# Kenta

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{{for|the Swedish musician|Kenta (musician)}}
{{Infobox given name
| name          = Kenta
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| pronunciation = Ken-ta
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = "healthy", "strong"  
| region        = Japan
| language      = Japanese
| origin        = Japanese
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| related names = Kentarō 
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'''Kenta''' ({{langx|ja|廉侍}}) is a masculine [Japanese given name](/source/Japanese_given_name). (written: {{Nihongo2|健太}}, {{Nihongo2|建太}}, {{Nihongo2|研太}}, {{Nihongo2|賢太}} or {{Nihongo2|ケンタ}} in katakana).

Notable people with the name include:

*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Abe](/source/Kenta_Abe)|阿部 健太||born 1984}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Fukasaku](/source/Kenta_Fukasaku)|深作 健太||born 1972}}, Japanese film director
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Hayashi](/source/Kenta_Hayashi)|林 健太||born 1994}}, Japanese kickboxer
*{{Nihongo|Kenta Kataoka| 片岡健太||born 1985}};Japanese musician and lead vocalist for rock band [sumika (band)](/source/sumika_(band))
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Kobashi](/source/Kenta_Kobashi)|小橋 建太||born 1967}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Kobayashi](/source/Kenta_Kobayashi)|小林 健太||born 1981}}, Japanese professional wrestler
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Hasegawa](/source/Kenta_Hasegawa)|長谷川 健太||born 1965}}, Japanese football manager
*{{Nihongo|Kenta Ito|伊藤 研太||born 1999}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Izuka](/source/Kenta_Izuka)|猪塚 健太||born 1986}}, Japanese actor and television personality
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Maeda](/source/Kenta_Maeda)|前田 健太||born 1988}}, Japanese baseball player
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Matsudaira](/source/Kenta_Matsudaira)|松平 健太||born 1991}}, Japanese table tennis player
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Miyake](/source/Kenta_Miyake)|三宅 健太||born 1977}}, Japanese voice actor
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Miyawaki](/source/Kenta_Miyawaki)|宮脇 健太||born 2001}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Nagasawa](/source/Kenta_Nagasawa)|長澤 憲大||born 1993}}, Japanese judoka
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Nishizawa](/source/Kenta_Nishizawa)|西澤 健太||born 1996}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Shimaoka](/source/Kenta_Shimaoka)|島岡 健太||born 1973}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Shimizu](/source/Kenta_Shimizu)|清水 健太||born 1981}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Takanashi](/source/Kenta_Takanashi)|高梨 健太||born 1997}}, Japanese volleyball player
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Tanaka](/source/Kenta_Tanaka)|田中 健太||born 1988}}, Japanese field hockey player
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Yamazaki](/source/Kenta_Yamazaki)|山崎 健太||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Yoshikawa](/source/Kenta_Yoshikawa)|吉川 健太||born 1986}}, Japanese footballer

==Fictional characters==
*{{Nihongo|Kenta (Black Mask)|ケンタ|}} in ''[Hikari Sentai Maskman](/source/Hikari_Sentai_Maskman)''
*{{Nihongo|Kenta|ケンタ|}} in ''[Ani-Yoko](/source/Ani-Yoko)''
*{{Nihongo|Kenta Date (a.k.a. MegaRed)|伊達 健太|}} in ''[Denji Sentai Megaranger](/source/Denji_Sentai_Megaranger)''
*{{Nihongo|[Kenta Kitagawa](/source/Kenta_Kitagawa)|北川 健太|}} in ''Digimon Tamers''
*Kenta Yumiya (湯宮 健太) in ''[Beyblade: Metal Fusion](/source/Beyblade%3A_Metal_Fusion)''
* Kenta, civilian name of Lung, a villain in the web publication [''Worm''](/source/Worm_(web_serial))

==See also==
* [Kentarō](/source/Kentar%C5%8D)
* [Tarō (given name)](/source/Tar%C5%8D_(given_name))

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Category:Japanese masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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