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Alina Zagitova and Tessa Virtue are also in the female version of the top 25, both with $2.5 million in endorsement
About being famous in different countries, I wonder where tennis player Naomi Osaka will land in a year or two. She is already the #1 ranked women's tennis player in the world (ahead of both Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, who are on the list). Her father is Haitian, her mother is Japanese, and she has lived most of her life in U.S.A. She "represents Japan," but it is not clear exactly what this means in an individual international sport like tennis.
(Although she just lost yesterday at the Indian Wells Masters. )
What we do know is that Naomi Osaka at this point is #10 on the ESPN's 2019 list of most famous women athletes -- posted by cruzceleste.
(For comparison, Tessa is #23 and Zagitova is #25.)
Naomi Osaka has represented Japan in Fed Cup team competition. On Japan's rosters for 2018 and 2017.
Side note: Naomi and Tessa :luv17: have something else in common. Both recently were selected as Barbie Role Models.