Kenta () is a masculine Japanese given name. (written: , , , or in katakana).

Notable people with the name include:

, Japanese baseball player , Japanese film director , Japanese kickboxer ;Japanese musician and lead vocalist for rock band sumika (band) , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese football manager , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor and television personality , Japanese baseball player , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese judoka , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer

Fictional characters in Hikari Sentai Maskman in Ani-Yoko in Denji Sentai Megaranger 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 Kentarō Tarō (given name)