The Kabuki Warriors

Paige made a backstage appearance on the April 9, 2019 episode of *SmackDown*, where she announced that she would be bringing a new tag team to the division to feud with The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) for their Women's Tag Team Championship. A week later, Paige introduced the newly-formed team of Asuka and Kairi Sane, known as "**The Kabuki Warriors**", who subsequently made their debut as a team by teaming with Bayley and Ember Moon to defeat The IIconics and the team of Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. The Kabuki Warriors would then pick up wins over local wrestlers on the April 30 episode of *SmackDown* and the team of Rose and Deville on the May 14 *SmackDown*, before beginning a feud with IIconics over the Women's Tag Team Championship throughout the summer. After defeating IIconics at live events in Tokyo on June 28, the Kabuki Warriors received an opportunity against IIconics for the Women's Tag Team Championship on the July 16 episode of *SmackDown*,which they won by count out, however, the IIconics retained their titles.

On the August 5 episode of *Raw*, the Kabuki Warriors participated in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match for the Women's Tag Team Championship but were the last ones eliminated by Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. They unsuccessfully challenged Bliss and Cross for the titles on the August 12 episode of *Raw*. The Kabuki Warriors received another title shot against Bliss and Cross at the Hell in a Cell event, where the Kabuki Warriors won the Women's Tag Team Championship, after Asuka used green mist on Cross, thus showing signs of a villainous turn. The Kabuki Warriors were then drafted to the *Raw* brand on the October 14 episode of *Raw*. They solidified their status as villains on the October 28 episode of *Raw* by turning on their manager Paige when Asuka spat mist into Paige's face.

The Kabuki Warriors retained the Women's Tag Team Championship against Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox on the October 30 episode of *NXT* and Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair on the November 11 episode of *Raw*. At Survivor Series, the Kabuki Warriors represented *Raw* in the 5-on-5-on-5 women's elimination match against Team *SmackDown* and Team *NXT*, which Team *NXT* won. Asuka turned on her teammate Charlotte Flair by spitting green mist on her, causing Flair to get eliminated, which led to Kabuki Warriors beginning a feud with Lynch and Flair. The Kabuki Warriors successfully defended the Women's Tag Team Championship against Lynch and Flair, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross and Bayley and Sasha Banks in a fatal four-way match at Starrcade. The Kabuki Warriors continued their feud with Lynch and Flair, which led to them defending the titles against Lynch and Flair in the namesake main event of the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, which the Kabuki Warriors retained. This led to Asuka entering a feud with Lynch in 2020 over the latter's Raw Women's Championship, which Asuka failed to win in subsequent matches at the Royal Rumble and the February 10 episode of *Raw*.

The Kabuki Warriors would then begin feuding with Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, which led to a match between the two teams at WrestleMania 36, where the Kabuki Warriors lost the titles back to Bliss and Cross. They unsuccessfully challenged Bliss and Cross for the titles in a rematch on the April 10 episode of *SmackDown*.

On the April 13 episode of *Raw*, Asuka defeated Ruby Riott to qualify for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match while Kairi Sane lost to Nia Jax in a qualifying match. Asuka went on to win the match at the namesake event, thus winning the women's Money in the Bank contract which allowed her to cash in for a future title shot at the time and place of her choosing. The following night on *Raw*, Asuka was awarded the Raw Women's Championship by former champion Becky Lynch, who vacated the title due to her pregnancy, which led to Asuka embracing Lynch and it resulted in the Kabuki Warriors turning into fan favorites. The Kabuki Warriors then began feuding with Sasha Banks and Bayley as Banks and Asuka fought to a no contest at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules after Bayley interfered and counted the pinfall for Banks though Banks was not recognized as champion. On the July 27 episode of *Raw*, Sane was viciously attacked by Bayley backstage during the Raw Women's Championship match between Asuka and Sasha Banks, which led to Asuka running to the backstage area where she was counted out and lost the title. This was done to write Sane out of the storylines as she announced her departure from WWE, effectively disbanding The Kabuki Warriors.

Sane returned to WWE at Crown Jewel on November 4, 2023, and assisted Iyo Sky in retaining her WWE Women's Championship. On the following episode of *SmackDown*, Sane forgave Bayley for her actions back in 2020 and joined Damage Control. Later that night, during a six-woman tag team match pitting Asuka with Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair against Damage Control (Bayley, Sky, and Sane), Asuka turned on her teammates to reunite with Sane and Sky and subsequently joined Damage Control the following week. Damage Control faced the team of Belair, Flair, Shotzi and Becky Lynch in a WarGames match at Survivor Series WarGames, but was defeated. On the December 15 episode of *SmackDown*, Asuka and Sane defeated Michin and Zelina Vega in their first return tag team match as The Kabuki Warriors.