KENTA

Introduction
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KENTA

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
AJPW One Night Special Mar 11th 2000	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida, Kenta Kobayashi, Makoto Hashi, Mitsuo Momota, Naomichi Marufuji, Rusher Kimura, Takeshi Inoue, Takeshi Morishima	10-man Battle Royal		½* (0.5)
NOAH Grand Voyage Dec 23rd 2000	Kenta Kobayashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi	def.	Kishin Kawabata & Scorpio			*¼ (1.25)
NOAH Navigation With Breeze '02 - Day 14 May 26th 2002	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
NOAH Navigation over the Date Line '02 - Day 6 Sep 1st 2002	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi	def.	Kotaro Suzuki & Mitsuharu Misawa			***½ (3.5)
NOAH Navigation Against the Current '02 - Day 7 Oct 12th 2002	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (c) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)	def.	KENTA & Takashi Sugiura		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Navigation, Uprising Spirit - Day 5 Nov 20th 2002	Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NOAH Navigate for Evolution '03 - Day 9 Mar 1st 2003	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Makoto Hashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru			****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Encountering Navigation '03 - Day 16 Apr 13th 2003	Takashi Sugiura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki			***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Navigation With Breeze '03 - Day 16 Jun 1st 2003	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi	def. (pin)	Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	8-person tag (2 out of 3 falls)		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Accomplish Our Third Navigation '03 - Day 1 Jun 29th 2003	Jushin Thunder Liger & Ricky Marvin & Takehiro Murahama	def.	KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Accomplish Our Third Navigation '03 - Day 12 Jul 16th 2003	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation over the Date Line '03 - Day 1 Aug 23rd 2003	Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda	8-person tag		**** (4.00)
NOAH Navigation over the Date Line '03 - Day 13 Sep 12th 2003	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Makoto Hashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation Against the Current '03 - Day 1 Oct 11th 2003	Akira Taue & Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone	def.	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Navigation Against the Current '03 - Day 11 Nov 1st 2003	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Juventud Guerrera & Ricky Marvin		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation, Uprising Spirit '03 - Day 11 Nov 30th 2003	Takashi Sugiura (c)	def.	KENTA		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Great Voyage '04 Jan 10th 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	El Samurai & Wataru Inoue		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH The First Navigation '04 - Day 4 Jan 17th 2004	KENTA	def.	Juventud Guerrera			***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Navigate for Evolution '04 - Day 1 Feb 20th 2004	Makoto Hashi & Takeshi Rikio & Takuma Sano	def.	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NOAH Navigate for Evolution '04 - Day 10 Mar 6th 2004	KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Mitsuo Momota & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Donovan Morgan & Michael Modest & Ricky Marvin & Superstar Steve	8-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Navigation (Mar '04) Mar 13th 2004	Yoshinari Ogawa	def.	KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NOAH Encountering Navigation '04 - Day 1 Apr 3rd 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Kotaro Suzuki & Yoshinari Ogawa		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Encountering Navigation '04 - Day 14 Apr 25th 2004	Mitsuharu Misawa (c) & Yoshinari Ogawa (c)	def.	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji		GHC Tag Team Titles	***½ (3.5)
NOAH Navigation with Breeze '04 - Day 5 May 21st 2004	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi	def.	Akira Taue & Takashi Sugiura			***½ (3.5)
NOAH Navigation with Breeze '04 - Day 12 Jun 1st 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Accomplish Our Fourth Navigation '04 - Day 1 Jun 23rd 2004	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda	def.	Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Departure '04 Jul 10th 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def. (pin)	Kendo Ka Shin & Takashi Sugiura		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Navigation over the Date Line '04 - Day 14 Sep 10th 2004	KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi	def.	Daisuke Ikeda & Mitsuo Momota & Ricky Marvin & Takashi Sugiura	8-person tag		*½ (1.5)
NOAH Navigation Against the Current '04 - Day 1 Oct 9th 2004	Trevor Rhodes	def.	KENTA			**** (4.00)
NOAH Navigation Against the Current '04 - Day 9 Oct 22nd 2004	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	Ricky Marvin & SUWA		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation, Uprising Spirit '04 - Day 1 Nov 13th 2004	Naomichi Marufuji	def.	KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Navigation, Uprising Spirit '04 - Day 10 Nov 28th 2004	Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinari Ogawa	def.	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi			**** (4.00)
NOAH Grand Voyage '05 Jan 8th 2005	Ricky Marvin & SUWA & Yoshinari Ogawa	def.	KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki & Mohammed Yone	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Navigate for Evolution '05 - Day 10 Mar 5th 2005	SUWA & Takashi Sugiura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Low Ki & Ricky Marvin	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Encountering Navigation '05 - Day 15 Apr 24th 2005	KENTA	def. (DQ)	SUWA			*** (3.00)
NOAH Differ Cup '05 - Day 1 May 7th 2005	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Kaz Hayashi & Leonardo Spanky			**** (4.00)
NOAH Differ Cup '05 - Day 1 May 7th 2005	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Kota Ibushi & KUDO			**** (4.00)
NOAH Differ Cup '05 - Day 2 May 8th 2005	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita			****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Navigation With Breeze '05 - Day 15 Jun 5th 2005	Takashi Sugiura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA (c) & Naomichi Marufuji (c)		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (title change)	****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Destiny Jul 18th 2005	KENTA	def.	Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NOAH 2nd Great Voyage '05 Sep 18th 2005	KENTA (c)	def.	SUWA		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	**** (4.00)
NOAH 3rd Great Voyage '05 Nov 5th 2005	Mohammed Yone (c) & Takeshi Morishima (c)	def.	Katsuyori Shibata & KENTA		GHC Tag Team Titles	**** (4.00)
NOAH Winter Navigation '05 - Day 10 Dec 4th 2005	Katsuyori Shibata & KENTA	def.	Go Shiozaki & Mitsuharu Misawa			***¾ (3.75)
ROH Final Battle 2005 Dec 17th 2005	KENTA (c)	def. (pin)	Low Ki		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	****½ (4.5)
NOAH First Navigation '06 - Day 10 Jan 22nd 2006	KENTA (c)	def.	Naomichi Marufuji		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Spring Navigation '06 - Day 13 Apr 23rd 2006	KENTA (c)	def.	Taiji Ishimori		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Northern Navigation '06 - Day 1 May 19th 2006	Low Ki & SUWA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NOAH Northern Navigation '06 - Day 12 Jun 4th 2006	Takashi Sugiura	def.	KENTA (c)		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Summer Navigation '06 - Day 11 Jul 16th 2006	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	draw (time)	Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio			****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation '06 - Day 1 Aug 13th 2006	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Atsushi Aoki & Jun Akiyama			***¾ (3.75)
NOAH Shiny Navigation '06 - Day 10 Sep 9th 2006	Katsuyori Shibata & KENTA	def.	Akira Taue & Go Shiozaki			***¾ (3.75)
ROH Glory By Honor V - Night 2 Sep 16th 2006	Bryan Danielson (c)	def. (pin)	KENTA		ROH World Heavyweight Title	****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Autumn Navigation '06 - Day 15 Oct 29th 2006	Naomichi Marufuji (c)	def.	KENTA		GHC Heavyweight Title	****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Navigate for Evolution '07 - Day 10 Mar 4th 2007	Takeshi Morishima (c)	def.	KENTA		ROH World Heavyweight Title	**** (4.00)
ROH Respect Is Earned May 12th 2007	Bryan Danielson & Takeshi Morishima	def. (sub)	KENTA & Nigel McGuinness			**** (4.00)
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12 Jul 15th 2007	KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Naomichi Marufuji			****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Shiny Navigation '07 - Day 1 Aug 19th 2007	KENTA & Rocky Romero & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Ippei Ota & Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Great Voyage '08 In Yokohama Jun 14th 2008	Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki	draw (time)	KENTA & Kenta Kobashi			****¼ (4.25)
NOAH The Second Navigation '09 - Day 7 Mar 1st 2009	KENTA	def.	Katsuhiko Nakajima (c)		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****½ (4.5)
AJPW/NJPW/NOAH All Together Aug 27th 2011	KAI & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kotaro Suzuki & Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi	def. (pin)	Genba Hirayanagi & KENTA & Koji Kanemoto & Minoru & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	10-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NOAH Ark New Chapter May 12th 2013	KENTA (c)	def. (pin)	Takashi Sugiura		GHC Heavyweight Title	****½ (4.5)
NOAH Navigation with Breeze '14 - Day 1: KENTA Farewell Show May 17th 2014	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def. (pin)	Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Sugiura			****½ (4.5)
NXT TakeOver: R Evolution Dec 11th 2014	Finn Bálor & Hideo Itami	def. (pin)	Konnor & Viktor			***¼ (3.25)
NXT TakeOver: Rival Feb 11th 2015	Hideo Itami	def. (pin)	Tyler Breeze			**¾ (2.75)
WWE WrestleMania 31 Mar 29th 2015	The Big Show	def.	Adam Rose, Alex Riley, Big E, Bo Dallas, Cesaro, Curtis Axel, Damien Mizdow, Darren Young, Diego, Erick Rowan, Fandango, Fernando, Goldust, Heath Slater, Hideo Itami, Jack Swagger, Jimmy Uso, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Konnor, Mark Henry, Ryback, Sin Cara (II), The Miz, Titus O'Neil, Tyson Kidd, Viktor, Xavier Woods, Zack Ryder	dark Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal		***¼ (3.25)
NXT TakeOver: Chicago May 20th 2017	Bobby Roode (c)	def. (pin)	Hideo Itami		NXT Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III Aug 19th 2017	Aleister Black	def. (pin)	Hideo Itami	commentator: Jim Ross		****¼ (4.25)
WWE Royal Rumble '19 Jan 27th 2019	Buddy Murphy (c)	def. (pin)	Akira Tozawa, Hideo Itami, Kalisto	dark fatal 4-way	WWE Cruiserweight Title	**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 1 Jul 6th 2019	KENTA	def.	Kota Ibushi			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 2 Jul 13th 2019	Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks & KENTA	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ren Narita & Shota Umino	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 3 Jul 14th 2019	KENTA	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 5 Jul 18th 2019	KENTA	def. (sub)	Lance Archer			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 7 Jul 20th 2019	KENTA	def.	EVIL			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 9 Jul 27th 2019	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 11 Jul 30th 2019	SANADA	def.	KENTA			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 13 Aug 3rd 2019	Bad Luck Fale	def.	KENTA			*¾ (1.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 15 Aug 7th 2019	Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 17 Aug 10th 2019	Zack Sabre Jr.	def.	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 18 Aug 11th 2019	Kota Ibushi & Toa Henare & Tomoaki Honma	def.	Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks & KENTA	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 19: Finals Aug 12th 2019	Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def.	KENTA & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Royal Quest Aug 31st 2019	KENTA	def. (pin)	Tomohiro Ishii (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	**½ (2.5)
NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima Sep 16th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling '19 Oct 14th 2019	Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Jay White & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Showdown in San Jose Nov 9th 2019	Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero & YOH	def.	Jado & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW World Tag League 2019 - Day 2 Nov 17th 2019	Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks	def. (pin)	KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi			***½ (3.5)
NJPW World Tag League 2019 - Day 17 Dec 8th 2019	Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def.	KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2020 - Day 3 Dec 21st 2019	Bad Luck Fale & KENTA & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def.	David Finlay & Hirooki Goto & Juice Robinson & Toa Henare	8-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2020	Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2020	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	KENTA (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020 Jan 6th 2020	SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Jay White & KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 - Day 1 Feb 1st 2020	Jay White & KENTA	def.	SANADA & Tetsuya Naito			**½ (2.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 - Day 2 Feb 2nd 2020	Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (sub)	Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2020 Feb 9th 2020	Tetsuya Naito (c)	def. (pin)	KENTA		IWGP Heavyweight Championship IWGP Intercontinental Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 2 Sep 20th 2020	KENTA	def. (sub)	Hirooki Goto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 4 Sep 24th 2020	Juice Robinson	def. (pin)	KENTA			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 6 Sep 29th 2020	KENTA	def. (pin)	Zack Sabre Jr.			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 8 Oct 1st 2020	EVIL	def. (pin)	KENTA			**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 10 Oct 6th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def.	KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 12 Oct 8th 2020	SANADA	def.	KENTA			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 14 Oct 11th 2020	KENTA	def.	Toru Yano			-* (-1)

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