Kenta Kobayashi
Details
Birth Date 12 Mar 1981
Place of Birth Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Personal Name Kenta Kobayashi
Also known as
- Hideo Itami
- KENTA
Kenta Kobayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known by his ring name KENTA. A former amateur kickboxer, Kobayashi's wrestling style is based upon strong kicks and strikes. He was signed to the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he worked in its developmental territory NXT, as well as 205 Live, under the ring name Hideo Itami. He currently works for the Japanese wrestling promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).