Shinsuke Nakamura

To me Shinsuke Nakamura sits in a category of his own. From Mineyama in Kyoto, the 188 cm Aoyama Gakuin graduate built his King of Strong Style persona on uncanny timing and that serpentine charisma in New Japan, then walked into WWE and instantly owned American crowds, his entrance theme turning arenas into a single chorus. That he leaps the language barrier so effortlessly tells you everything. A former mixed martial artist with real grit, he is unorthodox yet utterly anchored at the core. He is honestly one of the coolest performers I can think of.

Name (English)

Shinsuke Nakamura

Name (Japanese)

中邑真輔

Reading

なかむら しんすけ

Born

February 24, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Mineyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

188 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler / mixed martial arts fighter

University

Aoyama Gakuin University

Awards & achievements

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shinsukenakamura/
• Xhttps://x.com/ShinsukeN
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsuke%20Nakamura
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E9%82%91%E7%9C%9F%E8%BC%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1171177

Tags

• Kyoto Prefecture
• professional wrestler
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.