WRESTLER PROFILES

[KENTA Gallery] [Japanese Wrestlers Gallery]	Wrestler: KENTA Real Name: Kenta Kobayashi Birthday: March 12, 1981 Hometown: Saitama, Japan Marital Status: 5'8" - 176 lbs Height & Weight: Trained by: All Japan dojo Debut: May 24, 2000 Previous Gimmicks: Kenta Kobayashi Finishing Move: Busaiku Knee Kick Go-To-Sleep (Fireman's Carry Knee Strike) Favorite Moves: Tiger Suplex Hold Fishermans Buster Rolling Backchop High Kick flurry German Suplex Hold Springboard Dropkick Running Busaiku Knee Kick Flying Busaiku Knee Kick Death Valley Driver Super Inverted Fishermanbuster Running Springboard Falcon Arrow Huracanrana into Jujigatame Turnbuckle Powerbomb Alley Oop Inverted Go 2 Sleep Tornado DDT Ring Rope Drop Notable Feuds:
NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Masamichi Marufuji defeating Takehiro Murahama & Jushin Liger (July 16, 2003); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Junior Heavyweight title defeating Yoshinobu Kanemura (July 18, 2005); NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Taiji Ishimori defeating BxB Hulk & Shingo Takagi (March 20, 2008);
Kenta Kobayashi made his debut in All Japan, but before he could start, he joined Mitsuharu Misawa's NOAH promotion.. Kenta Kobayashi started using real name, but later changed it to KENTA (as not to be confused with Kenta Kobashi).. KENTA was made a disciple of Kenta Kobashi's "BURNING" group when NOAH was first created.. October 14, 2002: KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga won a 1-Day Six Man Tag Team Tournament.. May 31, 2005--NOAH: Kenta Kobashi & KENTA defeated Bison Smith & Low Ki.. June 5, 2005--NOAH: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA to win the GHC Jr. Tag Titles.. July 5, 2005--NOAH: Kenta Kobashi & KENTA defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Kotaro Suzuki.. July 18, 2005--NOAH: KENTA defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight title.. September 24, 2005--World League Wrestling: Superstar Steve Fender & Jason Bates defeated Dakota & KENTA December 10, 2005--World League Wrestling: KENTA defeated Ace Steel to retain the GHC Junior title in an excellent match December 17, 2005 - ROH: KENTA defeated Low Ki to retain NOAH's GHC Junior title.. January 22, 2006--NOAH: KENTA defeated Naomichi Marufuji in 29:00 to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight title.. March 25, 2006 - Ring of Honor: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji beat American Dragon & Samoa Joe in an International Dream match.. April 1, 2007 - NOAH: Bryan Danielson & Joe Legend & Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Ippei Ota... April 3, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Bison Smith & Daniel Cross... April 4, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA defeated Ted DiBiase Jr... April 6, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Akira Taue & Masao Inoue... April 7, 2007 - NOAH: Mohammed Yone & KENTA defeated Joe Legend & Ted DiBiase Jr... April 8, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Bryan Danielson & Daniel Cross... April 10, 2007 - NOAH: Takuma Sano & Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura defeated Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Go Shiosaki... April 12, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Ricky Marvin defeated Bison Smith & Bryan Danielson & Daniel Cross... April 14, 2007 - NOAH: Bison Smith & Bryan Danielson & Ricky Marvin defeated Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Atsushi Aoki... April 15, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Bryan Danielson & Joe E. Legend... April 16, 2007 - NOAH: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano & Takashi Sugiura beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Go Shiosaki... April 17, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Joe E. Legend & Daniel Cross... April 20, 2007 - NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Makoto Hashi... April 23, 2007 - NOAH: Takuma Sano & Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Shuhei Taniguchi... April 24, 2007 - NOAH: Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino defeated KENTA & Ippei Ota... May 4, 2006--NOAH: Takashi Sugiura defeated KENTA to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight title in Sapporo, Japan... May 17, 2007 - NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... May 19, 2007 - NOAH: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa & Mushiking Terry beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... May 21, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Takeshi Rikio & Ippei Ota... May 22, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Mohammed Yone & Go Shiosaki... May 24, 2007 - NOAH: D-Lo Brown & Buchanan & Eddie Edwards defeated Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... May 27, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Takeshi Morishima & Shuhei Taniguchi... May 29, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiosaki... May 30, 2007 - NOAH: Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone & Tsutomu Hirayanagi beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Ippei Ota... May 31, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA defeated Takeshi Rikio & Ippei Ota... June 3, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA defeated Go Shiosaki... June 7, 2007 - NOAH Fan Night 6 Man Tag Team Tournament: Event takes place in the city of Tokyo, Japan... ~~~Round One: KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin defeated Junji Izumida & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Taiji Ishimori... ~~~~~~Semi Final: Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiosaki & Ippei Ota defeated KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin... June 8, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori defeated TAKA Michinoku & KAZMA... June 17, 2006 - ROH: KENTA defeated Samoa Joe and American Dragon in a 3-WAY ROH Classic.. June 23, 2006 - ROH: KENTA defeated Roderick Strong in a stiff match as expected.. June 24, 2006 - ROH: KENTA defeated Austin Aries with the Go To Sleep in an ROH Classic.. June 30, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA participated in an NTV Cup Battle Royal... July 1, 2007 - NOAH: Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone & Makoto Hashi beat Takuma Sano & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... July 2, 2007 - NOAH: Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone & Ricky Marvin beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... July 3, 2007 - NOAH: Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori ended in a 30:00 time limit draw... July 6, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe ended in a 30:00 time limit draw.. July 7, 2007 - NOAH: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori... July 8, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone & Tsutomu Hirayanagi... July 10, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Bryan Danielson & Davey Richards ended in a 30:00 time limit draw.. July 11, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori defeated Rocky Romero & Atsushi Aoki... July 12, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Masao Inoue & Mushiking Terry & Ricky Marvin... July 13, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki... July 15, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori defeated Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi... August 4, 2006 - Ring of Honor: The Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay) defeated KENTA & Davey Richards.. August 5, 2006 - ROH: KENTA defeated Davey Richards in a Match of the Year Contender.. August 12, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi... August 14, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori defeated Takuma Sano & Ippei Ota... August 15, 2007 - NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Go Shiosaki... August 19, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori & Rocky Romero defeated Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin & Ippei Ota... August 20, 2007 - NOAH: KENTA & Taiji Ishimori defeated Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki... September 15, 2006 - Ring of Honor: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji defeated The Briscoe Brothers.. September 16, 2006 - Ring of Honor: American Dragon defeated KENTA in 40 minutes to retain the ROH World title! October 29, 2006: Naomichi Marufuji defeated KENTA to retain the GHC Geavyweight title at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. November 3, 2006 - Ring of Honor: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeated KENTA & Davey Richards.. November 4, 2006 - Ring of Honor: KENTA defeated Matt Sydal with the Go-To-Sleep.. ~~~After the match, Samoa Joe slapped KENTA and told him to take that message back to Kenta Kobashi in Japan.. March 4, 2007: Takeshi Morishima defeated KENTA to retain the Ring of Honor title in a Japan at Budokan Hall.. May 11, 2007 - Ring of Honor: KENTA defeated Delirious in a NOAH vs ROH match.. May 12, 2007 - Ring of Honor: American Dragon & Takeshi Morishima defeated KENTA & Nigel McGuiness... June 22, 2007 - Ring of Honor: KENTA defeated Rocky Romero (After the match: Davey Richards turned on KENTA!).. June 23, 2007 - Ring of Honor: KENTA defeated "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson in the main event.. July 16, 2007 - ROH Live from Tokyo: KENTA made an appearance saying he couldn't compete due to a leg injury November 2, 2007 - ROH: Mitsuharu Misawa & KENTA vs. Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji ended in a 30-minute draw.. November 3, 2007 - Ring of Honor: Mitsuharu Misawa defeated KENTA to retain the (NOAH) GHC Heavyweight title..