Kenta Kobayashi
Multiple people share this name — showing the most well-known match (Acting).
Acting · Born 1981-03-12 · age 45 · Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Kenta Kobayashi (born March 12, 1981), better known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he original debuted in 2000 and is a former two-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, one-time GHC Tag Team Champion and three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. Between 2014 and 2019, he worked for American promotion WWE under the name Hideo Itami. After leaving WWE, he signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), becoming a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and one-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, before returning to NOAH in 2025.
Titles
Raw
WWE NXT
WWE WrestleMania 31
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE 205 Live
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
NXT TakeOver: Rival
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
Ring of Honor Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
AEW Beach Break
NJPW STRONG
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
MLW Blood & Thunder
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
NJPW Royal Quest
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
ROH: Year Four
ROH: Year 5
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Bryan Danielson: World Champion