Shin Takagi

Shin Takagi known by the ring name Shingo Takagi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in October 2004 with Dragon Gate Japan ProWrestling DG where he became a fourtime Open the Dream Gate Champion a onetime Open the Owarai Gate Champion a seventime Open the Triangle Gate Champion and a fivetime Open the Twin Gate Champion He signed with New Japan ProWrestling NJPW in 2018 where he is a onetime IWGP World Heavyweight Champion a onetime IWGP Intercontinental Champion a fivetime NEVER Openweight Champion and a twotime NJPW King of ProWrestling Champion In tag team competition he is a onetime IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with BUSHI and a onetime NEVER Openweight SixMan 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 inring 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 wrestlings Most Valuable Player by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter In 2025 he married fellow Japanese professional wrestler Natsupoi