KYOKI

Performing on WWE's SmackDown brand under the ring name Kyoki, he is best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Arriving in WWE as a 12-time champion across CMLL, DDT, and Pro Wrestling NOAH, he earned the nickname the Ticking Time Bomb for a wrestling style built on urgency, speed, and total physical commitment. Takahashi spent 16 years in New Japan and left as one of the promotion's most decorated performers of his generation, earning multiple major championships.

Currently signed to WWE on SmackDown, he was revealed as Shinsuke Nakamura's mystery tag team partner in August 2026. Kyoki made his WWE in-ring debut in a dark match before WWE RAW on August 24, picking up the victory. The dual is targeting the WWE Tag Team Championship as emerging contenders on the main roster.