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.
MOVIE2026
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Yokohama
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 12
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA
★6.0
MOVIE2026
JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026
as Kenta
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 8
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 10
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2014
ROH: Year Four
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH After Mayhem 2026
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Thanksgiving 2025
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
as KENTA
★5.0
MOVIE2026
NOAH: The New Year 2026
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
as KENTA
★7.0
MOVIE2026
Mystery Wrestling #24
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2015
ROH: Year 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2015
WWE WrestleMania 31
as Hideo Itami
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
as Hideo Itami (archive footage)
MOVIE2026
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
as KENTA
★7.5
MOVIE2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Hideo Itami (Preshow)
★5.5
MOVIE2023
NJPW Resurgence 2023
as KENTA
★8.4
MOVIE2015
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
as Hideo Itami
MOVIE2008
ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2012
Danielson vs McGuinness
as KENTA
★7.9
MOVIE2014
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
as Hideo Itami
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Danielson vs The World
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as KENTA
MOVIE2005
ROH Final Battle 2005
as KENTA
★7.5
MOVIE2014
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
as Hideo Itami
★8.0
MOVIE2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as KENTA
★7.6
MOVIE2017
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
as Hideo Itami
MOVIE2025
MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikan
as KENTA
★7.2
MOVIE2016
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
as Hideo Itami
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Best In The World
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osaka
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2012
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
as KENTA
★8.7
MOVIE2017
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
as Hideo Itami
★8.7
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Fight of The Century
as KENTA
★7.4
MOVIE2015
NXT TakeOver: Rival
as Hideo Itami
★6.0
MOVIE2016
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
as Hideo Itami
★9.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2015
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
as Hideo Itami
MOVIE2025
NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2021
AEW Beach Break
as Kenta
★3.5
MOVIE2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Time To Man Up
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: In Your Face
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
as KENTA
★9.5
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW Resurgence 2024
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2011
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
as KENTA
★8.7
MOVIE2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2008
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
MOVIE2025
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
as KENTA
MOVIE2009
ROH: 7th Anniversary
as KENTA
MOVIE2009
ROH: End of An Age
★6.5
MOVIE2023
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
MLW SuperFight 6
as KENTA
★4.0
MOVIE2024
MLW Blood & Thunder
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
as KENTA
★6.5
MOVIE2023
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
as Kenta
★7.3
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as KENTA
★9.3
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW Royal Quest
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2012
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH: The New Year 2025
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
as KENTA
MOVIE2007
ROH: Driven
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Throwdown
as KENTA
★6.5
MOVIE2023
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as KENTA
★5.8
MOVIE2023
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
as KENTA
★7.0
MOVIE2024
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
as Kenta
MOVIE2024
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
as KENTA
★9.7
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2002
NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
as KENTA
MOVIE2007
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NOAH: The New Year 2023
as Kenta
MOVIE2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
as KENTA
★9.3
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NOAH: The New Year 2022
as KENTA
MOVIE2006
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
as KENTA
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
as Kenta
MOVIE2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
as Kenta
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
as Kenta
★9.7
MOVIE2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
as KENTA
★7.0
MOVIE2023
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
as Kenta
MOVIE2020
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
as KENTA
MOVIE2004
NOAH: Departure 2004
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2005
NOAH: Destiny 2005
as KENTA
MOVIE2009
NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as KENTA
★5.0
MOVIE2023
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
as Kenta
★8.0
MOVIE2018
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
as Hideo Itami
MOVIE2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2003
NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
as KENTA
MOVIE2000
NOAH: Great Voyage
★8.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
as KENTA
★6.2
MOVIE2023
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
as Kenta
★8.5
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as KENTA
MOVIE2019
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
as KENTA
MOVIE2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
as KENTA
★8.5
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2005
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2001
NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
as KENTA
MOVIE2008
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
as KENTA
MOVIE2025
NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4
as KENTA
★8.5
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
as KENTA
★10.0
MOVIE2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
as KENTA
MOVIE2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
as KENTA
★9.0
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
as KENTA
MOVIE2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
as KENTA
MOVIE2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 ~Noto Peninsula Earthquake Recovery Charity Event~
as KENTA
MOVIE2026
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
as KENTA
MOVIETBA
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
as KENTA