Hisako Sasaki, professionally known as Akira Hokuto, is a Japanese retired professional wrestler born Hisako Uno. She rose to fame following the immense popularity of The Crush Gals, a tag team consisting of Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka.
After quitting high school, Hokuto joined the AJW dojo, becoming a professional wrestler. In her retirement, she has devoted her time to raising her family, assisting her husband Kensuke in his promotional endeavors, and making occasional appearances on Japanese radio and television.
Hokuto and her husband Kensuke were voted one of Japan's leading celebrity couples in 2006. She has also supported her husband in various publicity and charitable activities, including his role as Japan's Friendship Ambassador to Fiji in 2007.
As a "mother celebrity," Hokuto has made numerous media appearances. In 2010, she featured in a television commercial for "Mama Gohan," a co-product by Ajinomoto and popular women's magazine I Love Mama, alongside three female gyaru-mother models.
Hokuto married Kensuke Sasaki on October 1, 1995, after Sasaki proposed to her on their first date. The couple welcomed their first son, Kennosuke, on November 6, 1998, and their second son, Seinosuke, in March 2003. They have also formed a strong bond with Kensuke's protégé Katsuhiko Nakajima.
On September 23, 2015, Hokuto announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing surgery the following day to have her right breast removed. The surgery was successful, and she will require several months to recover.
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