Makoto Ninomiya

Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese tennis player born in 1994 in Hiroshima, and honestly there's something quietly compelling about a 5'2" player competing on the professional circuit — tennis rewards reading the court and staying mentally sharp as much as it rewards raw size, so when a smaller player makes it work, you know the technique and footwork have to be genuinely dialed in. She's a Gemini, which feels weirdly apt for a sport that demands you shift gears mid-rally and adapt to an opponent in real time. Born in the mid-90s puts her squarely in that generation of Japanese players who grew up watching the sport globalize, and Hiroshima's got a grit to it that I think shapes people in ways that don't always show up in a stat sheet. I don't know everything about her career arc yet, but I'm rooting for her — this is exactly the kind of player who earns fans slowly and then you realize you've been paying attention for years.

Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese tennis player born on May 28, 1994, in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Standing at 157 cm, she is an active professional competitor representing Japan on the tennis circuit. Details of her agency and career timeline are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Makoto Ninomiya

Name (Japanese)

二宮真琴

Reading

にのみや まこと

Born

May 28, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog (戌)

Origin

Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

157 cm

Occupation

Tennis Player

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://makotoninomiya.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/makoto_5_tennis/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E5%AE%AE%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%B4

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Tennis Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.