Cast
Shinsuke Nakamura
Acting
Cast
Shinsuke Nakamura
Known for
Acting
Born
1980-02-24
From
Mineyama, Kyoto, Japan
Also known as 中邑 真輔, King Nakamura
Biography
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.
WWE WrestleMania 35
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Fastlane 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
WWE Survivor Series 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow Battle Royale)
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
as Himself
WWE Crown Jewel
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Survivor Series 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Clash of Champions 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE SummerSlam 2021
as "King" Shinsuke Nakamura (Appearance)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
as King Nakamura
WWE SummerSlam 2023
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Payback 2023
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Appearance)
WWE Fastlane 2023
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Fastlane 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
WWE Survivor Series 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
WWE Clash of Champions 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2022
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT Takeover: Toronto
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Survivor Series 2021
as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT: From Secret To Sensation
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
as Himself
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
ROH: Field of Honor
as Self
WWE Fastlane 2021
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Battleground 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE WrestleMania 34
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE SummerSlam 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Destruction 2013
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 2
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Dominion 6.21
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
as Shinsuke Nakamura (archive footage)
WWE Backlash 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Starrcade 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Smackville
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE SummerSlam 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
as Himself
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT.TakeOver.Brooklyn.III.Pre.Show
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Backlash 2017
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Nexess
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 9
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2021
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
as Himself
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
Saturday Night's Main Event: January 24, 2026
as Shinsuke Nakamura
RevPro Uprising 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NOAH: The New Year 2023
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 10
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
as Himself
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Resolution 2009
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 2
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT: Best of 2017
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT TakeOver: The End
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
as Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Survivor Series 2018
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Invasion Attack 2013
NXT TakeOver: Dallas
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 22: Day 9 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
NOAH: The New Year 2025
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
as Shinsuke Nakamura
All Together
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Best of the Super Junior XXI Finals
NJPW Dominion 6.16
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
NXT Takeover: Orlando
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
as Shinsuke Nakamura
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
NJPW Destruction 2009
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
as Shinsuke Nakamura
Inside Jamie Noble's Last Match
as (self)
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
The Commute
as Himself
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW World Tag League 2013 Finals
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW Dominion 6.19
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
as Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2014
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7