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Kenta Kobayashi

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
254

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 12, 1981 (45 years old)

Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan

Kenta Kobayashi

Biography

Kenta Kobayashi (born March 12, 1981), better known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he original debuted in 2000 and is a former two-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, one-time GHC Tag Team Champion and three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.

Between 2014 and 2019, he worked for American promotion WWE under the name Hideo Itami. After leaving WWE, he signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), becoming a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and one-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, before returning to NOAH in 2025.

Known For

Acting

2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 12as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 11as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 10as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 8as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 7as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 5as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 4as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 2as KENTA
2026NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 1as KENTA
2026NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Legacy Rise 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Legacy Rise 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH After Mayhem 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Legacy Rise 2026as KENTA
2026JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026as Kenta
2026Mystery Wrestling #24as KENTA
2026NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026as KENTA
2026NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Yokohamaas KENTA
2026NOAH: The New Year 2026as KENTA
2025NOAH Thanksgiving 2025as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4as KENTA
2025NOAH Wrestle Odysseyas KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2as KENTA
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4as KENTA
2025NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osakaas KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2as KENTA
2025NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikanas KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3as KENTA
2025NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～as KENTA
2025NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~as KENTA
2025MLW SuperFight 6as KENTA
2025MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025as KENTA
2025NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025as KENTA
2025NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19as KENTA
2025NOAH: The New Year 2025as KENTA
2024NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024as KENTA
2024MLW Blood & Thunderas KENTA
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7as KENTA
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6as KENTA
2024NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~as KENTA
2024NJPW Resurgence 2024as KENTA
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2as KENTA
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1as KENTA
2024NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024as Kenta
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2as KENTA
2024NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1as KENTA
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024as KENTA
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoyaas KENTA
2023IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023as Kenta
2023IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tollsas KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3as KENTA
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1as KENTA
2023NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2as KENTA
2023NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1as KENTA
2023NJPW Resurgence 2023as KENTA
2023NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023as KENTA
2023NJPW Collision in Philadelphiaas Kenta
2023NJPW Capital Collision 2023as KENTA
2023NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023as KENTA
2023IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Surviveas KENTA
2023Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023as KENTA
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4as KENTA
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3as KENTA
2023NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2as KENTA
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1as KENTA
2023IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023as Kenta
2023NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023as Kenta
2023NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023as Kenta
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2as KENTA
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1as KENTA
2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arenaas Kenta
2023NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023as KENTA
2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Showas KENTA
2023NOAH: The New Year 2023as Kenta
2022NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16as KENTA
2022NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2as KENTA
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1as KENTA
2022NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3as KENTA
2022NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2as KENTA
2022NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1as KENTA
2022NOAH: The New Year 2022as KENTA
2021NJPW Power Struggle 2021as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3as KENTA
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1as KENTA
2021NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Domeas KENTA
2021NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3as KENTA
2021NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2as KENTA
2021NJPW 49th Anniversary Showas KENTA
2021AEW Beach Breakas Kenta
2021NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4as KENTA
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2as KENTA
2020NJPW STRONGas Kenta
2020NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020as KENTA
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7as KENTA
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6as KENTA
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5as KENTA
2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2as KENTA
2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1as KENTA
2020NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020as KENTA
2020NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2as KENTA
2020NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1as KENTA
2019NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019as KENTA
2019NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019as KENTA
2019All Elite Wrestling: Dynamiteas KENTA
2019NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019as KENTA
2019NJPW Royal Questas KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16as Kenta
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2as KENTA
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1as KENTA
2019WWE Royal Rumble 2019as Hideo Itami (Preshow)
2018NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Showas Hideo Itami
2017NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IIIas Hideo Itami
2017WWE NXT Takeover: Chicagoas Hideo Itami
2016WWE 205 Liveas
2016WWE 205 Liveas Hideo Itami
2016NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IIas Hideo Itami
2016NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1as Hideo Itami
2015Finn Bálor The Demon Revealedas Hideo Itami (archive footage)
2015NXT TakeOver: Unstoppableas Hideo Itami
2015WWE WrestleMania 31as Hideo Itami
2015WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015as Hideo Itami
2015NXT TakeOver: Rivalas Hideo Itami
2015ROH: Year 5as KENTA
2014NXT TakeOver: R-Evolutionas Hideo Itami
2014NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Wayas Hideo Itami
2014ROH: Year Fouras KENTA
2013Bryan Danielson: World Championas KENTA
2013Danielson vs The Worldas KENTA
2013Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win Itas KENTA
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1as KENTA
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2as KENTA
2012Danielson vs McGuinnessas KENTA
2012Chris Hero: Ring of Heroas KENTA
2012ROH: Japan's Finestas KENTA
2012KENTA: Go 2 Sleepas KENTA
2011The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planetas KENTA
2010WWE NXTas
2010WWE NXTas HIdeo Itami
2010WWE NXTas Hideo Itami
2009ROH: End of An Ageas
2009ROH: 7th Anniversaryas KENTA
2009Ring of Honor Wrestlingas Kenta
2009NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7as KENTA
2008ROH: The Tokyo Summitas
2008ROH: Best In The Worldas KENTA
2008NOAH: European Navigation 2008as KENTA
2007NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12as KENTA
2007ROH: Drivenas KENTA
2006ROH: Honor Reclaims Bostonas KENTA
2006ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Twoas KENTA
2006ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night Oneas KENTA
2006ROH: Fight of The Centuryas KENTA
2006ROH: Time To Man Upas KENTA
2006ROH: Chi-Town Struggleas KENTA
2006ROH: Throwdownas KENTA
2006ROH: In Your Faceas KENTA
2006ROH: Best In The Worldas KENTA
2005ROH Final Battle 2005as KENTA
2005NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005as KENTA
2005NOAH: Destiny 2005as KENTA
2004NOAH: Departure 2004as KENTA
2003NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13as KENTA
2002NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10as KENTA
2001NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9as KENTA
2000NOAH: Great Voyageas
2000Pro Wrestling NOAHas Kenta
1993Rawas
1985WWE Pay Per Viewas
1972New Japan Pro Wrestlingas KENTA

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