NARAKU

Japanese professional wrestler

渡辺高章

Born

26 January 1987, Mishima

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

amateur wrestling, professional wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler, professional wrestler

Takaaki Watanabe (渡辺 高章, Watanabe Takaaki; born January 26, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Naraku (奈落, Naraku). He is best known for his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performed under the ring name Evil (stylized in all caps as EVIL).

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11562610 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.