Shinsuke Nakamura
Acting · Born 1980-02-24 · age 46 · 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 23 years, 9 months, and 15 days to become the youngest champion in history before the record was broken by Callum Newman in 2026 at 23 years, 7 months, and 4 days. 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.
Titles
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE NXT
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
WWE WrestleMania 34
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
WWE Main Event
WWE Survivor Series 2019
WWE SummerSlam 2021
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
WWE Fastlane 2021
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
WWE Royal Rumble 2022
WWE Fastlane 2019
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
WWE SummerSlam 2018
WWE SummerSlam 2017
WWE Survivor Series 2017
WWE Survivor Series 2018
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
WWE Clash of Champions 2017
WWE Backlash 2017
WWE Backlash 2018
WWE Fastlane 2018
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
WWE Fastlane 2023
WWE Battleground 2017
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
WWE SummerSlam 2023
WWE Payback 2023
WWE Clash of Champions 2019
NXT TakeOver: Dallas
WWE Crown Jewel
WWE Survivor Series 2021
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
NXT TakeOver: The End
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NXT Takeover: Orlando
NXT Takeover: Toronto
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Saturday Night's Main Event: January 24, 2026
Raw Talk