Kenta Kobayashi
Birthday
1981/03/12 (44 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Also know as
Hideo Itami, KENTA
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.
Acting
(2008) ROH: The Tokyo Summit
as ---
(2023) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
as Kenta
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
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 19 (Final)
as KENTA
(2023) IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
as Kenta
(2023) NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
as Kenta
(2023) NJPW Battle In The Valley 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
(2022) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW Capital Collision 2023
as KENTA
(2009) ROH: End of An Age
as ---
(2023) NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as KENTA
(2002) NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
as KENTA
(2003) NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as KENTA
(2023) IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
as KENTA
(2007) NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
(2015) WWE WrestleMania 31
as Hideo Itami
(2023) NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
as Kenta
(2023) IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
as Kenta
(2014) NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
as Hideo Itami
(2014) NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
as Hideo Itami
(2015) NXT TakeOver: Rival
as Hideo Itami
(2022) NOAH: The New Year 2022
as KENTA
(2005) ROH: Final Battle 2005
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as KENTA
(2015) NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
as Hideo Itami
(2023) NOAH: The New Year 2023
as Kenta
(2023) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
as Kenta
(2024) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW Resurgence 2024
as KENTA
(2016) NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
as Hideo Itami
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
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 15
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as KENTA
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW Power Struggle 2021
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as KENTA
(2016) NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
as Hideo Itami
(2024) NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1
as KENTA
(2024) NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
as KENTA
(2024) MLW Blood & Thunder
as KENTA
(2017) WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
as Hideo Itami
(2017) NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
as Hideo Itami
(2009) ROH: 7th Anniversary
as KENTA
(2018) NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
as Hideo Itami
(2019) WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Hideo Itami (Preshow)
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
as Kenta
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW: Royal Quest
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
as KENTA
(2007) ROH: Driven
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as KENTA
(2013) Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
as KENTA
(2014) ROH: Year Four
as KENTA
(2015) ROH: Year 5
as KENTA
(2008) ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
(2011) The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
as KENTA
(2013) Bryan Danielson: World Champion
as KENTA
(2012) Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
as KENTA
(2012) Danielson vs McGuinness
as KENTA
(2013) Danielson vs The World
as KENTA
(2012) ROH: Japan's Finest
as KENTA
(2012) KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
as KENTA
(2013) ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
as KENTA
(2013) ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
as KENTA
(2020) NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
as KENTA
(2004) NOAH: Departure 2004
as KENTA
(2008) NOAH: European Navigation 2008
as KENTA
(2005) NOAH: Destiny 2005
as KENTA
(2005) NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
as KENTA
(2001) NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: In Your Face
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Throwdown
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Fight of The Century
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Time To Man Up
as KENTA
(2006) ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
as KENTA
(2000) NOAH: Great Voyage
as ---
(2024) NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
as KENTA
(2025) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
as KENTA
(2025) NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as KENTA
(2009) NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
as KENTA
(2015) WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
as Hideo Itami
(2015) Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
as Hideo Itami (archive footage)
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as KENTA
(2021) NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
as KENTA
(2019) NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
as KENTA
(2021) AEW Beach Break
as Kenta
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW Resurgence 2023
as KENTA
(2025) MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
as KENTA
(2023) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
as KENTA
(2025) MLW SuperFight 6
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3
as KENTA
(2025) NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4
as KENTA
(2019) All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
as KENTA
(2009) Ring of Honor Wrestling
as Kenta
(2010) WWE NXT
as Hideo Itami
(2016) WWE 205 Live
as Hideo Itami
(2020) NJPW STRONG
as Kenta
(1972) New Japan Pro Wrestling
as KENTA
(2016) WWE 205 Live
as ---
(2010) WWE NXT
as HIdeo Itami
(2000) Pro Wrestling NOAH
as Kenta
(2010) WWE NXT
as ---