Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 17 ga Afrilu, an tattara Asuka zuwa SmackDown a matsayin wani ɓangare na WWE Superstar Shake-up na 2018, inda ta fara bayyana ta farko ta hanyar ceton Charlotte Flair da Becky Lynch daga harin da The IIconics (Billie Kay da Peyton Royce) suka yi sannan kuma <unk>SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella. A ranar 15 ga watan Mayu na "SmackDown", babban manajan SmackDown Paige ya katse Carmella, don sanar da cewa za ta kare Gasar Mata ta SmackDown da Asuka a Kudi a Bankin. A taron a ranar 17 ga Yuni, Asuka ya rasa Carmella bayan tsangwama daga James Ellsworth da ya dawo, yana fama da rashin nasararsa na farko a WWE. Daga nan sai Paige ta ba Asuka damar sake yin wasa wanda ya faru a ranar 15 ga Yuli a Extreme Rules, wanda Asuka ya rasa bayan wani abin da ya janye hankali daga Ellsworth, wanda ke rataye a sama da zoben a cikin wani shark cage, wanda Carmella ya yi amfani da shi don lashe wasan. A watan Satumba, Asuka ya taimaki Naomi, wanda bayan ya ci nasara da Peyton Royce, The IIconics ya kai masa hari. Wannan ya haifar da wasan tag team tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu a ranar 6 ga Oktoba a WWE Super Show-Down, inda Asuka da Naomi suka ci nasara. Hakanan a wannan lokacin, an ba da sanarwar cewa Asuka da The Miz za su shiga cikin kakar wasa ta biyu mai zuwa na Mixed Match Challenge. Za su ci gaba har zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda aka fitar da su daga masu nasara R-Gaskiya da Carmella. A ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, Asuka ya shiga cikin
Survivor Series a matsayin wani ɓangare na Team Smackdown, inda ta kasance mace ta ƙarshe da aka fitar daga Team SmackDown.