Akira Santillan
Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father of Spanish descent.He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens.In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia.Santillan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 160 achieved on 24 July 2017.Santillan lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.