Asuka (wrestler)

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Not to be confused with
Asuka (wrestler, born 1998) or Lioness Asuka
.

Asuka
Asuka in 2012
Birth nameKanako Urai
Born (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981 (age 42)[1][2]
Osaka, Japan[1][2]
Alma materOsaka University of Arts Junior College
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Asuka[3]
Kana[2]
Kana-hime[4]
Princess Kana[5]
Ramen Woman[6]
Skull Reaper Kana[7]
Tomoe Gozen[8]
Billed height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2][9]
Billed weight62 kg (137 lb)[1][2]
Billed fromOsaka, Japan[9]
Trained byYuki Ishikawa (wrestler)[10]
DebutJune 16, 2004[2]
Signature

Kanako Urai (浦井 佳奈子, Urai Kanako, born September 26, 1981)

WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with Kairi Sane in their second reign
as a team and Asuka's record-setting fourth reign individually.

Previously known as Kana (華名), she started her professional wrestling career in 2004 in the AtoZ promotion, where she remained until retiring in 2006. She returned to the ring in 2007, starting to work as a freelancer for promotions such as JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash, and Wrestling New Classic. Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, Smash Diva Championship, and Wave Tag Team Championship.

In 2015, Urai signed a developmental deal with WWE, making her the first Japanese female wrestler signed with the company in over 20 years. She won the

Elimination Chamber match win in 2023
, she became the only woman in WWE to win the Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank, and Elimination Chamber matches.

Urai has also worked as a freelance

lifestyle
content.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2004–2010)

Urai, working originally as a

stable with Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki Taiyo, Ray and Yumiko Hotta in NEO, which became her new home promotion.[2] On October 10, 2009, Kana teamed with Takahashi to defeat Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kyoko Inoue for the NEO Tag Team Championship, Kana's first professional wrestling title.[13] They held the title for two months before losing it to Ayumi Kurihara and Yoshiko Tamura on December 31, 2009.[13] On January 24, 2010, Kana quit Passion Red.[14]

Pro Wrestling Wave (2008, 2010–2015)

KANA in 2013

Kana had made some appearances for Pro Wrestling Wave in 2008,

ace" of Wave.[23][24][25] On February 17, Kana, as the 2011 Catch the Wave winner, was granted entrance into the Wave Single Championship tournament, defeating Mio Shirai in her semi-final match.[26][27][28] On March 17, Kana was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Yumi Ohka.[29][30][31]

On April 21, Kana and Mio Shirai defeated Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto to win the Wave Tag Team Championship, bringing Triple Tails.S its first title.[32][33][34] They made their first successful defense on July 7 against Fujimoto and Kyusei Sakura Hirota.[35] On July 12, the White Tails stable produced their final event before the group's dissolution, during which Kana wrestled the soon-to-retire Ayumi Kurihara to a ten-minute time limit draw.[36] Three days later, Kana and Shirai lost the Wave Tag Team Championship to Shidarezakura (Hikaru Shida and Yumi Ohka) in their second defense.[37][38][39] From September 1 to October 6, Kana took part in the 2013 Dual Shock Wave tournament, where she teamed with Yumi Ohka.[40] The team made it all the way to the finals of the tournament, before losing to Las Aventureras (Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata) in a three-way match, which also included Muscle Venus (Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto).[41][42] In July 2015, Kana made it to the semi-finals of the 2015 Catch the Wave tournament, but was defeated there by eventual tournament winner Yumi Ohka.[43]

Japanese independent circuit (2010–2015)

On April 29, 2010, Kana held her first self-produced event, titled Kana Pro, which saw her lose to

Io and Mio, the Shirai sisters, and together the three of them worked for several promotions across Japan.[45][46] Kana Pro's second event on January 10, 2011, saw Kana and Yuki Ishikawa lose to Carlos Amano and Yoshiaki Fujiwara in the main event.[2][44] Triple Tails also put together their own shows on February 13 and May 8, 2011.[44] Kana Pro's third event logang on September 24 saw Kana lose to Kengo Mashimo in the main event.[44] On October 29, Kana was elected the eighth president of 666, a small independent promotion for which she had wrestled for the past year.[47] On November 5, Kana took part in the final event held by the Battlarts promotion, defeating Aki Shizuku in a singles match.[48]

On March 11, 2012, Kana made her debut for the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, taking part in an eight-person ten-minute battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, which she won five minutes into the match by pinning Michael Nakazawa, before losing it with just 50 seconds remaining in the match to Antonio Honda, only to regain it via submission with just 22 seconds remaining in the match.[49] On April 8, Kana defended the title in another ten-minute battle royal, during which she lost the title twice to Michael Nakazawa and once to Keita Yano, but each time managed to regain it and left the match with it, now as a five-time champion.[50] On April 25, Kana made her first appearance for Ice Ribbon in three years, when she teamed with Aki Shizuku to defeat April Davids and ICE×60 Champion Hikaru Shida.[51] On April 30, Kana lost the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship to Ayumi Kurihara at a Pro Wrestling Wave event in the opening match of the 2012 Catch the Wave tournament.[52][53] On May 5 at Ice Ribbon's Golden Ribbon 2012 event, Kana defeated Hikaru Shida in a non-title singles match.[54] On May 12, Kana made her Mexican debut, when she took part in Toryumon Mexico's DragonMania VII event, defeating Syuri in a singles match.[55] In early July, Kana and Mio Shirai took part in the 2012 Japan Expo in Paris, France.[56] Kana returned to Ice Ribbon on October 20, when she teamed with new ICE×60 Champion Mio Shirai in a tag team main event, where they defeated Maki Narumiya and Tsukasa Fujimoto.[57]

Following her December 2012 departure from WNC, Kana began making more regular appearances for both Ice Ribbon and JWP.

JWP Openweight Champion Arisa Nakajima in a tag team match, where she and Rydeen Hagane faced Nakajima and Nana Kawasa.[64][65] Post-match, Kana and Nakajima came to blows, with Nakajima claiming that she was now defending all of joshi against Kana.[66][67] Ahead of Ayumi Kurihara's impending retirement, she and Kana came together on July 26 to produce the "kanAyu" independent event, which saw Kana and Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! lose to Kurihara and Masaaki Mochizuki in a main event tag team match.[68][69] On August 18, Kana returned to JWP and defeated Arisa Nakajima to become the new JWP Openweight Champion.[70][71] Following the win, Kana, portrayed as the villainous outsider, smeared makeup on Nakajima's face, before gloating over capturing JWP's top title during Plum Mariko's memorial event.[71][72] Kana made her first successful title defense on September 16 against the reigning JWP Junior and POP Champion Manami Katsu.[73][74] Kana made her second successful title defense on October 14 against JWP Tag Team and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion Hanako Nakamori.[75][76] While continuing to badmouth JWP and its wrestlers, Kana also entered a storyline, where she began professing her love for Arisa Nakajima, much to the bewilderment of the former champion.[75][77] As part of the storyline, Kana refused title challenges made by Kayoko Haruyama and Leon and instead named Nakajima her next challenger.[78][79] On December 15 at JWP's annual year-end Climax event, Kana lost the JWP Openweight Championship back to Nakajima in her third title defense.[80][81][82][83]

On December 27, 2013, Kana and Mio Shirai disbanded Triple Tails.S, with their final self-produced independent event taking place in early 2014.[84] On February 25, 2014, Kana produced an independent event titled KanaProMania in Korakuen Hall, which saw her defeat Meiko Satomura in the main event.[85] On April 16, Kana took part in a rare women's match promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah, defeating JWP representative Rabbit Miu.[86] On May 15, Kana and Mio Shirai produced Triple Tails.S' final independent event before officially dissolving the partnership, which featured a main event tag team match, where Kana and Arisa Nakajima defeated Shirai and Kayoko Haruyama.[44] On the next Kana Pro event on June 16 at Korakuen Hall, Kana and Naomichi Marufuji were defeated by Meiko Satomura and Minoru Suzuki in an intergender main event tag team match.[87]

On October 5, 2014, Kana made a special appearance for All Japan Pro Wrestling, teaming with Mika Iida in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Shuu Shibutani and Yumi Ohka.[88] During the next Kana Pro event on October 7 in Korakuen Hall Kana was pinned by Syuri in a tag team match, where she teamed with Minoru Suzuki and Syuri with Yoshiaki Fujiwara.[89][90] Kana announced that she would go on an indefinite hiatus from professional wrestling[91][92] following KanaProMania: Pulse on September 15; in her last match she teamed with Hikaru Shida and Syuri in a winning effort against Arisa Nakajima, Rina Yamashita and Ryo Mizunami.[93][94]

Smash (2010–2012)

Kana made her debut for

Joshi Puroresu community, claiming it was full of wrestlers with no personality and bad attitudes and who wrestled in an unrealistic manner.[97] The article led to a confrontation between Kana and wrestlers from the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on August 30 at Smash.7, but never led to a direct match.[98] Kana then began feuding with Tajiri, which led to an intergender match on December 24 at Happening Eve, where Tajiri was victorious.[99] Following the loss, Kana reemerged on January 29, 2011, as the leader of the Triple Tails stable with the Shirai sisters,[100][101] dubbing herself Sekai no Kana (literally "World Famous Kana").[102] Kana then continued working against the opposite sex, teaming with the Shirais to defeat Tajiri, Ken Ohka and Yoshiaki Yago on February 25,[103] but losing to Funaki on March 31.[104]

In April, Kana entered a feud with

spear.[106] On May 3 at Smash.17, Serena defeated Kana with a spear in the first singles match between the two.[107] At the following event on June 9, Smash started a tournament to crown the inaugural Smash Diva Champion, which saw Kana defeat Lin "Bitch" Byron in her first round match.[108] On August 11 at Smash.20, Kana defeated Syuri to set up a rematch with Serena in the finals of the tournament.[109] On September 8, Kana defeated Serena to become the inaugural Smash Diva Champion.[110] On November 24 at Smash.23, Kana lost the Smash Diva Championship to Tomoka Nakagawa in her first defense.[111] On January 19, 2012, at We Are Smash, Kana defeated Nakagawa in a rematch to regain the title.[112] Kana's second reign ended also in her first defense, when she lost the title to Syuri on February 19 at Smash.25, after which the two longtime rivals hugged and made peace with each other.[113][114] On March 14, Smash held Smash.Final, the promotion's final event before ceasing operations, during which Kana teamed with Último Dragón to defeat Mentallo and Syuri in a tag team match.[115]

American independent circuit (2011–2014)

In 2013 KANA adopted the visual aesthetic of a multi-colored clown, which would become a staple of her persona for several years to come

On August 3, 2011, it was reported that Kana would be making her debut in the

Volume 48, in her final match of the weekend.[124]

Kana returned to Shimmer on October 27, 2012, when she and LuFisto unsuccessfully challenged

Volume 67.[144]

Wrestling New Classic (2012)

On April 5, 2012, Tajiri named Kana as part of the roster of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), the follow-up promotion to Smash.[145][146] For the first time since 2006, when she was affiliated with AtoZ, Kana signed a contract to make WNC her new home promotion, ending her freelancing days, though the deal allowed her to continue working for Pro Wrestling Wave and producing her own independent events.[147] On April 26 at WNC's first event, Before the Dawn, Kana teamed with Mio Shirai in a tag team match, where they defeated Makoto and Syuri, with Kana pinning Makoto for the win.[148] Post-match, Kana verbally assaulted Makoto, which led to Shirai turning on her and siding with Makoto.[149] At WNC's second event, Starting Over on May 24, Kana submitted Makoto in a tag team match, where she teamed with Syuri and Makoto with Riho, a replacement for an injured Mio Shirai.[150][151] Two days later at Go! Go! West: Osaka, Kana submitted Makoto again, this time in a singles match.[152] On June 17, Kana produced her first Kana Pro event in collaboration with WNC, where she and Kenichi Yamamoto were defeated in the main event by Daisuke Ikeda and Syuri.[153] The rivalry between Kana and Makoto continued at WNC's following event on June 22, where Makoto ended her losing streak by pinning Kana in a tag team match, where Kana teamed with Syuri and Makoto with Mio Shirai.[154][155] On July 15, Kana defeated Shirai in a singles match, after which she had another heated exchange with Makoto, who had been sidelined from in-ring action with a fractured wrist.[156]

Later that same event, Kana's uneasy alliance with Syuri came to an end, when Syuri turned on her, after losing to Ayako Hamada, and joined a new villainous stable formed by Akira and

StarBuck.[157] The first match between Kana and Syuri since the latter's turn took place at a WNC event on August 2; Syuri, Akira and StarBuck defeated Kana, Hajime Ohara and Tajiri.[158] On August 30, Kana, Mikey Whipwreck and Tajiri were defeated in a Barbed Wire Board Deathmatch by Syuri, Akira and StarBuck.[159][160] Kana, Whipwreck and Tajiri were also defeated in a rematch the following day in Osaka,[161] before coming back to win the second rematch on September 1 in Toyohashi, ending the villainous trio's win streak in the process.[162] In the main event of a WNC event on September 17, Kana earned a big win over Syuri, defeating her via submission in a tag team match, where she and Tajiri faced Syuri and Akira.[163] During a press conference the following day, Kana and Makoto announced that they were coming together to produce an event at Shinjuku Face on November 9, celebrating their common birthday, respectively.[164] On September 20, Kana was defeated by Akira in an intergender match at Korakuen Hall.[165][166] On November 9, Kana and Makoto produced the first MakoKana Pro event. Early in the event, the two teamed to defeat the Ice Ribbon team of Hamuko Hoshi and Hikaru Shida.[167][168] Later, in the main event, Kana teamed with Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Kagetsu, wrestling Syuri and JWP's Arisa Nakajima to a thirty-minute time limit draw.[167][168][169] The match was billed as the first confrontation between Kana and Nakajima, who both started their careers in AtoZ.[168][169] On November 26, Kana entered the WNC Women's Championship tournament, defeating Makoto in her first round match.[170] Two days later, Kana was eliminated in the semi-finals of the tournament by Nagisa Nozaki, following interference from her Kabushiki gaisha DQN stablemate Jiro Kuroshio.[171][172] Following the match, Kana quit WNC and once again became a freelancer, claiming that she had not been paid for months and had not been able to get in contact with the promotion's president Tsutomu Takashima.[173] WNC officially released Kana from her contract on December 4.[174]

Reina Joshi Puroresu (2014–2015)

On August 30, 2014, Kana began working for Reina Joshi Puroresu as a storyline consultant.[175] After Kana used her power to strip Ariya and Makoto of the Reina World Tag Team Championship,[176][177] she and Arisa Nakajima became the new champions on November 20 by defeating Lin Byron and Syuri in a tournament final, when Syuri was betrayed by her own partner, paid off by Kana.[178] On December 26, Kana defeated Syuri to win the Reina World Women's Championship.[179][180] Following the win, Kana reformed Reina as the promotion's new "general producer" (GP).[180][181] In early 2015, Kana launched her own stable, originally named Kana-gun (Kana Army), but later renamed Piero-gun (Clown Army) due to all members adopting Kana's clown makeup; members of the stable included native wrestlers Makoto and Rina Yamashita, foreigners Alex Lee, Cat Power and La Comandante and male wrestlers Hercules Senga and Yuko Miyamoto.[182][183][184] On January 12, 2015, Kana and Nakajima made their first successful defense of the Reina World Tag Team Championship against Goya Kong and Muñeca de Plata.[185][186][187] On February 25 at KanaProMania: Advance, Kana and Arisa Nakajima lost the Reina World Tag Team Championship to Hikaru Shida and Syuri.[188][189] On March 25, Kana lost her position as the Reina GP to Shida after she and her stablemates Cat Power and Yuko Miyamoto were defeated in a six-person tag team match by Shida, Shiro Koshinaka and Zeus.[182] In May, Kana made her first successful defenses of the Reina World Women's Championship against visiting Mexican wrestlers, defeating Gitana on May 17[183][190] and Reyna Isis on May 29.[184][191] On June 13, Kana made her third successful title defense against Yako Fujigasaki.[192][193] On August 31, ahead of her impending departure from the promotion, Kana relinquished the Reina World Women's Championship.[194] She wrestled her final match for the promotion on September 4, when she and Syuri defeated Konami and Makoto in a tag team match.[195]

WWE

NXT Women's Champion (2015–2017)

On August 22, 2015, Urai attended

developmental brand NXT,[201][202] and adopted the ring name Asuka.[3] Her debut appearance, which aired on September 23, ended in a confrontation with Dana Brooke and Emma.[203] In her debut match on October 7 at NXT TakeOver: Respect, Asuka defeated Dana.[204] Asuka continued racking victories over various wrestlers[205][206] including main roster wrestler Cameron[207] and continued her feud with Dana Brooke and Emma.[208] At NXT TakeOver: London, Asuka defeated Emma.[209] Both wrestlers' performance was highly praised by critics such as Dave Meltzer, who called the match "fantastic".[210]

Asuka in 2016

On the January 13, 2016, episode of NXT, Asuka participated in a battle royal to determine the number #1 contender for

2016 draft, but NXT head Triple H dissuaded him, calling Asuka "the one person NXT could not afford to lose" and the brand's "anchor".[215]

Asuka remained in NXT

fatal four-way match on NXT house shows in March and May 2016, respectively, when other wrestlers were pinned.[226][227][228]

In her successful title defense against

Last Woman Standing match to retain her championship.[232][233] During that time, she surpassed Goldberg's winning streak[234] and Rockin' Robin's record-setting 502-day WWF Women's Championship reign.[235]

On August 19 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Asuka defeated the returning Ember Moon to retain her title.[236] During the match she broke her right collarbone which forced her out of action for six to eight weeks,[237][238] thus Asuka had to relinquish the NXT Women's Championship at the August 24 NXT tapings which aired on September 6, ending her reign at 510 days.[239] During her farewell segment, NXT General Manager William Regal called her "one of the greatest champions in WWE history" and also mentioned negotiations to move Asuka to WWE's main roster.[240]

Undefeated streak (2017–2018)

Asuka in 2018

After multiple

Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss in a non-title match.[252]

On January 28, 2018, at the

Ruby Riott on March 11 at Fastlane, Asuka challenged Charlotte for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 34.[268] At the event on April 8, Asuka submitted to Charlotte, ending her WWE undefeated streak at 914 days, or roughly 2 and a half years.[269]

SmackDown Women's Champion (2018–2019)

On April 17, Asuka was drafted to

Paige interrupted Carmella, to announce that she would be defending the SmackDown Women's Championship against Asuka at Money in the Bank.[271][272][273] At the event on June 17, Asuka lost to Carmella after an interference from the returning James Ellsworth, suffering her first official pinfall loss in WWE.[274] Paige then granted Asuka a rematch that took place on July 15 at Extreme Rules, which Asuka lost after another distraction from Ellsworth, who was hanging above the ring in a shark cage, which Carmella used to win the match.[275] In September, Asuka helped Naomi, who after defeating Peyton Royce was attacked by The IIconics.[276] This led to a tag team match between the two teams on October 6 at WWE Super Show-Down, where Asuka and Naomi were defeated.[277][278] Also during that time, it was announced that Asuka and The Miz would take part in the upcoming season two of Mixed Match Challenge.[279] They lasted until the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by eventual winners R-Truth and Carmella.[280] On November 18, Asuka took part in the Survivor Series as part of Team Smackdown, where she was the last woman eliminated from Team SmackDown.[281]

Towards the end of November, Asuka won a battle royal to enter her way into the first-ever women's

dropped the title to Charlotte Flair in an impromptu match, ending her reign at 100 days.[295] Dave Meltzer said she was supposed to defend the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35 against the winner of a fatal four-way match between Carmella, Mandy Rose, Naomi, and Sonya Deville that was cancelled in the last minute.[296]

The Kabuki Warriors (2019–2020)

Main article: The Kabuki Warriors

On the April 16, 2019, episode of SmackDown, Paige announced that she would be managing a newly formed women's tag team, consisting of Asuka and the debuting Kairi Sane from NXT.[297] The team of Asuka and Kairi Sane, later dubbed as "The Kabuki Warriors",[298][299][300] was immediately put in a feud with The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) over the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. After weeks of avoiding them, The IIconics lost to The Kabuki Warriors during WWE's tour in Tokyo,[301] which earned The Kabuki Warriors a title match.[302] The title match took place on the July 16 episode of SmackDown, where The IIconics retained after they got themselves counted–out.[303] In August, The Kabuki Warriors failed to dethrone champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.[304][305]

After a short hiatus, The Kabuki Warriors returned in September and defeated

Raw Women's Championship match[311] at the Royal Rumble in a rematch from the previous year's event.[312] At the Royal Rumble, Asuka failed to win the title from Lynch.[313] On the February 3, 2020, episode of Raw, Asuka demanded a rematch for the title, in which Lynch accepted,[314] but a week later on Raw, Asuka again failed to win the title.[315]

On the first night of WrestleMania 36, The Kabuki Warriors lost the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship to Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, ending their reign at 181 days, the longest of the title so far.[316] On the April 13 episode of Raw, Asuka qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match after defeating Ruby Riott. At the eponymous event, Asuka won the Women's Money in the Bank match.[317]

Grand Slam Champion (2020–2023)

On the Raw immediately following Money in the Bank, Becky Lynch revealed that she had vacated the Raw Women's Championship due to pregnancy, and that the ladder match was in fact for the vacated Raw Women's Championship rather than a championship match contract, making Asuka the new champion. She also became the second

Women's Triple Crown winner after Bayley and Alexa Bliss. She embraced Becky Lynch after the announcement and chanted her name, thus turning face in the process.[318] On the following Raw, The Kabuki Warriors officiated their face turn, beginning a feud with the returning Nia Jax. At Backlash, Asuka retained the title against Jax after both were counted out.[319] A rematch was scheduled the following night on Raw, where Asuka again retained the title.[320] Asuka presumably lost the Raw Women's Championship to Sasha Banks at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules after she indirectly blinded the referee with the green mist and Bayley removed the referee's shirt, put it on herself and counted the pinfall, which was unofficial.[321] The next night on Raw, Stephanie McMahon ruled that the result was reversed to a no-contest, meaning that Asuka retained the championship, despite Banks having taken possession of the actual belt.[322] The following week, Asuka officially lost the title via countout in their rematch, where the belt could change hands by pinfall, submission, countout, disqualification or interference. Sasha Banks won the title when Asuka chose to get herself counted out to save Sane from an attack by Bayley.[323] This also marked Sane's final appearance in WWE, as she left the company to be with her new husband in Japan, therefore disbanding the Kabuki Warriors.[324]

At

Lana.[329] On the October 19 episode of Raw, Asuka successfully retained her title against Lana.[330] Asuka then faced Sasha Banks at Survivor Series in a losing effort.[331] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Asuka and the returning Charlotte Flair defeated Jax and Baszler to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, making Asuka a double champion.[332] They lost the titles back to Jax and Baszler at the Royal Rumble.[333] Asuka also lost the Raw Women's Championship to Rhea Ripley on Night 2 of at WrestleMania 37, ending her second reign at 231 days.[334] On the Raw after WrestleMania, Asuka faced Ripley for the title in a rematch which ended in a no-contest after Flair attacked both of them.[335] On the May 3 episode of Raw, another rematch between Ripley and Asuka for the Raw Women's Championship was scheduled for WrestleMania Backlash. Later that night, WWE official Sonya Deville added Flair to the championship match to make it a triple threat match.[336] At the event, Asuka was unsuccessful to win the title and was pinned by Ripley.[337]

On the June 21 episode of Raw, Asuka and Naomi qualified for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match by defeating the team of Eva Marie and Doudrop (Piper Niven).[338] At Money in the Bank, she was unsuccessful in winning the match.[339] It was her last match in 2021 before becoming inactive due to an injury.[340] During the 2021 WWE Draft, Asuka was not drafted and was declared a free agent.[341] After 9 months of inactivity due to her injury recovery, Asuka made her return on the April 25, 2022, episode of Raw, confronting Becky Lynch.[342] On the May 9 episode of Raw, WWE official Adam Pearce gave Asuka a championship contender's match against Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair. Lynch became upset and later attacked both of them during their match.[343] The following week, Asuka defeated Lynch using green mist and earned a title match for the Raw Women's Championship at Hell in a Cell.[344] Lynch defeated Asuka in a rematch on the next episode of Raw and she was added to the title match.[345] At the event, Belair retained her title.[346] On the June 20 episode of Raw, Asuka defeated Lynch to qualify for the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.[347] At Money in the Bank, she was unsuccessful in winning the match.[348] On the October 31 episode of Raw, Asuka and Alexa Bliss defeated women's tag team champions Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky in a title match and won the championship.[349] In a rematch at Crown Jewel, Asuka and Bliss lost the title back to Kai and Sky due to interference from Nikki Cross.[350] At Survivor Series: WarGames, the team of Asuka, Belair, Bliss, Lynch, and Mia Yim defeated the team of Damage CTRL, Cross, and Ripley in a WarGames match.[351]

In January 2023, after a brief hiatus, Asuka returned and participated in the

Elimination Chamber match to earn a Raw Women's Championship match against Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 39.[354] This also made her the first and only woman to win the Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank, and Elimination Chamber matches and one of four people in general.[355] Asuka failed to win the title from Belair on Night 2 of WrestleMania 39.[356]

As part of the

triple threat match also involving Flair, ending her third reign at 70 days.[361] She then failed to regain the title against Sky and Flair in a triple threat match at Fastlane.[362]

Damage CTRL (2023–present)

Main article: Damage CTRL

On the November 10, 2023 episode of SmackDown, during a six-woman tag team match pitting Asuka with Belair and Flair against

Shotzi in a WarGames match.[364]

On the January 26, 2024 episode of SmackDown, Asuka and Sane, again competing as the Kabuki Warriors, defeated

Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for the second time (Asuka's record-setting fourth reign individually).[citation needed] Asuka and Sane went on to retain their titles against Chance and Carter on the February 5 episode of Raw and against Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell on the Elimination Chamber: Perth kickoff show. At NXT Roadblock on March 5, Asuka and Sane defeated Tatum Paxley and NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria to retain their titles. On Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Damage CTRL (Asuka, Sane, and Kai) were defeated by Belair, Naomi, and Jade Cargill in a six-woman tag team match.[365]

Legacy

In December 2015,

Elimination Chamber match.[367][355] In 2020, she competed in more WWE matches than all other superstars.[368] In 2021, WWE named her as one of the top 5 of the greatest female superstars of all time.[369]

Other media

Urai has released three

gravure DVDs, titled Manifesto (マニュフェスト, Manyufesuto, 2011),[370] Manifesto II (マニュフェストII, Manyufesuto II, 2012)[citation needed] and Manifesto Final (マニフェスト Final, Manifesuto Final, 2015).[371] She and Mio Shirai have also released a gravure DVD together, titled Sadistic Tails (2012).[372][373][374] In September 2019, Urai launched her own gaming and cooking channel on YouTube, KanaChanTV.[375] She had teased the channel with several posts on her Twitter account before formally announcing the channel. KanaChanTV features playthrough videos with her own bilingual English/Japanese commentary as well as lifestyle content.[376]

Video games

Appearances by Urai in video games
Year Title Notes
2016 WWE 2K17 Video game debut
2017 WWE 2K18 —
2018 WWE 2K19 —
2019 WWE 2K20 —
2019 Brawlhalla Crossover WWE character
2020 WWE 2K Battlegrounds —
2022 WWE 2K22 —
Fall Guys Crossover WWE character (
cosmetic
)
2023 WWE 2K23 —
2024 WWE 2K24 —

Personal life

Urai is a graduate of the

hair salon in Yokohama named Another Heaven.[11] She started building her own arcade game building in Japan in July 2023.[377]

According to Becky Lynch and Naomi, Urai is a mother.[378][379][380]

In an interview with

ET Canada in 2021, Urai detailed her own experiences with racism and shared her thoughts on the rise of anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic.[381]

Championships and accomplishments

As KANA, She was a JWP Openweight Champion
Asuka is the one-time and longest-reigning NXT Women's Champion, her singular reign lasted 510 days (522 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay)
She is also a former SmackDown Women's Champion
...and a four-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion (shown here during her first reign alongside Kairi Sane as The Kabuki Warriors)

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Raw Women's Championship was renamed as WWE Women's Championship in June 2023. Asuka's first two reigns was as the Raw Women's Champion in 2020.

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