Kenta Kobayashi
1981-03-12THE 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
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
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IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
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NJPW Battle In The Valley
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IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
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Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
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NJPW Capital Collision 2023
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ROH: End of An Age
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
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NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
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NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
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IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
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WWE WrestleMania 31
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NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
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IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
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NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
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NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
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NXT TakeOver: Rival
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ROH: Final Battle 2005
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
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NOAH: The New Year 2023
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
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ROH: Best In The World
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NJPW Resurgence 2024
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NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
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NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best Of The Super Junior 31 Final ~
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NJPW Power Struggle 2021
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
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NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
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NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1
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MLW Blood & Thunder
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WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
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NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
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ROH: 7th Anniversary
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NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
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WWE Royal Rumble 2019
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
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NJPW: Royal Quest
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
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ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
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ROH: Driven
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
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Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
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ROH: Year Four
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ROH: Year 5
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ROH: Best In The World
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The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
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Bryan Danielson: World Champion
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Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
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Danielson vs McGuinness
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Danielson vs The World
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ROH: Japan's Finest
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KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
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⭐ 10ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
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NOAH: Departure 2004
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NOAH: European Navigation 2008
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NOAH: Destiny 2005
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NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
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ROH: In Your Face
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ROH: Throwdown
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ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
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ROH: Fight of The Century
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ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
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ROH: Time To Man Up
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ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
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NOAH: Great Voyage
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NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
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WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
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Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
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NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
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AEW Beach Break
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
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NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
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NJPW Resurgence
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