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 | Ring name(s): | KENTA | | Billed height: | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | | Billed weight: | 82 kg (180 lb) | | Born: | March 12, 1981 (age 31)
Soka, Saitama, Japan | | Trained by: | AJPW Dojo
Kenta Kobashi
Yoshihiro Takayama | | Debut: | May 24, 2000 |
Kenta Kobayashi (小林健太 Kobayashi Kenta, born March 12, 1981), also known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the 2012 Global League Tournament. A former amateur kickboxer, Kobayashi's wrestling style is based upon strong kicks and strikes.
In professional wrestling, Kobayashi has won several championships in his career: the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, which he held on three occasions, as well as being one half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions twice; once was the inaugural reign with longtime partner and rival, Naomichi Marufuji, which saw the two hold the title for almost two years, as well as a reign with protégé, Taiji Ishimori.
After starting his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Kobayashi's home promotion is considered to be NOAH, his destination following the departure of wrestlers from AJPW but due to NOAH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies, he has wrestled extensively in previous years in American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).
He initially wrestled under his real name, but due to potential confusion with his mentor, Kenta Kobashi (in both English and Japanese), he dropped his surname, only to use his given name, which he spells with Roman letters in all capitals. »¡Finishing Moves!«
 
»Busaiku Knee Kick (Running high knee strike)
»Game Over (Omoplata crossface)
»Octopus Hold
»Go 2 Sleep
»¡In Wrestling Moves!«
  
»Cloverleaf
»Cutter, as a counter to an opponent leaping into the corner
»Death Valley driver
»Fisherman buster, sometimes from the top rope
»Flapjack lifted and dropped into a modified cutter
»Inverted Go 2 Sleep (Inverted fireman's carry dropped into a knee lift to the back of the opponent's head)
»KENTA Rush (Multiple slaps followed by a spinning chop followed by a roundhouse kick to the side of the head and finished with the Busaiku Knee Kick)
»Multiple suplex variations: Bridging German, Bridging tiger, Double underhook
»Neckbreaker
»Running arched big boot
»Scoop powerslam
»Sitout suplex slam, sometimes from the top rope
»Springboard or a missile dropkick
»STF
»Tornado DDT spun into a throat-first flapjack onto the top rope
»Triangle choke
»Turnbuckle powerbomb
»Roundhouse Kick
»Diving Double Foot Stomp |
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