Naomi Osaka is the second of Vogue‘s four January cover stars. The three-time Grand Slam champion is super honored and grateful to grace the cover of the world’s most famous fashion magazine and be in the position of her childhood idols.
Posing for renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, Osaka is wearing a dress by Louis Vuitton. The luxury goods company is among the names from Osaka’s long list of high-profile sponsors which also includes Nike, Mastercard, Beats, PlayStation, AirBnB, Nissan (cars), and Nissin (noodles).
In the Vogue interview, Osaka explains that the COVID-19 pandemic, and the excess of free time she had as a consequence, gave her an opportunity to more closely follow American news, which led to her going to her first ever protest, in Minneapolis, following George Floyd’s death.