Kanako Urai, known as Asuka in the ring, is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed into WWE currently.
Her fans also call her Kana, Kana-hime, Princess Kana, Ramen Woman, Skull Reaper Kana, and Tomoe Goze.
This writing will help you to know her better. You can learn more about her salary, net worth, age, height, etc.
Asuka was born on 26 September 1981. She took birth in Osaka, Japan.
She graduated from Osaka University of Arts Junior College.
Since childhood, she has watched the Japanese wrestler legends. That’s how she got interested in wrestling.
Earlier, she worked as a graphic designer. But after getting inspired by the wrestling legends, she worked toward professional wrestling.
On June 16, 2004, she made her professional wrestling debut against Leona.
What about her personal life?
Asuka wrote for Xbox Magazine. Also, she made designs for many mobile applications, for instance, Nintendo DS. She has a hair salon in Yokohama. She named her saloon ‘Another Heaven.’
Here is more of the information about Asuka.
Asuka Personal Details
Full name | Kanako Urai |
Nickname | Asuka |
Born | September 26, 1981 |
Birthplace | Osaka, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Age | 40 years |
Height | 1.6 m |
Weight | 137 lb |
Father’s name | N/A |
Mother’s name | N/A |
Marital Status | N/A |
Net worth | $1 million. |
Salary | $350, 000 |
Twitter handle | @WWEAsuka |
Instagram handle | @wwe_asuka |
Age
Asuka is now 40 years old.
Height and Weight
She is 5 feet & 3 inches tall. Asuka weighs 62 kg.
Asuka’s Net Worth and Salary
Kanako Urai Asuka’s net worth is 1 million USD in 2023. She has a salary of approximately $350, 000.
Spouse
There is no authentic news about her married life. However, reporters have unleashed the probability of her being married to either Jadarius Mckenzie or Daisuke Urai.
What are Asuka’s achievements?
Here are some of the achievements of Asuka.
1) Became the longest-reigning NXT Women’s Champion for once. Her singular reign lasted for 510 days.
2) She is the former SmackDown Women’s Champion.
3) Won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with Kairi Sane twice.
4) One of her matches against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair got recognition as WWE Match of the Year in 2018.
5) Won the DDT Pro- wrestling Championship 5 times.
6) Won the JWP Openweight Championship one time.
7) She got the Best Bout Award in 2013, on December 15, against Arisa Nakajima.
8) Won the Enemy award.
9) She even won the Kuzu Pro Diva Championship once.
10) Won the NEO Tag Team Championship one time.
11) She won the One Day Tag Tournament in 2011.
12) Asuka became the number one out of the top- 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017.
13) She ranked number 9 out of top-50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020.
14) She became Woman of the Year-2017.
15) She won the Wave Tag Team Championship twice.
16) She won the Reina World Tag Team Championship once.
17) Asuka won the Reina World Women’s Championship once.
18) She won the Reina World Tag Team Championship Tournament in 2014.
19) She was the Smash Diva Champion twice.
20) She ranked number 5 out of the Top 10 Women’s Wrestlers in 2018.
21) She won the NXT Women’s Championship once.
22) She won the WWE Raw Women’s Championship twice.
23) She won the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship one time.
24) She won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship twice.
25) She got the Third Women’s Triple Crown Champion.
26) She also became the Second Women’s Grand Slam Champion.
27) She won the NXT Year-End Award.
28) She became the Female Competitor of the Year in 2016 and 2017.
29) She became the Overall Competitor-2017.
30) Asuka became the WWE Year-End Award for Women’s Tag Team of the Year in 2019.