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Name Origin

Kenta is a masculine Japanese given name. It is composed of two kanji: 'ken' (健) meaning 'healthy', 'strong', or 'vigorous' and 'ta' (太) meaning 'large', 'great', or 'thick'. Therefore, Kenta often translates to 'healthy and strong' or 'strong and great'.

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Famous People

Kenta Maeda (1988-)

Professional Baseball Player

  • Pitched a no-hitter in 2017
  • Won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 2017

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