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Shinsuke Nakamura

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Shinsuke Nakamura (Japanese: 中邑 真輔, Hepburn: Nakamura Shinsuke; born February 24, 1980) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Nakamura is known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former 3-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign coming at the age of 23 years and 9 months; making Nakamura the youngest IWGP Heavyweight Champion. His other accomplishments within the company include winning the 2011 G1 Climax and the 2014 New Japan Cup, and being the final IWGP Third Belt Champion, the final NWF Heavyweight Champion, and the longest reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion for his first reign (he formerly held the record for most reigns at five). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Shinsuke Nakamura is the 387th most popular wrestler (down from 274th in 2024), the 2,111th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,738th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Shinsuke Nakamura ranks 387 out of 1,027. Before her are Brian Kendrick, Charalambos Cholidis, Santiago Lange, Dominik Mysterio, Shota Khabareli, and Artur Taymazov. After her are Tadahiro Nomura, Norbert Növényi, Carístico, Johan Olin, Tye Dillinger, and David Khakhaleishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Shinsuke Nakamura ranks 296. Before her are Trevor Moore, Fábio, Yuki Takabayashi, Matuzalém, Slim Thug, and Shohei Kamada. After her are Dimitris Diamantidis, Radoslav Zabavník, Jerko Leko, Chris Carmack, Javad Nekounam, and Oliver James.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinsuke Nakamura ranks 2,111 out of 6,245. Before her are Kento Yamazaki (1994), Kazuki Sawada (1982), Kenta Kakimoto (1990), Tadaaki Matsubara (1977), Shotaro Dei (1986), and Kyoko Fukada (1982). After her are Daichi Kamada (1996), Yutaka Takenouchi (1971), Shota Arai (1985), Shu Kameshima (1993), Shin-ichiro Miki (1968), and Yuta Shimomura (1990).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Shinsuke Nakamura ranks 21. Before her are Shohachi Ishii (1926), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Kiyomi Kato (1948), Hitoshi Saito (1961), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), and Takanohana Kōji (1972). After her are Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Shohei Ono (1992), Toshihiko Koga (1967), Naoya Ogawa (1968), Jushin Liger (1964), and Hiroshi Tanahashi (1976).

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