Asuka Wwe Biography, Height, Weight, Age, Affairs and Other Facts

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Asuka was born on September 26, 1981, to Japanese parents in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Her birth name is Kanako Urai, and it is assumed that she grew up in her country of birth, as records show that she attended and graduated from the Junior College of Osaka University of the Arts. During her pre-wrestling career, Asuka wrote for XBOX Magazine and also designed graphics for the Nintendo DS and various other mobile applications. As for the sporting side of life, Asuka is an accomplished badminton player and figure skater. However, she decided to pursue a career in martial arts – wrestling.

Growing up, Asuka was a fan of wrestlers such as Keiji Mutoh, Satoru Sayama, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Antonio Inoki, Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, Masakatsu Funaki, Volk Han, and Minoru Suzuki, all of whom had a major influence on her decision to pursue a career in wrestling. She made her professional debut in 2004 at an all-female promotion called AtoZ on June 16 with the ring name Kana. There she fought for the next 2 years but was forced out of the sport due to a chronic nephritis injury she suffered and announced her retirement on March 19, 2006.

Asuka, as she would later be called, spent about a year and a half without wrestling, and made a comeback on September 22, 2007. She worked as a freelance wrestler for promotions such as Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Wave, and Pro Wrestling Zero1. She won her first title at the NEO Tag Team Championship on October 10, 2009, with Takahashi as the tag team, defeating contenders Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kyoko Inoue.

She then fought in various promotions such as DDT Pro Wrestling Promotion, Toryumon Mexico’s DragonMania VII, JWP Openweight Championship, Pro Wrestling Noah, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Smash Promotion before making her US debut. She signed with WWE NXT in 2015 and made her debut on October 7th on NXT TakeOver: Respect. In June 2016 she defeated Nikki Cross in a Last Woman Standing Match to retain her WWF Women’s Championship, which she hosted for 502 days. Since then, she has continued to perform impressively in SmackDown after being drafted to the brand by RAW in April 2017.

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