Kairi Hojo
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Hojo in August 2014
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| Birth name | Kaori Housako |
| Born |
September 23, 1988 Hikari, Yamaguchi |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Doku Kairi Hojo Kairian Kairian 3.0 Pirates Kaiser |
| Billed height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Trained by | Fuka |
| Debut | January 7, 2012 |
Kaori Housako (宝迫 香織 Hōsako Kaori?, born September 23, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kairi Hojo (宝城 カイリ Hōjō Kairi?). She made her debut in January 2012 for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where, over the next five years, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, three-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, while also winning the 2015 5★Star GP and 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. In March 2017, Housako signed a three-year deal with WWE.
In 2016, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter called Hojo and her fellow Stardom workers Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani "three of the best wrestlers in the world".
Housako has an extensive sports background in yachting, competing in intercollegiate and national competitions, while also taking part in world championships with dreams of making it to the Olympics. After graduating from Hosei University, Housako began pursuing a career in acting. She also did some theater work and one of her performances, where she performed as a professional wrestling villain, was seen by Fuka, the general manager of the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, who invited Housako to one of their events. She quickly fell in love with professional wrestling's aspect of combining acting with sports and decided to become a wrestler herself.
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