Masami Watanabe

is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Also known by her ring name, , she wrestled from 1992 to 2003 in various Japanese promotions namely AJW, NEO Japan Pro Wrestling, ARSION, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and also a few matches in the American wrestling promotion, WWF. In that tenure, she won WWWA Super Lightweight championship four times, AJW Junior Championship two times and the AJW Tag Team Championship one-time. Her signature finishing move is the Sky Twister Press, which she innovated.

Early life Born on September 15, 1973 in Tokyo, ASARI graduated from Nikaido High School of Japan Women's College of Physical Education where she was a member of its gymnastics club. On September 2, 1995, she won the AJW tag team championship with her tag team partner, Kumiko Maesawa. Two years later on May 18, 1996, she won her first wrestling championship in the promotion by defeating Toshie Uematsu for the WWWA Super Lightweight title. She held the Super Lightweight title for a cumulative total of 1,325 days and had won it for the fourth time before vacating the title to Ai Fujita. She left the promotion in 1997 following the win against her debut opponent, Yuka Shiina on July 21, 1997.

While actively wrestling in AJW, ASARI joined Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) in 1994 where she became an active participant in 1997 and in the same year had founded her own women's club in MPW. In 1997, she also wrestled in CMLL for the world women's championship only to lose in the tournament's final match against Lady Apache.

ASARI had a brief stint in WWF which consisted of two matches—a debut 4 on 4 elimination match in Survivor Series 1995 and a following match on Monday Night RAW against Aja Kong, both of which she lost.

After leaving AJW in 1997, ASARI had joined NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling (NEO)

In late July 1999, ASARI became inactive in NEO and went to Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion (ARSION) where she won the Sky High Tournament and later the Sky High of ARSION league to become the first Sky High of ARSION champion on September 23, 1999 after defeating Ayako Hamada. She held the title for 174 days before losing it to Mari Apache. This marked the end of her 11 year long career.

The Indian TV series Shaktimaan with its protagonist, Mukesh Khanna drew flak for allegedly copying ASARI's red and gold outfit which she wore in the WWF singles match against Aja Kong.

Championships and accomplishments All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling AJW Junior Championship (2 times) AJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kumiko Maekawa