Kenta Kobayashi

Acting 218 credits

Born

Mar 12, 1981 (44 years old)

Place of birth

Sōka, Saitama, Japan

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.

Kenta Kobayashi

Biography

Movies (207)

NJPW Resurgence 2023

NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1

Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023

NOAH Wrestle Odyssey

NJPW 49th Anniversary Show

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1

NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2

NOAH: European Navigation 2008

NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Night 16

MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025

NXT TakeOver: Rival

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1

NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023

NOAH: The New Year 2023

ROH: Chi-Town Struggle

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

Shows (11)

Raw

WWE NXT

WWE NXT

WWE NXT

New Japan Pro Wrestling

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

WWE 205 Live

WWE 205 Live

Ring of Honor Wrestling

NJPW STRONG

Pro Wrestling NOAH