Kenta Kobayashi
Born: 1981-03-12
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.
Known For
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020★ 0.0
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021★ 8.7
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020★ 3.5
NOAH: Destiny 2005
2005★ 10.0
NOAH: Departure 2004
2004★ 0.0
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022★ 0.0
Danielson vs The World
2013★ 10.0
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～
2025★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020★ 0.0
NJPW Resurgence 2023
2023★ 5.5
ROH: Best In The World
2008★ 0.0
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
2016★ 7.2
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
2024★ 7.0
ROH: Driven
2007★ 0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
2021★ 0.0
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
2017★ 7.6
ROH: Year Four
2014★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
2019★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
2019★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
2019★ 9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
2019★ 8.5
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
2006★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
2019★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
2019★ 9.5
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
2023★ 8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
2020★ 0.0
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2017★ 8.7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
2019★ 8.0
ROH: Best In The World
2006★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
2019★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022★ 0.0
AEW Beach Break
2021★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
2020★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
2021★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
2020★ 0.0
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
2006★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
2023★ 9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
2020★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
2021★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022★ 0.0
ROH: Throwdown
2006★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
2020★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
2023★ 8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
2021★ 0.0
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
2018★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
2019★ 9.3
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
2008★ 0.0
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
2023★ 6.5
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015★ 8.0
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
2014★ 7.9
ROH: Year 5
2015★ 10.0
ROH: In Your Face
2006★ 0.0
Danielson vs McGuinness
2012★ 10.0
ROH: 7th Anniversary
2009★ 0.0
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2011★ 10.0
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
2015★ 8.4
Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
2015★ 7.0
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
2014★ 7.5
NOAH: The New Year 2023
2023★ 0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019★ 7.4
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2020★ 9.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020★ 9.7
NJPW: Royal Quest
2019★ 9.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
2021★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
2024★ 0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019★ 0.0
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006★ 0.0
ROH: End of An Age
2009★ 0.0
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
2015★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
2023★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019★ 10.0
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
2020★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
2021★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
2021★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2021★ 0.0
ROH Final Battle 2005
2005★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
2025★ 8.0
NOAH: Great Voyage
2000★ 0.0
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016★ 6.0
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022★ 0.0
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
2023★ 7.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
2019★ 8.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
2020★ 0.0
ROH: Fight of The Century
2006★ 0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025★ 0.0
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
2023★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
2025★ 0.0
MLW Blood & Thunder
2024★ 4.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
2020★ 0.0
ROH: Time To Man Up
2006★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
2021★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
2025★ 0.0
NOAH Thanksgiving 2025
2025★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023★ 0.0
NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
2025★ 0.0
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
2013★ 10.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024★ 0.0
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
2005★ 9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
2021★ 0.0
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025★ 0.0
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
2021★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
2019★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
2021★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
2023★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
2025★ 0.0
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1
2024★ 0.0
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
2023★ 6.5
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
2021★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2023★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
2019★ 8.7
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023★ 7.3
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019★ 9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Resurgence 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1
2025★ 0.0
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
2023★ 0.0
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
2023★ 5.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
2019★ 9.7
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
2023★ 5.8
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
2019★ 9.0
MLW SuperFight 6
2025★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
2022★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
2022★ 0.0
NXT TakeOver: Rival
2015★ 7.4
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
2020★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
2025★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5
2025★ 0.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
2025★ 0.0
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
2023★ 6.2
MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
2019★ 8.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
2019★ 8.0
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
2019★ 9.3
ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
2006★ 0.0
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
2023★ 0.0
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
2012★ 10.0
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019★ 0.0
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
2008★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3
2025★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
2021★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
2023★ 0.0
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
2023★ 6.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
2020★ 0.0
NOAH: The New Year 2025
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
2020★ 0.0
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
2013★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
2019★ 8.0
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~
2025★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2
2025★ 0.0
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikan
2025★ 0.0
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osaka
2025★ 0.0
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4
2025★ 0.0