TOKYO - A Japanese comedy duo have apologised after the pair reportedly said during a live event that Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, who had just won the Pan Pacific Open at the weekend,"needed some bleach".
In separate messages carried on the website of their management company, Watanabe Entertainment, both women apologised for making"inappropriate, hurtful remarks" but did not refer to Osaka, whose father is Haitian, by name. Osaka, who will turn 22 next month, has been widely hailed in Japan, which has traditionally seen itself as a racially homogeneous country. But successful mixed-race athletes such as Osaka herself, sprinter Asuka Cambridge and baseball pitcher Yu Darvish are challenging that image.
While Osaka's cartoon character was white, footballer Bernardo Silva jokingly posted a tweet, also on Sunday, likening Manchester City teammate Benjamin Mendy to a black character in the logo for Conguitos - a brand of confectionery popular in Spain and Portugal - but deleted it an hour later.
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