Shin Takagi
Chūō, Yamanashi, Japan
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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.
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NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
NOAH: Star Navigation 2024 - One Night Dream 2
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1
NJPW Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIV
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 4
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary ~ Kid Family in Crisis!?
Tenryu Genichiro Retirement 10th Anniversary Event
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 6
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
