Previously known as Kana (華名), Asuka started her professional wrestling career in 2004 in the AtoZ promotion, where she remained until retiring in 2006. She returned to the ring in 2007, 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. Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, Smash Diva Championship, and Wave Tag Team Championship.
In 2015, Asuka signed a developmental deal with WWE, making her the first Japanese female wrestler signed with the company in over 20 years. She won the NXT Women's Championship in 2016 (with her reign of 510 days being the longest in that title's history), and was moved to WWE's main roster in 2017. In 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the Women's Royal Rumble match. She is also a former one-time SmackDown Women's Champion, record-tying three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion (with Kairi Sane, Charlotte Flair, and Alexa Bliss; the only woman to win this title with three different partners), and the 2020 Women's Money in the Bank ladder match winner. Following her first Raw Women's Championship win, Asuka became the third Women's Triple Crown Champion and the second Women's Grand Slam Champion. She would go on to win the title for another two more times to become a three-time WWE Women's Champion. After her Elimination Chamber match win in 2023, she became the only woman in WWE to win the Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank, and Elimination Chamber matches.
Asuka has also worked as a freelance graphic designer and video game journalist and through her work with Microsoft she has been sponsored by the company, wearing an Xbox 360 logo on her gear. Since 2019, she has her own YouTube channel KanaChanTV focused on gaming and lifestyle content.
“Nobody is ready for Asuka!”… The Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka travelled across the ocean to join our WWE CHAMPIONSHIP COLLECTION! Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Asuka is the record-breaking warrior of women’s sports entertainment. Asuka has repeatedly declared she can’t be touched in the ring. A fierce Japanese Superstar who wears kaleidoscopic battle gear and takes joy in taunting her rivals! Using her techniques she took down everyone on her way from Becky Lynch to Bayley. This fantastic metal resin Asuka figurine captures the fierce superstar in the outfit she wore at the first-ever women's Royal Rumble 2018. Dressed in colourful attire, she steps forward with her arms out in a taunting style pose. The figurine is masterfully hand-painted and stands at almost 12 cm tall on a ring style WWE base!
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