Shota Umino

There's something about a guy who goes by "Shooter" that tells you everything you need to know before he even laces up his boots. Shota Umino came up through the NJPW young lions system — that brutal, no-frills dojo grind where you wake up at dawn, clean the ring, and earn every single thing — and then they shipped him off to the UK to get seasoned on the RevPro circuit. Smart move. He came back sharper, meaner, and with a submission game that actually backs up the nickname. Born in 1997, so he's barely in his late twenties and already carrying himself like someone who's been in the room a long time. That combination tends to age well in professional wrestling. Quietly one to watch.

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Shota Umino is a Japanese professional wrestler born on April 17, 1997. From Setagaya, Tokyo, he stands 183 cm and weighs 103 kg, is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and is a former IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.

Name (English)

Shota Umino

Name (Japanese)

海野翔太

Reading

うみの しょうた

Born

April 17, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Professional Wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shota_njpw/
• Xhttps://x.com/shooter_us
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7%E9%87%8E%E7%BF%94%E5%A4%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65985076

Tags

• Professional Wrestler

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.