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Kanako Urai in NXT TakeOver: London (2015)

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Kanako Urai

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  • Has wrestled under the names Asuka in America & Kana in Japan.
  • Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017.
  • Winner of the first ever Women's Royal Rumble match.
  • Asuka is a former NXT Women's Champion (with her reign of 510 days being the longest of any title in WWE's post-national expansion era).
  • Uses the Asuka lock as her trademark wrestling finisher.
  • Asuka won Female Competitor of the Year (2016, 2017) and Overall Competitor of the Year (2017) awards at NXT Year-End Award.
  • She won 2017 PWI Woman of the Year award.
  • On the May 12, 2023 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Asuka turned heel when she blew blue mist into Bianca Belair's face during her championship celebration in her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • Japanese wrestler, illustrator, web designer, business person & rakugo performer.
  • Graduated from Osaka International Takii High School (2000).
  • Graduated from Osaka University of Arts Junior College.

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