Kenta Kobashi

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Born
1967 (58 years old)
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Fukuchiyama, Kyoto

Position
Wrestler

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Asian

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Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight
115 kg (254 lb)

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Wage Year

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Fighting

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_Retired WWE

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_Defunct Fighting Teams

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Kenta Kobashi (小橋建太 Kobashi Kenta, born March 27, 1967) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1988, where he became one of the promotion's top stars, holding the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship three times, and winning the Champion Carnival in 2000. Kobashi left All Japan in June 2000, taking part in a mass exodus led by Mitsuharu Misawa, which led to the formation of Pro Wrestling Noah. Kobashi worked for Noah for thirteen years, and became the longest reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion of all time, holding the championship for 735 days between 2003 and 2005, a record that stands to this day.

Kobashi spent many of the later years of his career sidelined due to various injuries, undergoing numerous surgeries on his arms and legs in the early-mid 2000s, before retiring from in-ring action in May 2013. Kobashi continues to make sporadic appearances in both Noah and All Japan, while also promoting his own shows under the Fortune Dream banner.

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