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Kenta Kobayashi

Born

March 12, 1981 (Age: 44)

Place of Birth

Sōka, Saitama, Japan

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Hideo Itami

KENTA

Biography

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).