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Asuka

1981 - Today

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Kanako Urai (浦井 佳奈子, Urai Kanako; born September 26, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She has been signed to WWE since August 2015, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Asuka (アスカ or 明日華; ). Urai is often regarded as one of the greatest women's professional wrestlers of all time. Previously known as Kana (華名), she started her professional wrestling career in 2004 in the AtoZ promotion, where she remained until retiring in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asuka is the 240th most popular wrestler (down from 159th in 2019), the 1,568th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,398th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Asuka ranks 240 out of 1,027. Before her are Anatoly Roshchin, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jake Roberts, Robert Van de Walle, Damien Sandow, and Avtandil Koridze. After her are Lex Luger, Ivan Bohdan, George Mehnert, Bubba Ray Dudley, Kelpo Gröndahl, and Charles Ericksen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Asuka ranks 170. Before her are Taylor Kitsch, Michiel Huisman, Miyavi, Kelly Rowland, Azra Akın, and Dawn Olivieri. After her are Feliciano López, Lesley-Ann Brandt, El Hadji Diouf, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jennifer Hudson, and John O'Shea.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Asuka ranks 1,568 out of 6,245. Before her are Kazushi Kimura (1958), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), Akihiro Nishimura (1958), Eiji Aonuma (1963), and Kyohei Ueda (1999). After her are Genichi Takahashi (1980), Rokurō Naya (1932), Takashi Imoto (1976), Hiromi Hara (1958), Shōichi Nakagawa (1953), and Marie Kondo (1984).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Asuka ranks 13. Before her are Takehide Nakatani (1941), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), and Jiichiro Date (1952). After her are Yuji Takada (1954), Shohachi Ishii (1926), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Kiyomi Kato (1948), Hitoshi Saito (1961), and Hidehiko Yoshida (1969).

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