Shinsuke Nakamura
Born: 1980-02-24
• Mineyama, Kyoto, Japan
Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand after joining the company in 2016.
From 2002 to 2016, he competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he became a three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, winning his first at age 23 to become the youngest champion in history. He also won the 2011 G1 Climax and the 2014 New Japan Cup, held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship five times, including its longest reign at 313 days, and was the final IWGP Third Belt and NWF Heavyweight Champion. Nakamura was also a founding member and the original leader of Chaos.
Filmography
Saturday Night's Main Event: January 24, 2026
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
NOAH: The New Year 2025
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
WWE Fastlane 2023
WWE Payback 2023
WWE SummerSlam 2023
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
NOAH: The New Year 2023
Inside Jamie Noble's Last Match
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
WWE Royal Rumble 2022
WWE Survivor Series 2021
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2021
WWE SummerSlam 2021
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
WWE Fastlane 2021
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
WWE Extreme Rules 2020
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2019
WWE Crown Jewel
WWE Clash of Champions 2019
WWE Smackville
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE Fastlane 2019
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
WWE Starrcade 2018
WWE Survivor Series 2018
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
WWE SummerSlam 2018
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
WWE Backlash 2018
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE WrestleMania 34
NXT: Best of 2017
WWE Fastlane 2018
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
WWE Clash of Champions 2017
WWE Survivor Series 2017
NXT: From Secret To Sensation
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
WWE SummerSlam 2017
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NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
WWE Battleground 2017
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
WWE Backlash 2017
NXT Takeover: Orlando
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
NXT Takeover: Toronto
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
NXT TakeOver: The End
NXT TakeOver: Dallas
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
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RPW & NJPW: Global Wars UK
RevPro Uprising 2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
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ROH: Field of Honor
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ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
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RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1