21. Kairi Sane

21. Kairi Sane

Standing at just 5'1 and weighing in at 115lbs, Kairi Sane is one of the most versatile wrestlers on the mainstream market today. She's passionate, knows how to work a crowd, and keep an uptempo pace in her matches. Hailing from Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan, Kairi Sane has made the jump to international stardom through pure hard work and dedication despite being undersized. While usually the smallest in the ring she's incorporated some diverse signature moves into arsenal including the Destino, Tokyo Slam, I-Kairi Anchor submission, and In-Sane Elbow.

Prior to stepping foot in the ring, Kairi Sane born, Kaori Housako, was trained in yachting and participated in collegiate and national competitions. Her passion for theater eventually led her to Japan's World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) in 2011 where she would spend a little over half a decade honing her skills and racking up belts. In 2017, Sane would make her jump to the WWE where she's become a bonafide superstar. Throughout her pro-wrestling career, Sane has won the Artist of Stardom Championship (4x), Goddess of Stardom Tag Team Championship (3x), Wonder of Stardom Championship (1x), World of Stardom Championship (1x), NXT Women's Championship (1x), and is the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champion alongside Asuka.

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Did You Know...

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Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.

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Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.

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Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.

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Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.

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Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.

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Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.

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