Iyo Sky

Iyo Sky
Sky in 2017
Birth name	Masami Odate (大館昌美, Ōdate Masami)[1][2]
Born	(1990-05-08) May 8, 1990 (age 34)[3] Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan[4]
Family	Mio Shirai (sister)[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Biba Kasai Hitokiri[5] Io Shirai[3] Iotica Iyo Sky[6] Midnight Angel[7] Oyuki[3][8] T-2 Mask[9] Tenkū Shōjo Lusca[10]
Billed height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)[11]
Billed weight	54 kg (119 lb)[3][12]
Billed from	Tokyo, Japan
Trained by	Takashi Sasaki[13] Tomohiko Hashimoto[14]
Debut	March 4, 2007[3]

Masami Odate (大館昌美, Ōdate Masami, born May 8, 1990), better known by her ring name Iyo Sky (イヨ・スカイ, Iyo Sukai) and her former ring name Io Shirai (紫雷 イオ, Shirai Io), is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand as a member of Damage CTRL. She previously wrestled in WWE's developmental brand NXT and competed in the second Mae Young Classic tournament in 2018, making it to the finals.^[15]

Shirai is also known in Japan for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom. There she was a former two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, six-time Artist of Stardom Champion, two-time World of Stardom Champion, the first SWA World Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion, and one-time High Speed Champion. She was called the "ace" of Stardom. Her sister Mio Shirai is also a former professional wrestler.

During her time in WWE she won the WWE Women's Championship, the NXT Women's Championship, and the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship once each, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship twice with Dakota Kai, the women's Money in the Bank ladder match in 2023, and the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in 2022 with Kay Lee Ray.

Championships and accomplishments

Sky as WWE Women's Champion in October 2023

• JWP Joshi Puroresu
  • 5th Junior All Star Photogenic Award (2007) – with Mio Shirai
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 4 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2018^[16]
• Pro Wrestling Wave
  • TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mio Shirai^[3]
  • Captain's Fall Six Person Tag Team Tournament (2009) – with Gami and Mio Shirai
  • TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Tournament (2009) – with Mio Shirai
• Sports Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 7 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2020^[17]
• Tokyo Sports
  • Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (2015, 2016, and 2017)^[3][12]
• World Wonder Ring Stardom
  • Artist of Stardom Championship (6 times) – with Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha (1), Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani (1), HZK and Momo Watanabe (1), AZM and HZK (2), and HZK and Viper (1)
  • Goddess of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Mayu Iwatani^[3]
  • High Speed Championship (1 time)^[3]
  • SWA World Championship (1 time)
  • Wonder of Stardom Championship (2 times)^[3]
  • World of Stardom Championship (2 times)^[3]
  • First Grand Slam Champion^[12]
  • Artist of Stardom Championship Tournament (2017) – with AZM and HZK
  • Goddess of Stardom Championship Tournament (2015) – with Mayu Iwatani
  • Goddesses of Stardom Tag League (2015) – with Mayu Iwatani
  • Red Belt Challenger Tournament (2013)
  • SWA World Championship Tournament (2016)
  • 5★Star GP (2014)^[3]
  • 5★Star GP Award (4 times)
    • 5★Star GP Best Match Award (2015) vs. Mayu Iwatani on August 23
    • 5★Star GP Best Match Award (2016) vs. Kairi Hojo on September 3^[18]
    • 5★Star GP Technique Award (2013, 2017)^[19]
  • Stardom Year-End Awards (8 times)
    • Best Match Award (2015) vs. Meiko Satomura on December 23^[20]
    • Best Match Award (2016) vs. Mayu Iwatani on December 22^[21]
    • Best Match Award (2018) with Mayu Iwatani vs. Kagetsu and Hazuki on June 17^[22]
    • Best Tag Team Award (2015) with Mayu Iwatani^[20]
    • MVP Award (2013, 2014, 2016)^[23]
    • Outstanding Performance Award (2017)^[24]
• WWE
  • WWE Women's Championship (1 time)^[25]
  • WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dakota Kai^[26]
  • NXT Women's Championship (1 time)^[27]
  • NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Zoey Stark^[28]
  • Women's Money in the Bank (2023)^[29]
  • Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2022) – with Kay Lee Ray^[30]
  • NXT Year-End Award (3 times)
    • Future Star of NXT (2018)^[31]
    • Female Competitor of the Year (2020)^[32]
    • Overall Competitor of the Year (2020)^[32]
• Other titles
  • Americas World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nosawa^[3]

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Other websites

• Iyo Sky on WWE.com
• Iyo Sky on Twitter
• Masami Odate on IMDb