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Kenta Kobayashi(II)

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Kenta Kobayashi
Kenta Kobayashi is a professional wrestlers best known for his work in WWE as Hideo Itami, and his time in Japan as KENTA. He was trained by legendary wrestlers Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama. Kenta competed for 15 years in Pro-Wrestling NOAH before leaving for WWE in 2014. He has captured both the prestigious GHC Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Championships during his career.
BornMarch 21, 1981
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    • Known for

    Sean Legacy, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Shiloh Hill, Joe Hendry, and Ricky Saints in WWE NXT (2010)
    WWE NXT
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Hideo Itami
    Steve Borden, Mark Calaway, Paul Levesque, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Bryan Danielson, and Joe Anoa'i in WrestleMania 31 (2015)
    WrestleMania 31
    8.0
    TV Special
    • Hideo Itami
    • 2015
    Randy Orton, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Chelsea Green, and Jacob Fatu in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
    WWE Smackdown!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Hideo Itami
    Rami Sebei, Pamela Martinez, Fergal Devitt, Ryan Parmeter, Rebecca Quin, Ben Satterly, Eric Thompson, Ashley Fliehr, Mercedes Varnado, and Kenta Kobayashi in NXT Takeover: R Evolution (2014)
    NXT Takeover: R Evolution
    8.6
    TV Special
    • Self - Hideo Itami
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Impact Wrestling: Bound for Glory (2023)
      Impact Wrestling: Bound for Glory
      7.8
      Video
      • Kenta
      • 2023
    • Tessa Blanchard in TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004)
      TNA iMPACT! Wrestling
      6.4
      TV Series
      • KENTA
      • 2023
    • NJPW Strong (2020)
      NJPW Strong
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Kenta
      • 2020–2022
    • Trey Miguel, Masha Slamovich, Steve Manders, Danny Adams, Crash Jaxon, Logan James, Kalieb Gibson, Billie Starkz, Philip Stamper, Alex Shelley, Fenix, John Crist, Jessicka Havok, Rich Swann, 'Speedball' Mike Bailey, JT Dunn, Mike Bennett, Stephon Strickland, Matthew Marinelli, Steve Maclin, John R. Rivera, Marina Shafir, Kenta Kobayashi, Jacob Southwick, Allie Katch, Matthew Palmer, and Zachary Wentz in Wrestling Revolver: Season Finale (2022)
      Wrestling Revolver: Season Finale
      TV Special
      • Kenta
      • 2022
    • AEW Dynamite (2019)
      AEW Dynamite
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Kenta
      • 2021
    • Kenny Omega, Tevita Fifita, Pate Leone, and Kazuchika Okada in New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
      New Japan Pro Wrestling
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Kenta Kobayashi of Bullet Club
      • 2019
    • Fergal Devitt in WWE: Finn Balor - For Everyone (2019)
      WWE: Finn Balor - For Everyone
      Video
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2019
    • WWE: 205 Live (2016)
      WWE: 205 Live
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2017–2019
    • Brock Lesnar and Fergal Devitt in WWE Royal Rumble (2019)
      WWE Royal Rumble
      6.8
      TV Special
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2019
    • Randy Orton, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Chelsea Green, and Jacob Fatu in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
      WWE Smackdown!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2018
    • CM Punk, Pentagon Jr., Joe Anoa'i, Gionna Daddio, and Demi Bennett in WWE Monday Night RAW (1993)
      WWE Monday Night RAW
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2017
    • Sean Legacy, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Shiloh Hill, Joe Hendry, and Ricky Saints in WWE NXT (2010)
      WWE NXT
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2014–2017
    • Bobby Roode, Nicola Glencross, Kenta Kobayashi, Dori Elizabeth Prange, and Kanako Urai in NXT TakeOver: Chicago (2017)
      NXT TakeOver: Chicago
      8.1
      TV Special
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2017
    • WWE 2K17 (2016)
      WWE 2K17
      6.8
      Video Game
      • Hideo Itami (voice)
      • 2016
    • Steve Borden, Mark Calaway, Paul Levesque, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Bryan Danielson, and Joe Anoa'i in WrestleMania 31 (2015)
      WrestleMania 31
      8.0
      TV Special
      • Hideo Itami
      • 2015

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Born
      • March 21, 1981
      • Saitama, Japan
    • Spouse
      • ?? - present (2 children)

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