Shinsuke Nakamura
Acting
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.
As actor 197
Raw
1993
WWE NXT
2010
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
WWE Main Event
2012
Raw Talk
2016
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Chronicle
2018
WWE Talking Smack
WWE Crown Jewel 2019
2019
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015
2015
WWE WrestleMania 34
2018
WWE WrestleMania 35
2019
ROH: Field of Honor
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2018
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025
WWE Survivor Series 2017
2017
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
2018
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2018
2018
Inside Jamie Noble's Last Match
2022
WWE Backlash 2017
2017
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
WWE Fastlane 2018
2018
NJPW Best of the Super Junior XXI Finals
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Kickoff
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
2015
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
2018
WWE Clash of Champions 2017
2017
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
2015
WWE SummerSlam 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2022
2022
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
2020
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014
WWE Fastlane 2023
2023
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
2015
WWE SummerSlam 2017
2017
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
2015
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
2015
Saturday Night's Main Event: January 24, 2026
2026
NXT: Best of 2017
2018
WWE SummerSlam 2023
2023
WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012
WWE Backlash 2018
2018
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
2010
WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021
2021
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
2023
NXT TakeOver: The End
2016
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
2019
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
2015
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
2014
WWE Fastlane 2021
2021
WWE Battleground 2017
2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
WWE Survivor Series 2019
2019
WWE Money in the Bank 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
2015
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
2013
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2017
The Commute
2011
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
All Together
2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2018
2018
WWE Payback 2023
2023
WWE Smackville
2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
2012
WWE SummerSlam 2018
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
2015
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
2014
WWE Survivor Series 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
2015
NOAH: The New Year 2025
2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
2009
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 2
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
2014
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
2014
NOAH: The New Year 2023
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
2009
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
2015
WWE Fastlane 2019
2019
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020
2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
2014
NJPW Destruction 2013
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2021
2021
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
2015
NJPW Nexess
2004
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
2018
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
2020
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
2013
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2021
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007
WWE Starrcade 2018
2018
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
2008
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
2020
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6
2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
2007
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4
2014
NXT: From Secret To Sensation
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
2015
WWE Clash of Champions 2019
2019
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
2012
NXT Takeover: Toronto
2016
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
2013
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
2017
NJPW Resolution 2009
2009
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
2005
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
NJPW Dominion 6.21
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
2005
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 2
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 22: Day 9 (Final)
2012
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
2010
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
2015
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 1
2011
NXT.TakeOver.Brooklyn.III.Pre.Show
2017
NXT TakeOver: Dallas
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
2015
NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
2009
ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks
2014
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
2011
NJPW Destruction 2009
2009
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015
RevPro Uprising 2015
2015
NJPW Invasion Attack 2013
2013
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2014
2014
NJPW World Tag League 2013 Finals
2013
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
2013
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 9
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 10
2014
NXT Takeover: Orlando
2017
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014
2014