Shota Umino
Acting Born Apr 17, 1997 Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits
Biography
Shota Umino is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2017 for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he trained as a Young Lion. The son of NJPW referee Hiroyuki “Red Shoes” Umino, he went on excursion to the United Kingdom before returning to Japan and making his G1 Climax debut in 2023. He was ranked No. 72 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's PWI 500 in 2025 and won his first championship when he captured the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship at Dominion 6.14 in 2026.
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Frequent co-stars
Yōhei Komatsu
3 shared titles
Keiji Takayama
3 shared titles
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
3 shared titles
Yujiro Takahashi
3 shared titles
Hirooki Goto
3 shared titles
Oskar Münchow
3 shared titles
Aaron Phillip Wolf
3 shared titles
Daiki Nagai
3 shared titles
Shin Takagi
3 shared titles
Sho Tanaka
2 shared titles
Career timeline
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo HallNJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
NJPW Royal Quest IIIAEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023All Together AgainNJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Full filmography
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972)
- AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026 (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW New Japan Cup (2005) as Shota Umino
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3 (2025) as Shota Umino
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026 (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Royal Quest III (2023) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final) (2019) as Shota Umino
- AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023 (2023) as Shota Umino
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025 (2025) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6 (2026) as Shota Umino
- All Together Again (2023) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3 (2026) as Shota Umino
- AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022 (2022) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1 (2018) as Shota Umino
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1 (2018) as Shota Umino
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026 (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2 (2023) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final) (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023 (2023) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (2025) as Shota Umino
- NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3 (2026) as Shota Umino
- NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty (2025) as Shota Umino