Kenta Kobayashi
Biography
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
Top 40 Movies
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
2014
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2021
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
2023
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019
NXT TakeOver: Rival
2015
ROH: End of An Age
2009
ROH: Year Four
2014
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
2024
Finn BΓ‘lor The Demon Revealed
2015
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2017
NJPW: Royal Quest
2019
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
NOAH Thanksgiving 2025
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
2019
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
2008
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2006
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
2021
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022
NOAH: Departure 2004
2004
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2020
ROH: Year 5
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
2019