As the leader of 1,004 Reasons to Vote Y2J I'm encouraging you to give your vote to Chris Jericho.
I'm not the most familiar with Kenta, his Ring of Honor work with Joe and Homicide plus the odd match from Japan with Misawa and one with Vader (saw it years ago, came to my mind while typing, stuff the mind remembers) is my viewing of him, however one thing he never did was conquer where it mattered. All Japan Pro Wrestling lost its superiority a good while before he went to NOAH, who lost their ranking as the number two promotion in Japan years ago and until recently were in a downward spiral both in a business and product sense, caused by their release of Kenta who has now returned.
Kenta has beaten guys like Misawa and Hansen, even his protogé KENTA and young puro stars such as Marafuji, but hes always been a great wrestler surrounded by inferior talent and that's the truth of it. KENTA is currently the GHC Heavyweight Champion, but his image compared to that of a Hiroshai Tanashai or a Okada who are on top in NJPW is a lot smaller. He doesn't have many true challengers, much like how his mentor had in the last decade or so. He had it a bit in All Japan but they were always battling to keep up with NJPW who used their Jr. Heavyweight division to draw crowds.
Chris Jericho on the other hand has competed at the top level in his country for the majority of his career. This is like for North American fans, John Cena versus AJ Styles. Who'll win? John Cena. Because hes done more and beaten better in a superior company. Is Jericho's career flawless? By no means and I'm sure this'll be pointed out in some argument against me in either this round or another following it - yeah, he lost to Heath Slater, I'm waiting for it to be brought up - but my point stands.
Chris Jericho takes this via Codebreaker after what would probably be a great wrestling match, with two styles clashing which are both unique and similar in different ways. I find it odd that Kenta is involved in this tournament but not KENTA, whoever chooses the participants needs to reassess next year.