Kenta Kobashi
Japanese professional wrestler
小橋建太 · 小橋健太 · 고바시 겐타
- Born
- 27 March 1967, Fukuchiyama
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Sport
- judo, professional wrestling
- Occupation
- professional wrestler, judoka, rugby union player
Kenta Kobashi (小橋 健太, Kobashi Kenta; ring name: 小橋 建太) (born, March 27, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired wrestler. Broadly referred to by the nickname "Tetsujin" (鉄人; Iron Man), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He is best known for his two runs in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, of which he captured AJPW's Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship thrice, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship once. He is the winner of numerous Match of the Year and Wrestler of the Year awards, including from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) and Tokyo Sports.
Awards and honours
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.