Iyo Sky, also known as Masami Odate is a Japanese Professional Wrestler. She is currently signed with WWE and is said to perform on the SmackDown brand. Iyo is the member of the Damage CTRL stable with Bayley and Dakota Kai. She is the two-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, former NXT Women’s Champion, and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion.
Odate made her pro-wrestling debut in 2007 under the ring name Io Shiriai along with her older sister Mio Shirai. Io and Mio were trained by Tomohiko Hashimoto and represented his team named Team Makehen. She in her first year of pro wrestling wrestled part-time as a freelancer by appearing in multiple independent circuits in Japan including Pro Wrestling Wave, JWP Joshi Puroresu, Ibuki, and Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling. Io and Mio then debuted as full-timers in Japan’s biggest wrestling promotion, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and simultaneously appeared in other promotions. She continued in multiple tag team matches teaming with her sister Mio and Kana to name themselves as the Triple Tails.
In 2010, Io Shirai moved to Mexico for wrestling training debuted in the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), and continued her tag team with her sister. As IWRG’s working relationship with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, the Shirai sisters moved to AAA and changed their in-ring name, where Iyo changed to Oyuki and Mio to Kaguya. They associated themselves with the La Legion Extranjera stable and had featured in mixed tag team matches. In 2011 she brought up her previous name Io Shirai and worked for Wrestling All Stars Pro to win the Americas World Mixed Tag Team Championship with Nosawa. Io Shirai returned to Japan in 2011 and wrestled for the World Wonder Ring Stardom for almost eight years, where she achieved great success by winning the Artist of Stardom Championship (6 times), Goddess of Stardom Championship, High-Speed Championship, SWA World Championship, Wonder of Stardom Championship (twice), World of Stardom Championship (twice). With all the championship crowns she became the first Grand Slam Champion of the company. Iyo won the 5 Star Matches Award four times and Best Match Award three times.
In 2017, Io Shirai got an offer from WWE to participate in the Tryouts at WWE Performance Center and got a contract from WWE. However, her debut was delayed as she failed to clear the medical examination as she had problems with her neck and heart. She then cleared her medical conditions and made her debut in June 2018 at the WWE house show. She was assigned to work with WWE’s developmental brand NXT, where she participated in the Mae Young Classic Tournament and lost in the finals to Tony Storm.
Io Shirai officially debuted in NXT at WarGames 2018, where Io and Dakota Kai urged the ring to save their best friend Kairi Sane from Shayna Baszler’s assault. Io wrestled in NXT for four years and has been the NXT Women’s Champion and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion. Io was ranked no. 4 of the Top 500 female wrestlers by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2018 and ranked no.7 of the top wrestlers by Sports Illustrated in 2020. In July 2022, Sky called for her main roster debut under the name Iyo Sky with Dakota Kai as a part of returning Bayley’s Damage CTRL. The stable established themselves as a heel by attacking Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Asuka and Alexa Bliss. Iyo and Kai were successful by winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship twice.
Iyo Sky's Age?
Iyo Sky is 33 years old as of April 2024. She was born on May 8, 1990, in Kanagawa, Japan. Iyo made her professional wrestling debut while pursuing her high school at the age of 16. She won her first championship in her professional wrestling career at the age of 18, by defeating Moeka Haruhi and Tomoka Nakagawa to win the TLW World Young Women’s Championship with her sister Mio Shirai. She had her first international exposure in wrestling in 2010, at the age of 20 when she moved to Mexico for pro-wrestling training.
She made her WWE debut at the age of 26, however, she made her debut at the age of 27. Io had her WWE main roster exposure at the age of 29 in a Survivor Series PPV representing NXT in a 5 on 5 on 5 Tag Team Elimination Match with Raw and SmackDown brand to be one of the survivors. Io’s NXT Women’s Championship reign began at the age of 30 when she defeated the 14-time Women’s World Champion Charlotte Flair. Her official main roster debut was at the age of 32 in the SummerSlam event as a part of the Damage CTRL trio.
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Iyo Sky's Height, Weight & Ring Names
Iyo Sky's billed height is 5 feet 1 inches (155 cm) and her billed weight is 54 kg (119 lbs). She wrestled under various nicknames in her professional career such as Biba Kasai, Hitokiri, Io Shirai, Iotica, Iyo Sky, Midnight Angel, Oyuki, T-2 Mask, and Tenkū Shōjo Lusca.
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FAQs
Q. Who is Iyo Sky’s sister?
A. Iyo Sky has an older sister named Mio Shirai, who is a former professional wrestler.
A. Iyo Sky has an older sister named Mio Shirai, who is a former professional wrestler.
Q. How tall is Iyo Sky?
A. Iyo Sky stands at a height of 5 foot 1 inches tall, which is 1.56 cm.
A. Iyo Sky stands at a height of 5 foot 1 inches tall, which is 1.56 cm.
Q. Who trained Iyo Sky?
A. Iyo Sky was trained by Japanese Professional Wrestlers, Takashi Sasaki and Tomohiko Hashimoto.
A. Iyo Sky was trained by Japanese Professional Wrestlers, Takashi Sasaki and Tomohiko Hashimoto.
Q. What was Iyo Sky called in NXT?
A. Iyo Sky was called Io Shiriai in NXT, which was her original pro-wrestling name which she has used for almost 15 years.
A. Iyo Sky was called Io Shiriai in NXT, which was her original pro-wrestling name which she has used for almost 15 years.
Q. What is the birthplace of Iyo Sky?
A. Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan is the birthplace of Iyo Sky.
A. Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan is the birthplace of Iyo Sky.
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