Shinsuke Takahashi

Name: Shinsuke Takahashi
Height: 5'10 (178 cm)
Weight: 230lbs (105 kg)
Place of Birth: Sakai-shi, Osaka
Theme "Go the Distance!"
Birthday: 03/27/81
Debut: 10/10/03

Signature Moves:
Japanese Leg-Roll Clutch
Blazing Cyclone - Swinging Sleeper Drop
White Flash - Shining Wizard
Clutching Knee

Titles Won:
C-1 Tag Team Championships (1)
(/w Kenjiro Amagawa) Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano (9/27/09) / Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (06/01/10)

Tournaments Won:
None.

Profile:
Shinsuke Takahashi was a part of the "Project [F]" class of wrestlers coming out of the Kazuma Fujita Dojo. Touted as arguably the strongest of all the other young wrestlers in the class, Takahashi was praised as having great technical abilities, strength, and courage in the professional ring. Some even said that he was the greatest raw talent to come out of the system since Hiroaki Nakata. The Project [F] class's training was different from the other Fujita trainees, staying in America for an extended period of time, before coming back to Japan. However, Kazuma Fujita made the decision to not use the Project [F] class in FURY, instead using them to help build Real Japan Pro-Wrestling, Fujita's new promotion. Real Japan Pro-Wrestling fell through, leaving the Project [F] graduates without anywhere to go. Eventually, Jun Kobayashi who was Takahashi's rival would end up in Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE. Naoki Fukuda would wind up in Pro-Wrestling FURY, and eventually adopt the persona "Mastodon" Fukuda. However, Takahashi was no where to be seen. In truth, seeing no where for his career to go, Shinsuke Takahashi had quietly retired from the wrestling business. He worked at a Shimano Bicycling plant, earning a better living than he had as a pro-wrestler, but a less fulfilling life...

Shinsuke Takahashi would sit on the sidelines of pro-wrestling for almost two years. However, watching his classmates Kobayashi and Fukuda both attain new levels of success and strength caused Takahashi to turn back to his old life. Takahashi, ashamed of himself for retiring instead of fighting through like Kobayashi and Fukuda had done, refused to go to his mentor Kazuma Fujita for help and instead was directed to the Ryo Suzuki Dojo by rival Jun Kobayashi. Takahashi begged Ryo Suzuki to accept him, and give him new training as a pro-wrestler. It wasn't hard to reteach Takahashi, as the twenty seven year old easily relearned pro-wrestling, and displayed all the raw talent that he had always had. Seeing his potential, Ryo Suzuki approached Yuki Nomura, and advised him to look into Takahashi. Yuki Nomura, taking a keen interest in Takahashi's story has given him what may be Takahashi's most stable contract in Takahashi's pro-wrestling career, and has given the young man a second chance at his dream.

Nomura's interest sparked a place in Nomura's AVENIR faction where Takahashi has found his home. Takahashi's natural brilliance in the ring has led to success as he formed the popular "TakaGawa" team with Kenjiro Amagawa, capturing the C-1 Tag Team Championships in September 2009. They were finally dethroned by the KYOURUI 6 team of Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada in June 2010.

Along with Amagawa, Kuroki & Tiger, Takahashi graduated from AVENIR in July 2010. Takahashi followed his friends in joining the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY.