Shinsuke Nakamura
Born: 1980-02-24 in Mineyama, Kyoto, Japan
Known For: 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 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
2025
- NOAH: The New Year 2025
- WWE Royal Rumble 2025 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2024
- WWE Royal Rumble 2024 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2023
- WWE Money in the Bank 2023 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Payback 2023 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE SummerSlam 2023 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Fastlane 2023 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NOAH: The New Year 2023 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2022
- WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Royal Rumble 2022 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- Inside Jamie Noble's Last Match as (self)
2021
- WWE Royal Rumble 2021 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE SummerSlam 2021 as "King" Shinsuke Nakamura (Appearance)
- WWE Survivor Series 2021 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
- WWE Money in the Bank 2021 as King Nakamura
- WWE Fastlane 2021 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Tribute to the Troops 2021
2020
- WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Appearance)
- WWE Clash of Champions 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Survivor Series 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow Battle Royale)
- WWE Extreme Rules 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Royal Rumble 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
- NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1. as Shinsuke Nakamura (archive footage)
2019
- WWE WrestleMania 35 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Royal Rumble 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Extreme Rules 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
- WWE Smackville as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Clash of Champions 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Fastlane 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura (Preshow)
- WWE Super ShowDown 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Survivor Series 2019 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Crown Jewel as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2018
- WWE Royal Rumble 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Survivor Series 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE SummerSlam 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE WrestleMania 34 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Money in the Bank 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Starrcade 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Extreme Rules 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Backlash 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Fastlane 2018 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Greatest Royal Rumble as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches as Himself
- NXT: Best of 2017
- WWE Chronicle as Himself
- WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017 as Himself
2017
- WWE SummerSlam 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Battleground 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Clash of Champions 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Money in the Bank 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Survivor Series 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- WWE Backlash 2017 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT Takeover: Orlando as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
- NXT.TakeOver.Brooklyn.III.Pre.Show
- NXT Takeover: San Antonio as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT: From Secret To Sensation
2016
- Raw Talk as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT TakeOver: The End as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT Takeover: Toronto as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NXT TakeOver: Dallas as Shinsuke Nakamura
2015
- NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Invasion Attack 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 2 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Destruction In Okayama as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Power Struggle 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
- NJPW Tag League Finals 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH: Field of Honor as Self
- ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
- ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
- NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai as Shinsuke Nakamura
- RevPro: Uprising 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- RPW & NJPW: Global Wars UK as Shinsuke Nakamura
- RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015 as Himself
2014
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 2 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 as Himself
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior XXI Finals
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 10 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Dominion 6.21 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2014
- NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
- ROH & NJPW: Global Wars as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena as Shinsuke Nakamura
- ROH: Thanks Steen Thanks as Himself
- RevPro Summer Sizzler 2014
- NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Power Struggle 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 9 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2013
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW World Tag League 2013 Finals
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
- NJPW Power Struggle 2013 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Invasion Attack 2013
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Destruction 2013 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2012
- NJPW The New Beginning 2012 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Dominion 6.16 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 22: Day 9 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
- NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2011
- All Together
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 1
- NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
- The Commute as Himself
2010
- WWE NXT
- NJPW Dominion 6.19
- NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV as Shinsuke Nakamura
2009
2008
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
2007
- NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final) as Shinsuke Nakamura
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 as Shinsuke Nakamura
2004
1999
- WWE SmackDown as Himself
1993
- Raw as Shinsuke Nakamura