Kentarō, Kentaro, Kentarou or Kentaroh (written: けんたろう, ケンタロウ, 健太郎, 健太朗, 憲太郎, 賢太郎, 建太郎, 拳太郎, 謙太郎 or 謙太朗) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Kentarō Hayami (速水 けんたろう, born 1962)
• DJ Kentaro (born 1982), Japanese DJ, remixer
• Kentaro Asahi (朝日 健太郎, born 1975), Japanese volleyball player
• Kentaro Gunji (郡司 健太朗, born 1992), Japanese football player
• Kentarō Haneda (羽田 健太郎, 1949–2007), Japanese composer, pianist
• Kentaro Hashimoto (橋本 健太郎, born 1980), Japanese baseball player
• Kentaro Hayashi (林 健太郎, born 1972), Japanese football player
• Kentarō Ishii (石井 健太郎, born 1992), Japanese shogi player
• Kentaro Ishikawa (石川 健太郎, born 1970), Japanese football player
• Kentarō Itō (伊藤 健太郎, born 1974), Japanese voice actor
• Kentaro Kai (甲斐 健太郎, born 1994), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Kakoi (圍 謙太朗, born 1991), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Kawasaki (川崎 健太郎, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Kawatsu (河津 憲太郎, 1914–1970), Japanese swimmer and Olympic medalist
• Kentarō Kobayashi (小林 賢太郎, born 1973), Japanese comedian, theatre director, manga artist
• Kentaro Minagawa (皆川 賢太郎, born 1977), Japanese alpine skier
• Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎, 1966-2021), Japanese manga artist
• Kentaro Moriya (森谷 賢太郎, born 1988), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Nakamoto (中本 健太郎, born 1982), Japanese runner
• Kentaro Nakata (中田 健太郎, born 1989), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Nishimura (西村 健太朗, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
• Kentaro Oi (大井 健太郎, born 1984), Japanese football player
• Kentarō Ōtani (大谷 健太郎, born 1965), Japanese film director
• Kentaro Sakaguchi (坂口 健太郎, born 1991), Japanese model and actor
• Kentaro Sakai (栄井 健太郎, born 1975), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Sato (composer) (佐藤 賢太郎, born 1981), Japanese composer and conductor, also known as Ken-P
• Kentaro Sato (footballer) (佐藤 健太郎, born 1984), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Sawada (沢田 謙太郎, born 1970), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Seki (関 憲太郎, born 1986), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Sekimoto (関本 賢太郎, born 1978), Japanese baseball player
• Kentaro Shiga (志賀 賢太郎, born 1974), Japanese wrestler
• Kentaro Shigematsu (重松 健太郎, born 1991), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Shimizu (清水 健太郎, born 1952), Japanese actor and singer
• Kentaro Takada (高田 健太郎, born 1983), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Takahashi (高橋 健太郎, born 1995), Japanese volleyball player
• Kentaro Takekuma (竹熊 健太郎, born 1960), Japanese manga artist
• Kentaro Toyama, Japanese computer scientist
• Kentaro Uramoto (浦本 賢太郎, born 1982), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Wada (和田 健太郎, born 1996), Japanese football player
• Kentaro Yabuki (矢吹 健太朗, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Kentaro Yoshida (吉田 賢太郎, born 1980), Japanese footballer

• Mr. Kentaro Moto, character name of Mr. Moto in a series of films, portrayed him as a detective by Peter Lorre
• Kentaro Ichinose (一の瀬 賢太郎), character in the Maison Ikkoku series
• Kentaro Kyoutani (京谷 賢太郎), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Aoba Johsai High
• Kentaro Osada (長田 健太郎), character in the Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs series
• Kentaro Saeki, character portrayed by Haruma Miura in the film The Eternal Zero
• Kentaro Sakata (坂田 健太朗), character in the anime of the Love Hina series
• Kentaro Tachibana (立花 健太郎), character in the Hanebado! series
• Kentaro Takaoka (高岡 拳太郎), character in the Tiger Mask series

Name list

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.