Hideo Itami

Kenta Kobayashi, better known by his ring name Hideo Itami, is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently signed to BITW Wrestling.

Stats
Birth name: Kenta Kobayashi (小林 健太)

Born: March 12, 1981 (age 35), Sōka, Saitama, Japan

Height: 5 ft. 9 in.

Weight: 182 lbs.

WWE Debut: September 11, 2014

Status: Babyface

Appearances

 * 1) Episode 1: A New Start (win vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship)
 * 2) Episode 2: The Tournament Continues (win with Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler)
 * 3) Extreme Rules 2016 (loss vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship)

Finishing moves

 * Go 2 Sleep - Innovated
 * Shotgun Kick (Running single leg front dropkick)

Signatures moves

 * Busaiku Knee Kick (Running single leg high knee)
 * Bridging Tiger suplex
 * Diving clothesline
 * Diving double foot stomp to the back of an opponent
 * Diving knee drop to an opponent draped over the top rope
 * Falcon Arrow (Sitout suplex slam)
 * Fisherman buster
 * Multiple kick variations:
 * Big boot
 * Corkscrew roundhouse to a kneeling opponent
 * Corner drop
 * Drop
 * High right
 * Missile front drop
 * Roundhouse
 * Running front drop to a seated opponent in the corner
 * Running to a kneeling opponent
 * Shoot
 * Shoot to an opponent's back, sometimes preceded by a snapmare
 * Spinning heel
 * Springboard drop
 * Kitchen sink
 * Omoplata crossface
 * Running high knee to a cornered opponent
 * Slingshot leg drop
 * Standing or a running high-angle sitout powerbomb
 * Tornado DDT onto the ring ropes
 * Two slaps, followed by a spinning backfist, followed by three front chest kicks, and ended with a spinning heel kick

Nicknames

 * "The Bullet"
 * "The Japanese Superstar"

Entrance themes

 * "Tokiwakita" (Time Has Come)" by CFO$

Accomplishments

 * WrestleMania Axxess NXT Tournament (2015)


 * BITW NXT Championship (1 time)