Kenta

For the Swedish musician, see Kenta (musician).

KentaPronunciation| Ken-ta

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Gender| Male
Language(s)| Japanese
Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| "healthy", "strong"
Region of origin| Japan
Other names
Related names| Kentarō

Kenta (廉侍) is a masculine Japanese given name. (written: 健太, 建太, 研太, 賢太 or ケンタ in katakana).

Notable people with the name include:

* Kenta Abe (阿部 健太; born 1984), Japanese baseball player
* Kenta Fukasaku (深作 健太; born 1972), Japanese film director
* Kenta Hayashi (林 健太; born 1994), Japanese kickboxer
* Kenta Kobashi (小橋 建太; born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kenta Kobayashi (小林 健太; born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
* Kenta Hasegawa (長谷川 健太; born 1965), Japanese football manager
* Kenta Ito (伊藤 研太; born 1999), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Izuka (猪塚 健太; born 1986), Japanese actor and television personality
* Kenta Maeda (前田 健太; born 1988), Japanese baseball player
* Kenta Matsudaira (松平 健太; born 1991), Japanese table tennis player
* Kenta Miyake (三宅 健太; born 1977), Japanese voice actor
* Kenta Miyawaki (宮脇 健太; born 2001), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Nagasawa (長澤 憲大; born 1993), Japanese judoka
* Kenta Nishizawa (西澤 健太; born 1996), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Shimaoka (島岡 健太; born 1973), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Shimizu (清水 健太; born 1981), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Takanashi (高梨 健太; born 1997), Japanese volleyball player
* Kenta Tanaka (田中 健太; born 1988), Japanese field hockey player
* Kenta Yamazaki (山崎 健太; born 1987), Japanese footballer
* Kenta Yoshikawa (吉川 健太; born 1986), Japanese footballer

## Fictional characters

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* Kenta (Black Mask) (ケンタ) in Hikari Sentai Maskman
* Kenta (ケンタ) in Ani-Yoko
* Kenta Date (a.k.a. MegaRed) (伊達 健太) in Denji Sentai Megaranger
* Kenta Kitagawa (北川 健太) in Digimon Tamers
* Kenta Yumiya (湯宮 健太) in Beyblade: Metal Fusion
* Kenta, civilian name of Lung, a villain in the web publication Worm

## See also

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* Kentarō
* Tarō (given name)

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