Takaaki Watanabe (渡辺 高章 Watanabe Takaaki) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by Animal Hamaguchi. Watanabe has worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since his debut in 2011, and has also competed in the United States for companies including Global Force Wrestling (GFW) and Ring of Honor (ROH). He is currently working under the ring name Evil (stylized in all capital letters). He is currently one half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions, while also being a former one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 World Tag League.