international viewpoint. You’ll see this within the acclaim for tv from Asia, Europe and Latin The united states that the original may also be common. My tale is a testomony to that as neatly.”
The SpringHill Corporate, based via NBA superstar James and trade spouse Maverick Carter, will supply manufacturing and strategic sources to Hana Kuma, the discharge mentioned. Hana Kuma additionally has partnerships with crypto alternate platform FTX and well being platform Trendy Well being.
In Might, Osaka introduced an athlete illustration company known as Evolve.
