Asuka – Bio, Net Worth, WWE, Raw, Next Fight, Injury, Record, Real Name, Contract, Salary, Affairs, Height, Parents, Nationality, Age, Facts, Wiki

Kanako Urai professionally named Asuka (ring name) under the Raw Brand is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE where she performs on the Raw Brand. She is one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions. She started her professional wrestling career in the AtoZ promotion in June 2004, where she remained until retiring in March 2006. She returned to the ring a year and a half later, 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 (WNC). Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, NEO Tag Team Championship, Reina World Women’s Championship, Smash Diva Championship and Wave Tag Team Championship. In January 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the women’s Royal Rumble match. Asuka is a very talented wrestler with a net worth of $1 Million. 

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Asuka injury update

Recently, WWE announced late Monday afternoon that WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka had been pulled from her scheduled match against former NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler due to a wrist injury. This led to Kairi Sane taking on Baszler in a single match on Monday’s episode of Raw in Brooklyn, NY at the Bell Barclays Center on the USA Network. Baszler went over in the contest. Dave Meltzer noted on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that Asuka suffered the injury at a WWE Supershow live event over the weekend when she worked a tag team match. Asuka is dealing with a bad sprain and wasn’t cleared by WWE doctors to compete on Raw.  The good news is that she’s expected to be able to wrestle in the Women’s Elimination Chamber match at Sunday’s pay-per-view event from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

What is the Birthplace of Asuka?

On 26th September 1981, Asuka was born in Osaka, Japan. Her nationality is Japanese and her ethnicity is Asian. As of 2019, she celebrated her 38th birthday with her friends and families. is believed to have been grown up in her home country with her parents as she was the student of the Osaka University of Arts Junior College from where she completed her graduation. She was an active child with a deep interest in wrestling and sports from an early age. You would be surprised to know that she has a sports background in figure skating as well as badminton before entering into the world of wrestling. There is no information regarding her parent’s name, religion. She also has twin sister Fumie Urai. 

How was Asuka’s Wrestling Career?

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• Firstly, Asuka worked as a graphic designer.
• After that, she decided to find a new career in professional wrestling after becoming a fan of the likes of Keiji Mutoh, Satoru Sayama, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Antonio Inoki, Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, Masakatsu Funaki, Volk Han, and Minoru Suzuki.
• She then adopted the ring name Kana and made her professional wrestling debut for all-female promotion AtoZ on 16th June 2004, in a match against Leo-na.
• She then wrestled for a couple of years but has to get retired because of a chronic nephritis injury on 19th March 2006. 
• She made her comeback as a freelance wrestler on 22nd September 2007, playing for various promotions including NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Ice Ribbon, Pro Wrestling Zero1, JWP Joshi Puroresu, and Pro Wrestling Wave. 
• On 10th October 2009, she turned as the winner of the NEO Tag Team Championship sharing with Takahashi. 
• She then went for fighting on various promotions like Toryumon Mexico’s DragonMania VII, DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, Smash promotion, Pro Wrestling Noah.
• On 23rd September 2015, she made her debut appearance and got the win from her debut match on October 7 at NXT TakeOver: Respect against Dana.  
• She continued to earn victories in her account and also turned as the main roster performer Cameron. 
• Asuka in 2016, earned the NXT Women’s Championship which she had to relinquish at the August 24 NXT tapings due to the breaking of her right collarbone. 
• She made her return to WWE to the RAW brand. 
• Her signing with the brand was revealed on 11th September 2017, She became the winner of the SmackDown Women’s Championship in a match against Lynch and Flair who were pushed off a ladder by Ronda Rousey. 
• In January 2019, Asuka and Becky were set for a title match at the Royal Rumble on which she retained her title through submission making her women’s champion.
• In August, The Kabuki Warriors failed to capture the titles from then-champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.
• As part of the 2019 Draft in mid-October, Asuka and Sane were both drafted to the Raw brand.
• She got into A rivalry with Lynch because Lynch challenged Asuka to a title match but, at the contract signing she spit the Japanese mist into her eye.
• At the Royal Rumble (2020), she failed to win the WWE Raw Women’s Championship after Lynch kicked Asuka causing her to spit her green mist in the air and into her own face.
• On the 3rd February 2020 episode of Raw, she demanded a rematch for the title, in which Lynch accepted, but a week later on Raw, Asuka again failed to win the title.

What is the Net Worth of Asuka?

Asuka is a renowned wrestler and she has reached a great height in her WWE career. The net worth of this wrestler is believed to have $1 Million as of 2020. Since 2004, she has been active in the wrestling world. Moreover, she has also appeared in various promotions. As of now, her exact salary is under review but there is no doubt in the mind of followers that she is earning a considerable amount of salary from her present work. Her major source of earning is from her wrestling career and she is satisfied with her earnings. 

Is Asuka Married?

No, Asuka is not married yet and she is still to get married yet. As of now, she is assumed to be single which might be good news for those guys having crush upon her. She is currently focusing on WWE, her career as of now rather than wasting her time in a relationship. Moreover, there is no rumors about her dating anyone. Her sexual orientation is straight and she is not a lesbian. 

How tall is Asuka?

Asuka is a very beautiful and charming woman with a tall height of five feet six inches or 1.68 m. Her body weight consists of 54 KG. Her body measurement is 36-32-36. Her eye color is brown and her hair color is black. Overall, she has got a healthy body.