Shin Takagi
Acting · Born 1982-11-21 · age 43 · Chūō, Yamanashi, Japan
Shin Takagi, known by the ring name Shingo Takagi, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in October 2004 with Dragon Gate Japan Pro-Wrestling (DG), where he became a four-time Open the Dream Gate Champion, a one-time Open the Owarai Gate Champion, a seven-time Open the Triangle Gate Champion, and a five-time Open the Twin Gate Champion. He signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2018, where he is a one-time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, and a two-time NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Champion. In tag team competition, he is a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with BUSHI and a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion with BUSHI and EVIL. Outside of NJPW, Takagi has also competed for Ring of Honor (ROH), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and various Japanese independents. Widely praised for his in-ring ability throughout his career in both Dragon Gate and NJPW, he was voted Rookie of the Year in the 2005 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards early in his career. In 2021, he placed 9th on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500, received the MVP Award at the Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards, and was voted Most Outstanding Wrestler and Japanese wrestling’s Most Valuable Player by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In 2025, he married fellow Japanese professional wrestler Natsupoi.
Titles
Blade of the Immortal
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
Stardom on Stardom World
Dragon Gate The Gate Of Origin 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
ROH: Japan's Finest
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025