Portrait of Ken Kaneko

Ken Kaneko

Acting

Biography

Ken Kaneko is a Japanese actor, TV personality and former mixed martial artist. Kaneko is best known for his role in the Takeshi Kitano film Kids Return (1996), in which he and Masanobu Ando portrayed a couple of high school dropouts trying to find purpose and direction in life. Kaneko is also notable for Himitsu (1999), Rescue Wings (2008) and Blade of the Immortal (2017). He was also a mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and fought Charles Bennet in Pride FC Shockwave 2005.

Born: October 19, 1976

Place of Birth: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

2017
Blade of the Immortal

as Hishiyasu Shido

2013
Kurokouchi

as Shima Mitsuo

2013
2013
2013
Strawberry Night

as Yoshinori Kawakami

2010
SPEC ~ First Blood

as Haruki Gokitani

2007
2007
2006
Homicide Team 9

as Yuichiro Kashiwagi

2004
I Hate Christmas

as Kihara Kensuke

2002
Gokusen

as Tetsu Asakura

2001
Bring Me to the Hotel

as Yoshiyuki Chiba

2000
Shin Gonin

as Togo

2000
1999
Ice World

as Sakota Shogo

1999
Secret

as Fumio Kajikawa

1998
Happy Mania

as Takahashi Shuichi

1998
1997
Lost Paradise

as Kinugawa Toru

1996
1996
Kids Return

as Masaru

1996
King of Sushi

as Tatsumi

1995
1995
1993
Twins Teacher

as Taguchi Kensuke