Kenta Kobayashi

Kenta Kobayashi

Birthday: 1981-03-12

Place of birth: Sōka, Saitama, Japan

Also known as: Hideo Itami, KENTA

imdb_id: nm6778177

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.

Played in movies:

NOAH: Destiny 2005

Score: 10.0

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2

Score: 10.0

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1

Score: 10.0

KENTA: Go 2 Sleep

Score: 10.0

ROH: Japan's Finest

Score: 10.0

Danielson vs The World

Score: 10.0

Danielson vs McGuinness

Score: 10.0

Chris Hero: Ring of Hero

Score: 10.0

Bryan Danielson: World Champion

Score: 10.0

The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet

Score: 10.0

ROH: Year 5

Score: 10.0

ROH: Year Four

Score: 10.0

Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It

Score: 10.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17

Score: 10.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)

Score: 10.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7

Score: 9.7

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

Score: 9.5

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13

Score: 9.5

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3

Score: 9.3

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5

Score: 9.3

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019

Score: 9.0

NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005

Score: 9.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2

Score: 9.0

NJPW: Royal Quest

Score: 9.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18

Score: 9.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1

Score: 9.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1

Score: 9.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1

Score: 8.7

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6

Score: 8.7

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

Score: 8.7

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11

Score: 8.5

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13

Score: 8.5

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11

Score: 8.5

NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable

Score: 8.4

AEW Beach Break

Score: 8.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8

Score: 8.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4

Score: 8.0

NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show

Score: 8.0

WWE WrestleMania 31

Score: 8.0

NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way

Score: 7.9

WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago

Score: 7.6

NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution

Score: 7.5

WWE Royal Rumble 2019

Score: 7.4

NXT TakeOver: Rival

Score: 7.4

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17

Score: 7.3

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II

Score: 7.2

Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed

Score: 7.0

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024

Score: 7.0

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023

Score: 7.0

NJPW Capital Collision 2023

Score: 6.5

Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023

Score: 6.5

NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023

Score: 6.5

IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023

Score: 6.2

NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1

Score: 6.0

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive

Score: 5.8

NJPW Resurgence 2023

Score: 5.5

IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls

Score: 5.0

MLW Blood & Thunder

Score: 4.0

NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5

Score: 3.5

NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osaka

Score: 0.0

NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikan

Score: 0.0

NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～

Score: 0.0

NOAH: The New Year 2025

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3

Score: 0.0

NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~

Score: 0.0

MLW SuperFight 6

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023

Score: 0.0

MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025

Score: 0.0

NOAH Wrestle Odyssey

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2

Score: 0.0

NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW 49th Anniversary Show

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3

Score: 0.0

WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015

Score: 0.0

NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025

Score: 0.0

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019

Score: 0.0

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024

Score: 0.0

NOAH: Great Voyage

Score: 0.0

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021

Score: 0.0

ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One

Score: 0.0

ROH: Time To Man Up

Score: 0.0

ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston

Score: 0.0

ROH: Fight of The Century

Score: 0.0

ROH: Chi-Town Struggle

Score: 0.0

ROH: Throwdown

Score: 0.0

ROH: In Your Face

Score: 0.0

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

Score: 0.0

NOAH: European Navigation 2008

Score: 0.0

NOAH: Departure 2004

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2

Score: 0.0

ROH: Best In The World

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020

Score: 0.0

ROH: Driven

Score: 0.0

ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two

Score: 0.0

NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019

Score: 0.0

ROH: 7th Anniversary

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6

Score: 0.0

NJPW Power Struggle 2021

Score: 0.0

NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)

Score: 0.0

NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Night 16

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6

Score: 0.0

NJPW Resurgence 2024

Score: 0.0

ROH: Best In The World

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show

Score: 0.0

NOAH: The New Year 2023

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024

Score: 0.0

ROH: Final Battle 2005

Score: 0.0

NOAH: The New Year 2022

Score: 0.0

NJPW Collision in Philadelphia

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18

Score: 0.0

NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4

Score: 0.0

NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13

Score: 0.0

NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14

Score: 0.0

NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3

Score: 0.0

NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023

Score: 0.0

ROH: End of An Age

Score: 0.0

NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3

Score: 0.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1

Score: 0.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena

Score: 0.0

ROH: The Tokyo Summit

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Score: 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Score: 8.0

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

Score: 7.9

WWE NXT

Score: 6.7

WWE NXT

Score: 6.7

WWE NXT

Score: 6.7

Ring of Honor Wrestling

Score: 6.4

WWE 205 Live

Score: 5.8

WWE 205 Live

Score: 5.8

NJPW STRONG

Score: 5.5