It’s not too often you get to work with your heroes. KENTA had that opportunity in the pro wrestling rings of Japan, and it showed him a pathway for the rest of his life. One of Japan’s greatest ...

Of all the great rivalries in pro wrestling history, there has never been one quite like Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa. For nearly a decade, across both All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ...

If one is to put together a list of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time featuring performers across the world, Kenta Kobashi is likely to be a name atop most lists. During his 25 year career, ...

On the first night of the G1 Climax in Dallas, two wrestlers with very different trajectories meet in a first round match with long-term, career implications. See it live on July 6 from Dallas at 6 ...

Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the ...

Kenta Kobashi underwent a five-and-a-half hour operation on 7/6 in a Tokyo hospital that wasn’t released publicly to remove the cancer in his right kidney. While we don’t have this confirmed, it is ...

Arriving in an era when wrestling’s global infrastructure meant that fans were less able to plug into the Japanese indie wrestling scene, Kenta Kobashi's exposure was low, but his reputation was high.