Kenta (written: , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese baseball player , Japanese film director , Japanese kickboxer , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler known in WWE as Hideo Itami, and otherwise his first name stylized in all caps , Japanese international football player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese judoka , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese singer, member of South Korean groups JBJ and JBJ95 , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Fictional characters in Hikari Sentai Maskman in Ani-Yoko in Denji Sentai Megaranger in Digimon Tamers Kenta, civilian name of Lung, a villain in the web publication Worm See also Kentarō Tarō (given name) Japanese masculine given names