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
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