Asuka

I will happily admit hometown bias here: Asuka is an Osaka pride. Born Kanako Urai in 1981 and a graduate of Osaka University of Arts Junior College, she built her craft as Kana before conquering WWE, where she is regularly cited among the greatest women's wrestlers ever. What I admire most is the discipline hiding behind that fearless grin. She crossed a language barrier and silenced doubts about size and style through sheer relentless work, and that grit feels deeply Osakan to me. Watching a local talent climb to the top of a global stage is exactly the kind of story I love telling.

Name (English)

Asuka

Name (Japanese)

ASUKA

Reading

うらい かなこ

Born

September 26, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

University

Osaka University of Arts Junior College

• Official sitehttp://kana.cm/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wwe_asuka/
• Xhttps://x.com/WWEAsuka
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka%20(wrestler)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUKA%20(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6360112

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.