Kairi Sane Biography

Quick Facts About Kairi Sane

Celebrated Name Kairi Sane
Age 33 Years
Nick Name Kairi
Birth Name Kaori Housako
Birth Date 1988-09-23
Gender Female
Profession Wrestler
Nationality Japanese
Place Of Birth Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Birth Nation Japan
Ethnicity Asian
Religion Christian
Race White
Horoscope Libra
Siblings 1
Marital Status Married
Sexual Orientation Straight
Source of Wealth Wrestling and acting career
Net Worth $10 million
Salary $250,000 per year
Height 5 ft 1 in or 155 cm
Weight 52 kg or 114.5 lbs
Body Type Athletic
Hair Color Dark brown
Eye Color Dark brown
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Kaori Housako, professionally known as Kairi Sane is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress who is currently signed to WWE, where she serves as an ambassador and trainer in Japan. She first started wrestling professionally in January of 2012 for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion where for the next five years, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion. She then signed to the WWE in 2016. Sane debuted on WWE’s main roster in 2019, where she became a one-time and the longest-reigning WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion. In WWE, she won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament and even bagged the NXT Women’s Championship once. The team of Saine and Asuka named “The Kabuki Warriors” won the Women’s Tag Team Championship from Bliss and Cross. Moreover, she made her name in the Stardom promotion, cementing herself as one of the best women’s wrestlers in the world, winning an array of championships and accolades during her time in the promotion.

Famous For

  • Being a Japanese professional wrestler and actress.
  • For serving as an ambassador and trainer in Japan.

Where is Kairi Sane from?

Kairi Sane opened her eyes for the very first time on 23rd September 1988 in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She took birth with the real name of Kaori Housako in the Christian religious family. She is of Japanese nationality and she belongs to Asian ethnic background. Kairi’s present age is 32 which she celebrated back in 2020 and as per her birth date, her zodiac sign is Libra. Thus, her race is white. Her parent’s details have not been disclosed yet however we know that she has a sister, who is three years older than her.

Regarding Kairi’s education, she graduated from Hosei University with a bachelor’s degree in Japanese literature.

What does Kairi Sane do for a living?

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2011-2017)

  • Kairi Sane commenced her wrestling career by getting training with Stardom in 2011 after which she made her debut under the ring name “Kairi Hojo” for Stardom on 7th January 2012, losing to Yuzuki Aikawa but she quickly became a founding member of the Zenryoku Joshi stable, led by Aikawa.
  • She won her first title on 29th April 2013, at Ryogoku Cinderella and teamed with Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi on 23rd June 2013 to defeat Christina Von Eerie, Hailey Hatred, and Kyoko Kimura for the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship. They lost the title to Kimura, Alpha Female, and The Female Predator “Amazon” on 4th November.
  • Hojo made her Mexican debut by representing Stardom in the “DragonMania 9” and “Lucha Fan Fest 8” events in May 2014.
  • She regained the Goddess of Stardom Championship on 10th August, when she and Takahashi defeated Alpha Female and Kyoko Kimura.
  • She also defeated the first Kyoko Kimura on 29th March and then Io Shirai to win the World of Stardom Championship for the first time but she lost the title to Meiko Satomura on 26th July after a four-month reign.
  • She bounced back by winning Stardom’s top singles tournament, the 5 Star GP, by defeating Hudson Envy in the finals on 23rd September. At the end of the year, she was named Stardom’s MVP of 2015.
  • She won another title on 15th May, when she defeated Santana Garrett for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, winning the title in her fourth attempt.
  • Then she debuted for the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) on 8th August, defeating Jungle Kyona at an event in Shanghai.
  • As well, she defeated Io Shirai on 3rd September to take over the leadership of the Red Stars block in the 2016 5 Star GP. But, during the match, she suffered a concussion, which forced her to pull out of her remaining tournament.
  • Hojo and Yoko Bito defeated Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani in the finals to win the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on 11th November as well as they defeated Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura to become the new Goddess of Stardom Champions o 22nd December. However, on 5th March 2017, they lost the title to Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona in their second defense.
  • It was reported in March that Hojo had told Stardom’s office that she was leaving the promotion for WWE the following month. She unsuccessfully challenged Io Shirai for the World of Stardom Championship on 20th March. Hojo, Hiromi Mimura, and Konami defeated AZM, HZK, and Io Shirai to win the Artist of Stardom Championship on 6th May. Following the match, Hojo confirmed her impending departure from Stardom, without specifically mentioning WWE.
  • Hojo’s one-year reign as the Wonder of Stardom Champion ended on 14th May, when she lost the title to Mayu Iwatani in her ninth title defense.
  • Later on 4th June, she wrestled her final matches for Stardom as well as she wrestled an unadvertised ten-match one-minute time limit series against members of the Stardom roster that ended in three wins, six draws, and one loss after Hojo, Mimura, and Konami lost the Artist of Stardom Championship back to AZM, HZK, and Shirai in their second defense.

WWE (2016-2017)

  • Kairi was contacted and offered a WWE contract, starting the following year in October 2016 whereas she signed a three-year contract with WWE in March 2017, reportedly for $60,000 per year, which was less than she was making in Japan.
  • She defeated Tessa Blanchard in the tournament’s first round in her WWE debut match on 13th July and also in the following day, she first defeated Bianca Belair in the second round, then Dakota Kai in the quarterfinals, and finally Toni Storm in the semifinals to advance to the finals of the tournament.
  • She defeated Shayna Baszler in the tournament finals on 12th September and thereby earned a shot at the vacant NXT Women’s Championship at the next NXT TakeOver show.

NXT Women’s Champion (2017-2019)

  • Sane made her television debut on NXT, defeating Aliyah in October 2017 and she also competed in a fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship in November, at NXT TakeOver: WarGames but was unsuccessful as Ember Moon won the match.
  • She then participated in the first women’s Royal Rumble match on 28th January 2018, at the Royal Rumble as well as she participated in the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34.
  • In July, she reignited her rivalry with Shayna Baszler, as the two exchanged victories in the Mae Young Classic Finals and at NXT and faced off in a match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV on 18th August where Sane was able to defeat Bazsler to win the NXT Women’s Championship for the first time in her career.
  • She lost the championship back to Baszler ending her reign at 71 days on 28th October at the WWE Evolution pay-per-view however she received her rematch against Baszler in a two out of three falls match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, but she failed to regain the title after interference from Duke and Shafir again.
  • Sane competed in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York on 5th April 2019, but, she was unsuccessful in capturing the title as Baszler submitted Bianca Belair to retain.
  • Again after six days on 11th April, she lost a rematch to Baszler after Io Shirai attacked Baszler who was looking to injure Sane and because of her loss, she is not allowed to challenge for the NXT Women’s Championship anymore, which was a way to write her off the brand.

The Kabuki Warriors (2019-2020)

  • Paige announced on the 16th April 2019 episode of “SmackDown Live” that she would be managing a newly formed women’s tag team, consisting of Sane, who as a result was drafted to the main roster, and Asuka.
  • The team of Sane and Asuka, later dubbed “The Kabuki Warriors” was immediately put in a feud with The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) over the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
  • The Kabuki Warriors earned a title match after they defeated The IIconics during WWE’s tour in Tokyo whereas the title match took place on the 16th July episode of SmackDown, where The IIconics retained after they got themselves counted out.
  • The Kabuki Warriors finally won the Women’s Tag Team Championship from Bliss and Cross, after Asuka used the green mist on Cross on 6th October at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
  • As part of the 2019 Draft in mid-October, Asuka and Kairi were both drafted to the Raw brand. They made their returns to NXT on the 30th October episode to defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Team Kick making it the first time the titles were defended on NXT where they retained.
  • Kairi represented Team Raw at Survivor Series in a 5-on-5-on-5 elimination tag team match, being eliminated by Sasha Banks.
  • The Kabuki Warriors successfully retained the tag team titles against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair on 1st December at Starrcade, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross and Bayley and Sasha Banks when Asuka submitted Cross.
  • Kairi and Asuka subsequently challenged Lynch and Flair to a WWE Women’s Tag Team title match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, which they accepted. At the event, The Kabuki Warriors retained their titles against Lynch and Flair in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
  • Later Sane made her TV return on the 20th January episode of “Raw”, losing to Lynch by submission after which she returned to the ring in a losing effort against Shayna Baszler on the 2nd March episode of “Raw”.
  • The Kabuki Warriors lost their Women’s Tag Team Championships to the team of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross on the first night of Wrestlemania 36,