Shin Takagi

Known for ActingBorn 1982-11-21 (age 43)Chūō, Yamanashi, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8

NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI

NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023

NJPW STRONG Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17

The Many Adventures of El Generico

ROH: Japan's Finest

The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3

AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 2

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018

AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022

NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6

World Wonder Ring Stardom

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 4

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 12

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 2

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 6