KENTA

Introduction
Below you can see all known star ratings for wrestling matches featuring in Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Please note that ratings are given to the overall match; not to the performers within them. Therefore, high or low ratings may reflect aspects of the match including booking, length and performance of partners/opponents, over which the performers may have little or no control. Please also note that a match that received a particular rating many years ago may have been judged on a different criteria from today's.

Following the same rating system devised in part by Jim Cornette, matches are rated from the lowest rating of -***** (-5) through to the highest rating of ***** (+5), with a small number of matches being rated above that theoretical maximum. Matches with a rating of zero stars are referred to as a "DUD" and an average match tends to score around a ** (2) rating. All ratings can only be considered subjective and this page is designed purely for reference purposes.

NJPW matches wrestled by KENTA

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 In Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2025	Hirooki Goto	def.	Alex Zayne, Alex Zayne, Great O-Khan, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Josh Barnett, KENTA, Oleg Boltin, SANADA, Satoshi Kojima, Taichi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Yuji Nagata	New Japan Rambo Match		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Day 6 Jul 3rd 2024	Callum Newman	def. (pin)	KENTA			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best Of The Super Junior 31 Final ~ Jun 9th 2024	Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste	def. (pin)	Chase Owens (c) & KENTA (c), El Phantasmo (c) & HIKULEO (c), Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI	four-way elimination tag	NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Resurgence 2024 May 11th 2024	Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji	def. (pin)	David Finlay & KENTA			*** (3.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Day 2 May 4th 2024	Chase Owens & KENTA	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto (c) & YOSHI-HASHI (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	*¾ (1.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Day 1 May 3rd 2024	Chase Owens & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Tiger Mask IV & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Windy City Riot 2024 Apr 12th 2024	Clark Connors & David Finlay & Gabe Kidd & KENTA	def. (pin)	Eddie Kingston & Homicide & Jeff Cobb & TJP	Riot Rules (8-person tag)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 Apr 6th 2024	Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Chase Owens (c) & KENTA (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 12 Mar 20th 2024	Chase Owens & Gabe Kidd & KENTA	def. (pin)	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Togi Makabe & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		* (1.00)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2024 Feb 11th 2024	Chase Owens & KENTA	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo (c) & HIKULEO (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	*¾ (1.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 19 Aug 13th 2023	El Phantasmo & HIKULEO & Jado & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def. (pin)	Alex Coughlin & Chase Owens & David Finlay & Gabe Kidd & KENTA	10-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 18 Aug 12th 2023	Alex Coughlin & Chase Owens & David Finlay & Gabe Kidd & KENTA	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Togi Makabe & Toru Yano & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	10-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 14 Aug 6th 2023	KENTA	def. (pin)	YOSHI-HASHI			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 11 Aug 1st 2023	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	KENTA			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 9 Jul 27th 2023	El Phantasmo	def. (pin)	KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 7 Jul 25th 2023	KENTA	def. (pin)	Taichi			½* (0.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 5 Jul 21st 2023	Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2 Jul 5th 2023	Eddie Kingston	def.	KENTA (c)		NJPW Strong Openweight Title	***½ (3.5)
NJPW STRONG Resurgence 2023 May 21st 2023	KENTA	def.	HIKULEO (c)		NJPW Strong Openweight Title (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023 May 3rd 2023	HIKULEO	def. (pin)	KENTA		NJPW Strong Openweight Title (title change)	**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Capital Collision 2023 Apr 15th 2023	KENTA (c)	def. (pin)	Eddie Edwards		NJPW Strong Openweight Title	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 Apr 8th 2023	David Finlay & El Phantasmo & KENTA	def. (pin)	HIKULEO & Master Wato & Tama Tonga	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023 - Day 12 Mar 21st 2023	Chase Owens & El Phantasmo & KENTA	def. (pin)	Tama Tonga & Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023 - Day 4 Mar 11th 2023	SANADA	def.	KENTA			*¾ (1.75)
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023 Feb 18th 2023	KENTA	def. (pin)	Fred Rosser (c)		NJPW Strong Openweight Title (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2023 Feb 11th 2023	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def. (pin)	KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Jan 4th 2023	Great O-Khan, Shingo Takagi, SHO, Toru Yano	def.	Aaron Henare, DOUKI, El Phantasmo, EVIL, HIKULEO, Jeff Cobb, KENTA, Mikey Nicholls, Rocky Romero, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shane Haste, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi	New Japan Rambo Match		** (2.00)
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16 Nov 5th 2022	Kazuchika Okada & Tama Tonga	def. (pin)	Jay White & KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 12 Oct 30th 2022	SANADA	def. (pin)	KENTA			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14 Sep 25th 2022	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo & Hiku Le'o & KENTA	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 20 Aug 18th 2022	El Phantasmo & KENTA	def. (pin)	Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 17 Aug 14th 2022	KENTA	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 16 Aug 13th 2022	KENTA	def. (pin)	Aaron Henare			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 14 Aug 9th 2022	Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	KENTA			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 10 Aug 2nd 2022	KENTA	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 6 Jul 26th 2022	EVIL	def. (CO)	KENTA			*¼ (1.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 2 Jul 17th 2022	Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	KENTA			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2022	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def. (pin)	KENTA (c)	no disqualification	IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2022	El Phantasmo & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (DQ)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Power Struggle 2021 Nov 6th 2021	KENTA	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)		IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 19 Oct 21st 2021	Chase Owens & KENTA & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask IV & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 17 Oct 18th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 13 Oct 9th 2021	KENTA	def. (pin)	Zack Sabre Jr.			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 9 Oct 3rd 2021	KENTA	def. (pin)	Great O-Khan			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 7 Sep 30th 2021	Shingo Takagi	def. (pin)	KENTA			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 5 Sep 26th 2021	KENTA	def. (pin)	Tomohiro Ishii			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 3 Sep 23rd 2021	KENTA	def. (sub)	Yujiro Takahashi			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 1 Sep 18th 2021	Toru Yano	def. (pin)	KENTA			-* (-1)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome Jul 25th 2021	Chase Owens	def. (sub)	BUSHI, Dick Togo, DOUKI, Great O-Khan, Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, KENTA, Master Wato, Minoru Suzuki, Satoshi Kojima, SHO, Tiger Mask IV, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano (c), YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yuji Nagata, Yujiro Takahashi	dark handcuffed battle royal	NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title (title change)	*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021 Apr 4th 2021	Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def.	Dick Togo & EVIL & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	10-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 Mar 21st 2021	EVIL & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	SHO & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12 Mar 20th 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi	def.	Jay White & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10 Mar 16th 2021	Shingo Takagi	def.	KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7 Mar 13th 2021	KENTA	def.	Minoru Suzuki			***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2 Mar 6th 2021	KENTA	def.	Juice Robinson			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show Mar 4th 2021	Chase Owens & EVIL & Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare	10-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW STRONG #29 - The New Beginning USA - Night 2 (Airdate) Feb 26th 2021	Jon Moxley (c)	def. (pin)	KENTA		IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2021	KENTA	def. (pin)	Satoshi Kojima			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Power Struggle 2020 Nov 7th 2020	KENTA	def. (sub)	Hiroshi Tanahashi			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 19 Oct 18th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jeff Cobb & Juice Robinson & Master Wato	def. (sub)	Gedo & Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 18 Oct 17th 2020	KENTA	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 16 Oct 14th 2020	KENTA	def.	YOSHI-HASHI			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 14 Oct 11th 2020	KENTA	def.	Toru Yano			-* (-1)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 12 Oct 8th 2020	SANADA	def.	KENTA			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 10 Oct 6th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def.	KENTA			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 8 Oct 1st 2020	EVIL	def. (pin)	KENTA			**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 6 Sep 29th 2020	KENTA	def. (pin)	Zack Sabre Jr.			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 4 Sep 24th 2020	Juice Robinson	def. (pin)	KENTA			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 2 Sep 20th 2020	KENTA	def. (sub)	Hirooki Goto			***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 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 The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 - Day 1 Feb 1st 2020	Jay White & KENTA	def.	SANADA & Tetsuya Naito			**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020 Jan 6th 2020	SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Jay White & KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2020	Hirooki Goto	def. (pin)	KENTA (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
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 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 World Tag League 2019 - Day 17 Dec 8th 2019	Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki	def.	KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW World Tag League 2019 - Day 2 Nov 17th 2019	Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks	def. (pin)	KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi			***½ (3.5)
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 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 Destruction in Kagoshima Sep 16th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Royal Quest Aug 31st 2019	KENTA	def. (pin)	Tomohiro Ishii (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	**½ (2.5)
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 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 17 Aug 10th 2019	Zack Sabre Jr.	def.	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 15 Aug 7th 2019	Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 13 Aug 3rd 2019	Bad Luck Fale	def.	KENTA			*¾ (1.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 11 Jul 30th 2019	SANADA	def.	KENTA			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 9 Jul 27th 2019	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 7 Jul 20th 2019	KENTA	def.	EVIL			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 5 Jul 18th 2019	KENTA	def. (sub)	Lance Archer			***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 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 1 Jul 6th 2019	KENTA	def.	Kota Ibushi			****¼ (4.25)

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