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