On August 8, increased vertical wind shear caused convection to decrease, although Kent strengthened into a typhoon on the next day.

An eye then appeared as conditions aloft became more conducive, and on August 11, Kent attained its peak intensity.

Under the influence of a subtropical ridge located to its north, the typhoon initially continued to move west-northwestward before turning towards Kyushu.

The typhoon dropped heavy rainfall across western portions of the Japanese archipelago, peaking at 1,286 mm (50.6 in) in Hidegadake.

Its persistent convection prompted the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to start following the system at 06:00 UTC on August 3.

[1] Forty-eight hours later, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) classified the system as a tropical depression.

[6] Eighteen hours later, the JTWC upgraded Kent to a typhoon,[7] with the JMA declaring it a severe tropical storm.

On August 8, increased vertical wind shear associated with the passage of a mid-level trough to the north resulted in a reduction in the thickness of Kent's central dense overcast.

Then, the trough passed by and the typhoon, which was by this time weakening due to increased wind shear, veered towards Honshu.

On August 16, Kent began to interact with Tropical Storm Lois, which had formed two days earlier.

After landfall, interaction with the mountainous terrain of Kyushu, along with increased wind shear aloft, quickly weakened Kent.

At midday on August 19, Kent was downgraded to a tropical depression by the JTWC after the center had become exposed from the deep convection.

[21] Rough seas in Tokushima Prefecture swept away a family of six from the seaside[26] with five dead[27] and one seriously wounded,[26] while in a separate incident, one person perished.