Cast
Kenta Kobayashi
Acting
Cast
Kenta Kobayashi
Known for
Acting
Born
1981-03-12
From
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Also known as Hideo Itami, KENTA, Halimao
Biography
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.
ROH: Year Four
as KENTA
WWE WrestleMania 31
as Hideo Itami
ROH: Driven
as KENTA
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikan
as KENTA
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
as KENTA
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
as KENTA
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
as Hideo Itami
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Hideo Itami (Preshow)
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
as KENTA
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as KENTA
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
as Hideo Itami
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as KENTA
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
as Hideo Itami
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
as Hideo Itami
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
as Kenta
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
as KENTA
NJPW Resurgence 2024
as KENTA
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
as KENTA
ROH: Throwdown
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as KENTA
NOAH After Mayhem 2026
as KENTA
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
as Kenta
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as KENTA
ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
as KENTA
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
as KENTA
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
as KENTA
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
as Hideo Itami
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9
as KENTA
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
as Kenta
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
as KENTA
ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
as KENTA
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
NXT TakeOver: Rival
as Hideo Itami
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
as Kenta
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
as Hideo Itami
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW Resurgence 2023
as KENTA
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
as KENTA
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
as KENTA
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
as KENTA
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
as KENTA
NOAH: Great Voyage
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
as KENTA
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
as Kenta
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
as KENTA
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 5
as KENTA
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as KENTA
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
as KENTA
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
as Kenta
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
as Hideo Itami
ROH: Japan's Finest
as KENTA
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as KENTA
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as KENTA
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
as KENTA
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
as KENTA
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
as KENTA
Danielson vs McGuinness
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as KENTA
NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
as KENTA
ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 4
as KENTA
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
as Kenta
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6
as KENTA
NOAH: The New Year 2023
as Kenta
ROH: End of An Age
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
as KENTA
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
as KENTA
NOAH: The New Year 2026
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
as KENTA
AEW Beach Break
as Kenta
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
as KENTA
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
as KENTA
ROH: In Your Face
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
as KENTA
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as KENTA
ROH: Fight of The Century
as KENTA
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
as KENTA
NJPW: Royal Quest
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
as KENTA
MLW Blood & Thunder
as KENTA
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as KENTA
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
as KENTA
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
as KENTA
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
as KENTA
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as KENTA
Danielson vs The World
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
as Kenta
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 7
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
as KENTA
NOAH: The New Year 2025
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 2
as KENTA
ROH: Time To Man Up
as KENTA
MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
as KENTA
ROH Final Battle 2005
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
as KENTA
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 8
as KENTA
ROH: Year 5
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
as KENTA
MLW SuperFight 6
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
as KENTA
ROH: 7th Anniversary
as KENTA
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
as KENTA
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
as KENTA
Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
as Hideo Itami (archive footage)
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
as KENTA
NOAH Thanksgiving 2025
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as KENTA
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osaka
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as KENTA
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
as KENTA
NOAH: Departure 2004
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as KENTA
NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
as KENTA
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
as KENTA
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
as Hideo Itami
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3
as KENTA
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
as KENTA
NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
as KENTA
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
as KENTA
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2
as KENTA
NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5
as KENTA
NOAH: The New Year 2022
as KENTA
NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
as KENTA
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
as KENTA
NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
as KENTA
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
as Hideo Itami
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
as KENTA
JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026
as Kenta
NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Yokohama
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
as KENTA
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
as KENTA
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
as KENTA
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
as KENTA
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
as KENTA
NOAH: Destiny 2005
as KENTA
Mystery Wrestling #24
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 10
as KENTA
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 11
as KENTA