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Kaori Housako (宝迫 香織, Hōsako Kaori; born September 23, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her two tenures in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Kairi Sane (カイリ・セイン, Kairi Sein). Kaori Housako (宝迫 香織, Hōsako Kaori) September 23, 1988 (age 37) Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan Education Hosei UniversityDoku[2] Kairi[3] Kairi Hojo[4] Kairian[5] Kairian 3.0[6] Kairi Sane[7] Pirates Kaiser[8] Billed height 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[4][9] Billed weight 52 kg (115 lb)[4][10][9] Billed from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan Trained by Fuka Kakimoto[11] Debut January 7, 2012[ In November 2022, Kairi defeated Mayu Iwatani in the main event of Historic X-Over, a professional wrestling event co-promoted by Stardom and its sister promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), to become the inaugural IWGP Women's Champion.[134] In 2023, Kairi defended her title against Tam Nakano at Wrestle Kingdom 17. After the match, she was confronted and attacked by Mercedes Moné (formerly known as Sasha Banks).[135] Moné then challenged Kairi to a title match at Battle in the Valley.[136] At the event, Kairi was defeated by Moné; ending her reign at 90 days.[137On March 24, 2023, Housako confirmed she became a free agent.[138] On August 5, it was reported she has come to terms with WWE and would return to the company.[139] On November 2, it was reported that she had been added to WWE's internal roster.[140] She made her return at Crown Jewel reverting back to her WWE ring name Kairi Sane, and assisted Iyo Sky in retaining the WWE Women's Championship against Bianca Belair,[141] re-establishing herself as a heel.On the January 26, 2024, episode of SmackDown, Sane and Asuka defeated Kayden Carter and Katana Chance to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships for the second time as a team and Sane's second time individually.[145] Sane then competed in the 2024 Royal Rumble match entering the match at number 11, she eliminated Candice LeRae before being eliminated by Carter.[146] At Elimination Chamber: Perth pre-show, Sane and Asuka defended their titles against the team of Indi Hartwell and LeRae.[147] At NXT Roadblock, they defeated the team of Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley to retain their titles.[148] On Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Damage CTRL (Sane, Asuka, and Kai) were defeated by Belair, Naomi, and Jade Cargill in a six-woman tag team match.[149] During 2024 WWE Draft, Sane (as a part of Damage CTRL) was assigned to the Raw brand.On the May 19 episode of Raw, Sane made her return, where she failed to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match.[158] On the following episode of Raw, Sane defeated Liv Morgan, marking her first televised singles victory in WWE since July 2020.[159] On the July 7 episode of Raw, the Kabuki Warriors reunited after Asuka came to the aid of Sane from an attack by WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez.[160] At Evolution, the Kabuki Warriors competed in a fatal four-way tag team match for the tag titles but they did not win.[161] On the September 22 episode of Raw, after weeks of tension between Asuka, Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley, both Sane and Asuka attacked Ripley and Sky, thus turning heel.[162] At Crown Jewel on October 11, Sane and Asuka faced Sky and Ripley in a losing effort.[163] On the November 10 episode of Raw, Sane and Asuka defeated Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship for the third time.[164] At Survivor Series: WarGames on November 29, Sane along with Asuka, Nia Jax, Lash Legend and Becky Lynch lost to Ripley, Sky, Bliss, Flair and AJ Lee in a WarGames match.On the January 5, 2026 episode of Raw, Sane and Asuka lost the titles to Ripley and Sky, ending their third reign at 56 days. At the Royal Rumble on January 31, Sane entered the match at number 28 eliminating Asuka before being eliminated by Iyo Sky. On April 20 on the Raw after WrestleMania 42, The Kabuki Warriors lost another match to Ripley and Sky in what would be Sane's last match in WWE.[165] Four days later on April 24, it was reported that Sane was released by WWE.NXT Women's Championship (1 time)[185] WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Asuka[186] Mae Young Classic (2017)[77] NXT Year-End Award (2 times) Female Competitor of the Year (2018) Overall Competitor of the Year (2018) WWE Year-End Award (1 time) Women's Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Asuka