Asuka is a Japanese wrestler known for her successful wrestling career within the popular wrestling promotion WWE. She has done promotional work for well-known brands such as Microsoft . She has a huge social media following with more than 1 million followers on Instagram, more than 400,000 followers on Twitter and more than 300,000 followers on Facebook.

Born name

Kanako Urai

nickname

Asuka, Kana, Kana-hime, Ramen-Frau, Schädel-Reaper Kana, Tomoe Gozen

Sun sign

scale

Place of birth

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Residence

Orlando, Florida, United States

nationality

training

Asuka went to junior college at Osaka University of the Arts . She later graduated from university as well.

occupation

Professional wrestler

family

• Father – unknown
• Mother – unknown
• Siblings – Unknowns

Manager

Asuka is signed to WWE Inc

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 3 in oder 160 cm

weight

60 kg or 132 lbs

friend/spouse

For the most part, Asuka has chosen not to put her personal life in the spotlight, making it difficult for us to share about her love life and dating history.

race/ethnicity

Asian

hair colour

Black (natural)

She often tends to dye her hair “pink,” “blue,” or “green.”

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Dyes her hair bright colors for her in-ring personality
• short height

brand promotion

Asuka has not appeared in any television commercials. However, she has done endorsement work for Microsoft and has the Xbox 360 logo on her wrestling gear as part of the endorsement deal.

Religion

Her religious views are not publicly known.

Known for

• Her successful professional wrestling career, during which she worked for popular promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave , Wrestling New Classic , and Smash .
• Her successful time in WWE fighting for the RAW brand.
• To be one of the most popular Japanese wrestlers on social media. She has more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

First WWE match

In October 2015, she made her WWE in-ring debut in a match against Dana Brooke in NXT’s TakeOver: Respect event.

first movie

She hasn’t starred in any movies to date.

First TV show

Asuka hasn’t appeared in any TV shows yet.

Personal trainer

Asuka regularly works to maintain her high fitness standards. She trains regularly at the WWE Performance Center. Her fitness routine includes strength training as well as exercises to strengthen the core.

She relies on exercises like jumping rope for her cardio needs. Like many other established Japanese fighters, she has also made martial arts training a regular part of her fitness regime.

Asuka favorite things

• Wrestler – Satoru Sayama, Keiji Mutoh, Antonio Inoki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Takada, Masakatsu Funaki, Akira Maeda, Volk Han und Minoru Suzuki
• Musik bands – Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi
• Movies – The Godfather (1972), Gran Torino (2008), Platoon (1986), Dancing With Wolves (1990)
• Video Games – Call of Duty game series

Asuka facts

1. Before starting her wrestling career, she worked as a freelance video game journalist and graphic designer.
2. When she started her wrestling career, she was trained by Yuki Ishikawa.
3. She began her wrestling career in June 2004 in the all-female promotion, A to Z.
4. In March 2006, she announced that she was retiring from wrestling due to chronic nephritis, a kidney infection. However, she made her comeback in September 2007.
5. During her brief retirement, she opened her own graphics agency.
6. During her childhood, she competed in both figure skating and badminton.
7. She has her hair salon called Another Heaven in Yokohama.
8. She has contributed articles to the popular Xbox Magazine.
9. Asuka has worked on designing graphics for Nintendo ds and various other mobile applications.
10. “Asu” of her stage name means “fly” and “ka” means “bird”.
11. In January 2018, she managed to win the first women’s Royal Rumble match. She was the 25th ^when she competed in the match and in the final period of the match, she eliminated Nikki Bella and Ember Moon.
12. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.