List of Famous people named Kenta
Kenta Izumi
Kenta Izumi is a Japanese politician from Kibō no Tō and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Sapporo and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.
Kenta Hamano
Kenta Hamano is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor who is represented by the talent agency Kakubarhythm. He played the trombone in the band Sakerock.
Kenta Maeda
Kenta Maeda is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He won the 2010 Eiji Sawamura Award with a record of 15–8 and a 2.21 ERA, with 174 strikeouts in 215 and 2/3 innings, and six complete games with two shutouts. He also became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to achieve the pitching Triple Crown in the same year. He won the Sawamura Award for the second time in 2015.
Kenta Kiritani
Kenta Kiritani is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Kita-ku, Osaka.
Kenta Hasegawa
Kenta Hasegawa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.
Kenta Uehara
Kenta Uehara is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Kenta Suga
Kenta Suga is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, Central Group, then Horipro.
Kenta Matsudaira
Kenta Matsudaira is a Japanese table tennis player. Winner of the 2006 World Junior Championships in singles, he was the world number one junior player in 2008. He is world-renowned for his tomahawk serve, which he has popularized throughout his career. The serve itself is rather unorthodox but still ample in efficiency, making it even more effective due to its unfamiliar nature. His serve has been one of the imperative factors in his illustrious junior career, alongside making him a top 50 player for many years. He also utilizes its reverse variation.
Kenta Imamiya
Kenta Imamiya is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Kenta Kurihara
Kenta Kurihara is a batting coach for the Chunichi Dragons.