Naomi Osaka Asked To Change Her Company Name ‘Hana Kuma’ Due To The Vulgar Meaning It Has In Swahili

Naomi Osaka under fire for her new company name.

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The athlete recently launched her new company in partnership with basketball legend LeBron James.

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Osaka named her new company “Hana Kuma.”

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She described Hana Kuma as a "media platform focused on stories that are culturally specific but universal."

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The term “Hana Kuma” means “Flower Bear” in Japanese.

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Unfortunately for Osaka, after announcing the name of the company, the term was discovered to have another meaning in another language.

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According to some of Osaka’s Kenyan and Ugandan fans and followers, “Hana Kuma” has a vulgar and crude meaning in Swahili.

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Hana Kuma means “woman without a vagina” in Swahili and this has lead her African fans to beg her to change the name of the company.

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Osaka sent what seems like a cryptic response to the backlash saying, "Prayers for all my overthinkers. We be going through it.”

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