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.
Birthday: 12 March 1981
Birth place: Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
NJPW Battle In The Valley
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
ROH: End of An Age
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
Related TV Shows
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Ring of Honor Wrestling
WWE NXT
WWE 205 Live
NJPW STRONG
New Japan Pro Wrestling
WWE 205 Live
WWE NXT
Pro Wrestling NOAH
WWE NXT