Shingo Takagi

Shingo Takagi (November 21, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler.
== Career ==
==Wrestling facts==
*Finishing moves
**Blood Fall (Sitout argentine facebuster) – Used as a signature move from 2019-present
**Gallon Throw
**Last Falconry (DG)/Last Of The Dragon (NJPW) (Pumphandle half nelson fireman's carry driver)
**Made in Japan – Used as a signature move from 2019-present
**MANRIKI
**Noshigami – Used as a signature move from 2019-present
**Pumping Bomber – Used as a signature move from 2019-present
**STAY DREAM (Avalanche wristlock Death Valley driver) – Used as a signature move from 2020-present
*Signature moves
**DDT
**Death Valley driver
**Diving back elbow drop
**High angle belly to back suplex
**Multiple lariat variations
*** Corner
*** Sliding
*** To an opponent leaning against the ropes
*** To the back of the head
*** Yukon Lariat (Short range, usually preceded by a back elbow and a punch)
**Shoulder block
**Slingshot knee drop
**Sol De Japón (Half nelson double knee gutbuster, as a counter to an opponent blocking the Made in Japan) – 2020-present
**Takagi-Shiki GTR (Spinning headlock lariat into a Backbreaker to an opponent trapped in the ropes) – 2019-present; parodied from Hirooki Goto
**Tope con Hilo; used rarely
**Wheelbarrow suplex, sometimes into the turnbuckles
*Nicknames
**"Pumping Hawk"
**"The Dragon"
*Tag teams and stables
**Blood Generation
**Crazy MAX
**DP Associates
**New Hazard
**Real Hazard
**WakuWaku Fuji Land
**VerserK
**Los Ingobernables de Japón
*Theme music
**"Legend Falconry" by Dragon Gate (FIP & ROH)
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Dragon Gate
**Open the Dream Gate Championship (4 times)
**Open the Owarai Gate Championship (1 time)
**Open The Triangle Gate Championship (6 times) with BxB Hulk and Cyber Kong (2), Gamma and Yamato (1), and Taku Iwasa and Dragon Kid (1), Cyber Kong and T-Hawk (1), Takashi Yoshida and El Lindaman (1)
**Open the Twin Gate Championship (5 times) with Yamato (3), Cyber Kong (1) and Akira Tozawa (1)
**King of Gate (2010)
**New Year's Unit 6-Man Tag 1 Day Tournament (2017) with El Lindaman and T-Hawk
**Summer Adventure Tag League (2009) with Yamato
*New Japan Pro Wrestling
**IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NEVER Openweight Championship (3 times)
**IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) with BUSHI
**NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) with BUSHI & EVIL
**NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship (2 times)
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #43 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2016
**PWI ranked him #92 in the 2023 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers
*Pro Wrestling NOAH
**GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) with BxB Hulk
*Ring of Honor
**ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Naruki Doi
*Southern Thunder Pro Wrestling
**STPW Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Tokyo Sports
**Technique Award (2008)
*Westside Xtreme Wrestling
**16 Carat Gold Tournament (2009)
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter
**Rookie of the Year (2005)
**5 3/4 Star Match (2019) vs. Will Ospreay on June 5
**5 Star Match (2019) vs. Tetsuya Naito on August 4
**5 1/2 Star Match (2019) vs. Tomohiro Ishii on August 8
**5 Star Match (2020) vs. Will Ospreay on September 27
**5 1/4 Star Match (2020) vs. Kazuchika Okada  on October 10
**Match of The Year (2019) vs. Will Ospreay on June 5
==External links==
* Shingo Takagi profile at CAGEMATCH.net
* Profile
Category:1982 births
Category:2004 debuts
Category:Japanese wrestlers
Category:A-Merchandise alumni
Category:Action Zone Wrestling alumni
Category:Chikara Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:Diamond Ring alumni
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Category:Dramatic Dream Team alumni
Category:Full Impact Pro alumni
Category:Kaientai Dojo alumni
Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling current roster
Category:Pro Wrestling Guerrilla alumni
Category:Pro Wrestling NOAH alumni
Category:Pro Wrestling ZERO1 alumni
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Category:Living people
Category:Male wrestlers
Category:Dragon Gate UK alumni
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Category:WRESTLE-1 alumni
Category:ROH World Tag Team Champions
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Category:IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
Category:Oriental Wrestling Entertainment alumni
Category:NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions
Category:NEVER Openweight Champions
Category:IWGP World Heavyweight Champions
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