Who was Asuka’s partner in WWE

Last Modified Jul 28, 2023 05:22 GMT
Asuka's Tag Team Partner, Kairi Sane
"The Kabuki Warriors", Source: Asuka’s Instagram

Asuka is the first female Japanese wrestler to make a deal as an employee of the WWE in over twenty years. She is the ongoing WWE Women's Title holder which she won as Raw Women's Championship and later WWE renamed the title. She is widely known from her NXT days as being the champion for most days (510 days) which is a record in that division. After quitting her career as a graphic designer she started wrestling in 2004. She worked under different wrestling promotions prior to making it to the WWE like Pro Wrestling Wave (2008, 2010–2015), Japanese free circuits like Smash (2010–2012), and American independent circuits like Wrestling New Classic (2012), Reina Joshi Puroresu (2014–2015). Asuka is the winner of the NXT Women's Championship, WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship.

Asuka’s teammates in WWE

Kairi Sane

Asuka formed a team with fellow NXT superstar Kairi Sane (original name: Kaori Housako) and later named "The Kabuki Warriors”. After beating The Iconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) in Tokyo they earned a title match but failed to win it. In October 2019 "The Kabuki Warriors'' beat Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross to win the Women's Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell. They lost the title against the same opponent on the first night of WrestleMania 37 and ended their reign of 181 days which is the longest reign for the title.

Charlotte Flair

Asuka's tag team parenter Charlotte Flair
Asuka and Charlotte Flair, Source: Asuka’s Instagram

Asuka formed a team with Charlotte Flair at the pay-per-view event of TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in 2020 and faced the defending champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler for the Women's Tag Team Title. They beat the defending team to clinch the title and this made Asuka a double champion with her RAW Women's Title. Asuka and Flair lost the title against the same opponent at the Royal Rumble 2021.

Alexa Bliss

Alexa Bliss and Asuka formed a team to confront Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai for the Women's Tag Team Championship in 2022. They beat Sky and Kai in a title match and successfully clinched the championship in an episode of RAW. A rematch was set at Crown Jewel 2022 for the title. Asuka and Bliss lost the title against Sky and Kai due to an unexpected interruption by Nikki Cross.

FAQs

A. Asuka and Kairi Sane are the members of “The Kabuki Warriors”.

A. Asuka and Charlotte Flair won tag team titles one time.

A. Asuka and Alexa Bliss won tag team titles one time.

A. Asuka and Kairi Sane won tag team titles one time.

A. “The Kabuki Warriors” won tag team titles at Hell in a Cell 2019.

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