#2. WWE Superstar Akira Tozawa
Akira Tozawa kicked off his wrestling career in 2005. He joined WWE nearly eleven years later. He has since gone on to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and the 24/7 Championship eleven times.
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A year before bringing in Tozawa, WWE signed another Japanese wrestler, Asuka. The Empress of Tomorrow was one of the biggest pro-wrestling names in her home country and had many admirers.
Among those admirers was Tozawa himself, who admitted on WWE Pop Question that he had a crush on his current WWE colleague. The former Cruiserweight Champion stated that he had no clue why he had a crush on her.
Asuka has had much more success than Tozawa in WWE so far. The 39-year-old is already a Triple Crown and Grand Slam Champion. She also won the 2018 Women's Royal Rumble and the 2020 Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
Both Japanese Superstars currently wrestle on the same brand. On the August 2nd episode, Tozawa challenged Reggie for the 24/7 Championship. However, the eleven-time champion failed to beat his opponent and recapture the title.
Meanwhile, Asuka has not been seen on WWE television since losing the Money in the Bank Ladder Match last month.