Shinsuke Nakamura (中邑 真輔, Nakamura Shinsuke, born February 24, 1980) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the name Kingsuke Nakamura. Prior to his main roster debut, Nakamura competed in WWE's NXT brand, where he is one of only four wrestlers (along with Samoa Joe, Finn Bálor and Karrion Kross) to have held the NXT Championship on more than one occasion. In January 2018, Nakamura won the 2018 Men's Royal Rumble match, and later won the WWE United States Championship twice. He won the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in 2019 at Extreme Rules, making him the second wrestler (behind Chris Jericho) to hold both WWE and IWGP Intercontinental Championships. Nakamura is also a former WWE SmackDown Tag Team Cham