Ken Kaneko
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1976 (age 49)
Born in
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Height
183 cm (6′ 0″)
Credits
View on IMDb51 acting credits
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.
Known For
Blade of the Immortal
29 Apr 2017
Kids Return
27 Jul 1996
Gokusen
17 Apr 2002
Secret
15 Sep 1999
SPEC ~ First Blood
08 Oct 2010
Strawberry Night
26 Jan 2013
Snakes & Lizards
24 Apr 2006
Ice World
11 Oct 1999
Filmography
2017
- Blade of the Immortalas Hishiyasu Shido
2014
- Leadersas Takeshi Sakurai2 episodes
2013
- Loser 2
- Kurokouchias Shima Mitsuo10 episodes
- Lion's Revenge
- Bloody Vengeance
- Hyena
- Loser
- Savage Chivalry
- Strawberry Nightas Yoshinori Kawakami
2012
2010
- SPEC ~ First Bloodas Haruki Gokitani1 episode
2007
- Bizan
- Miracle of Serendip
- The Pride of the Tempas 土屋1 episode
2006
- Snakes & Lizardsas Zao179 episodes
- Homicide Team 9as Yuichiro Kashiwagi1 episode
2004
- I Hate Christmasas Kihara Kensuke4 episodes
- ペルソナの微笑
- 横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」
2003
2002
- Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko4 episodes
- Gokusenas Tetsu Asakura33 episodes
2001
- TOKYO G.P.as Young Man Taking Photos
- Bring Me to the Hotelas Yoshiyuki Chiba12 episodes
- 優雅な悪事1 episode
2000
- Shin Goninas Togo
- Shin Gonin 2as Togo
- Cupid's Arrows10 episodes
1999
- Le Secretas 梶川文也
- Ice Worldas Sakota Shogo11 episodes
- Secretas Fumio Kajikawa
- 同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～1 episode
- Danger de mort
1998
- Free and Easy 10
- Happy Maniaas Takahashi Shuichi12 episodes
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
- Days11 episodes
1997
- End of Our Own Real
- Lost Paradiseas Kinugawa Toru12 episodes
- Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hellas Ryohei Kawamatsu
- Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fearas Ryohei Kawamatsu
- Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1996
- Kids Returnas Masaru
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
- King of Sushias Tatsumi16 episodes
1995
- The Files of the Young Kindaichias Tatsuyuki Hiyama2 episodes
- The Girl of Silenceas Shizuo
1993
- Twins Teacheras Taguchi Kensuke11 episodes