People - Astro Movies

Kenta Kobayashi

March 12, 1981 (44 years old) in Sōka, Saitama, Japan

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

WWE NXT

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

Credits

2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2 as KENTA
2025 · NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1 as KENTA
2025 · NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025 as KENTA
2025 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 as KENTA
2024 · MLW Blood & Thunder as KENTA
2024 · NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best Of The Super Junior 31 Final ~ as KENTA
2024 · NJPW Resurgence 2024 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 as Kenta
2024 · NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024 as KENTA
2024 · NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya as KENTA
2023 · IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023 as Kenta
2023 · IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final) as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW Collision in Philadelphia as Kenta
2023 · NJPW Capital Collision 2023 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 as KENTA
2023 · IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive as KENTA
2023 · Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1 as KENTA
2023 · IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023 as Kenta
2023 · NJPW Battle In The Valley as Kenta
2023 · NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023 as Kenta
2023 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena as Kenta
2023 · NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023 as KENTA
2023 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show as KENTA
2023 · NOAH: The New Year 2023 as Kenta
2022 · NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Night 16 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final) as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 as KENTA
2022 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1 as KENTA
2022 · NOAH: The New Year 2022 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW Power Struggle 2021 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final) as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome as KENTA
2021 · NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021 as KENTA
2021 · NJPW 49th Anniversary Show as KENTA
2021 · AEW Beach Break as Kenta
2021 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final) as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW STRONG as Kenta
2020 · NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 1 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 as KENTA
2020 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019 as KENTA
2019 · All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite as KENTA
2019 · NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW: Royal Quest as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final) as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16 as Kenta
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2 as KENTA
2019 · NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1 as KENTA
2019 · WWE Royal Rumble 2019 as Hideo Itami (Preshow)
2018 · NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show as Hideo Itami
2017 · NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III as Hideo Itami
2017 · WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago as Hideo Itami
2016 · WWE 205 Live as Hideo Itami
2016 · WWE 205 Live as
2016 · NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II as Hideo Itami
2016 · NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1 as Hideo Itami
2015 · Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed as Hideo Itami (archive footage)
2015 · NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable as Hideo Itami
2015 · WWE WrestleMania 31 as Hideo Itami
2015 · WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015 as Hideo Itami
2015 · NXT TakeOver: Rival as Hideo Itami
2015 · ROH: Year 5 as KENTA
2014 · NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution as Hideo Itami
2014 · NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way as Hideo Itami
2014 · ROH: Year Four as KENTA
2013 · Bryan Danielson: World Champion as KENTA
2013 · Danielson vs The World as KENTA
2013 · Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It as KENTA
2013 · ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2 as KENTA
2013 · ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1 as KENTA
2012 · Danielson vs McGuinness as KENTA
2012 · Chris Hero: Ring of Hero as KENTA
2012 · ROH: Japan's Finest as KENTA
2012 · KENTA: Go 2 Sleep as KENTA
2011 · The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet as KENTA
2010 · WWE NXT as Hideo Itami
2010 · WWE NXT as HIdeo Itami
2010 · WWE NXT as
2009 · ROH: End of An Age as
2009 · Ring of Honor Wrestling as Kenta
2009 · ROH: 7th Anniversary as KENTA
2009 · NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7 as KENTA
2008 · ROH: The Tokyo Summit as
2008 · ROH: Best In The World as KENTA
2008 · NOAH: European Navigation 2008 as KENTA
2007 · NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12 as KENTA
2007 · ROH: Driven as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Fight of The Century as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Time To Man Up as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Chi-Town Struggle as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Throwdown as KENTA
2006 · ROH: In Your Face as KENTA
2006 · ROH: Best In The World as KENTA
2005 · ROH: Final Battle 2005 as KENTA
2005 · NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005 as KENTA
2005 · NOAH: Destiny 2005 as KENTA
2004 · NOAH: Departure 2004 as KENTA
2003 · NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13 as KENTA
2002 · NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10 as KENTA
2001 · NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9 as KENTA
2000 · NOAH: Great Voyage as
2000 · Pro Wrestling NOAH as Kenta
1972 · New Japan Pro Wrestling as KENTA