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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 is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Asuka (アスカ or 明日華, ), as a member of Damage CTRL. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asuka has received more than 173,986 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Asuka is the 159th most popular wrestler (up from 194th in 2019), the 1,397th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,461st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Asuka ranks 159 out of 1,027. Before her are Scott Hall, László Papp, Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, The Fabulous Moolah, and Jake Roberts. After her are Angelo Parisi, Tevfik Kış, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Fuji, Nathan Jones, and King Kong Bundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Asuka ranks 133. Before her are Andrés D'Alessandro, Anja Pärson, Lauren Jackson, Michiel Huisman, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, and Cho Yeo-jeong. After her are Miyavi, Michelle Dockery, Elena Dementieva, Belladonna, Song Ji-hyo, and Nenê.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Asuka ranks 1,397 out of 6,245. Before her are Shidzue Katō (1897), Seiichiro Kashio (1892), Masao Harada (1912), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Chieko Hase (1956), and Yuji Hyakutake (1950). After her are Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914), Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Miyavi (1981), Naomi Kawase (1969), Nobuko Imai (1943), and Shunji Iwai (1963).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Asuka ranks 11. Before her are Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Osamu Watanabe (1940), and Takehide Nakatani (1941). After her are Atsuji Miyahara (1958), Yuji Takada (1954), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Jiichiro Date (1952), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), and Shohachi Ishii (1926).

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