Kenta Kobayashi
Kenta Kobayashi, better known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist who debuted in 2000 with Pro Wrestling NOAH and went on to compete internationally, including a run in WWE as Hideo Itami. After joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2019, he captured the NEVER Openweight Championship, IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, before returning to NOAH in 2025 where he also made his N-1 Victory tournament debut that same year.
Known For
Acting
Born
March 12, 1981 (age 44)
Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
2008ROH: The Tokyo Summit
2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
2021NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
2023IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
2023NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
2023NJPW Battle In The Valley
2023IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
2023Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
2022NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2023NJPW Capital Collision 2023
2009ROH: End of An Age
2023NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2023NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
2023NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2023NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2002NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
2003NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
2023IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
2007NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2015WWE WrestleMania 31
2023NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
2023IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
2014NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
2014NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
2015NXT TakeOver: Rival
2022NOAH: The New Year 2022
2005ROH: Final Battle 2005
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2015NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
2023NOAH: The New Year 2023
2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
2024NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2006ROH: Best In The World
2024NJPW Resurgence 2024
2016NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2020NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
2022NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Night 16
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
2021NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2023NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2024NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best Of The Super Junior 31 Final ~
2021NJPW Power Struggle 2021
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2016NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
2024NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
2024MLW Blood & Thunder
2017WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
2017NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2009ROH: 7th Anniversary
2018NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
2019WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
2019NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
2019NJPW: Royal Quest
2019NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2020NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2006ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
2007ROH: Driven
2020NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2013Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
2014ROH: Year Four
2015ROH: Year 5
2008ROH: Best In The World
2011The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2013Bryan Danielson: World Champion
2012Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
2013Danielson vs The World
2012Danielson vs McGuinness
2012ROH: Japan's Finest
2012KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 1
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
2020NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
2004NOAH: Departure 2004
2008NOAH: European Navigation 2008
2005NOAH: Destiny 2005
2005NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
2021NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2001NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
2006ROH: Fight of The Century
2006ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
2006ROH: In Your Face
2006ROH: Throwdown
2006ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006ROH: Time To Man Up
2006ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2021NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
2000NOAH: Great Voyage
2024NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
2019NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2025NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
2025NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2009NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
2015WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
2015Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2021NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
2019NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
2021AEW Beach Break
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
2025NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
2023NJPW Resurgence
2025MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
2023NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
2023All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2023Ring of Honor Wrestling
2023WWE NXT
2023WWE 205 Live
2023NJPW STRONG
2023New Japan Pro Wrestling
2023WWE 205 Live
2023WWE NXT
2023Pro Wrestling NOAH
2023WWE NXT
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