Cast & creator

Shin Takagi

1982-11-21 (age 43) Chūō, Yamanashi, Japan Website IMDb

Best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom

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.

Also known as: Shingo, Shingo Takagi, SHINGO

Movies

432

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

437

1972–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Acting · 1972

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Shingo Takagi · 1972

★ 8.8

World Wonder Ring Stardom

Shingo Takagi · 2011

★ 7.7

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

Shingo Takagi · 2023

NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023

Shingo Takagi · 2023

Across film & television

Filmography (437)

Showing 437 of 437 credits

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

1972

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Shingo Takagi

1972

Series

★ 8.8

World Wonder Ring Stardom

Shingo Takagi

2011

Series

★ 7.7

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

Shingo Takagi

Shin Takagi

Known for

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

World Wonder Ring Stardom

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023

Filmography (437)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

World Wonder Ring Stardom

All Elite Wrestling: Collision

NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020

NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024

Blade of the Immortal

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5

NJPW New Japan Cup

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall 2021

NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final

NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2025

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 10

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 9

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)

NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026

NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 11

AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~

NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8

NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2

PWG: Guerre Sans Frontières

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 5

NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1

NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 6

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10

NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 1

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1

ROH: Best In The World

NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII

NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 16

NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 15

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6