Ken Kaneko

Ken Kaneko

Known for
Acting
Born
October 19, 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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

Filmography

2017
Blade of the Immortal poster

Blade of the Immortal

Movie · as Hishiyasu Shido

2014
Leaders poster

Leaders

TV · as Takeshi Sakurai · 2 eps

2013
Loser 2 poster

Loser 2

Movie

2013
Lion's Revenge poster

Lion's Revenge

Movie

2013
Savage Chivalry poster

Savage Chivalry

Movie

2013
Strawberry Night poster

Strawberry Night

Movie · as Yoshinori Kawakami

2013
Bloody Vengeance poster

Bloody Vengeance

Movie

2013
Hyena poster

Hyena

Movie

2013
Loser poster

Loser

Movie

2013
Kurokouchi poster

Kurokouchi

TV · as Shima Mitsuo · 10 eps

2012
I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - poster

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -

TV · 1 ep

2010
SPEC ~ First Blood poster

SPEC ~ First Blood

TV · as Haruki Gokitani · 1 ep

2008
Nagai Nagai Satsujin poster

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

Movie

2008
Rescue Wings poster

Rescue Wings

Movie

2007
Miracle of Serendip poster

Miracle of Serendip

Movie

2007
Bizan poster

Bizan

Movie

2007
The Pride of the Temp poster

The Pride of the Temp

TV · as 土屋 · 1 ep

2006
Snakes & Lizards poster

Snakes & Lizards

TV · as Zao · 179 eps

2006
Homicide Team 9 poster

Homicide Team 9

TV · as Yuichiro Kashiwagi · 1 ep

2005
Pride Shockwave 2005 poster

Pride Shockwave 2005

Movie · as Self

2004
ペルソナの微笑 poster

ペルソナの微笑

Movie

2004
横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」

横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」

Movie

2004
I Hate Christmas poster

I Hate Christmas

TV · as Kihara Kensuke · 4 eps

2003
第三の時効 poster

第三の時効

Movie

2002
Gokusen poster

Gokusen

TV · as Tetsu Asakura · 33 eps

2002
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko poster

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

TV · 4 eps

2001
TOKYO G.P. poster

TOKYO G.P.

Movie · as Young Man Taking Photos

2001
Howl at the Sun! 2001 poster

Howl at the Sun! 2001

Movie · as Jun Matsuura

2001
優雅な悪事

優雅な悪事

TV · 1 ep

2001
Bring Me to the Hotel poster

Bring Me to the Hotel

TV · as Yoshiyuki Chiba · 12 eps

2000
Shin Gonin poster

Shin Gonin

Movie · as Togo

2000
Shin Gonin 2 poster

Shin Gonin 2

Movie · as Togo

2000
Cupid's Arrows poster

Cupid's Arrows

TV · 10 eps

1999
Secret poster

Secret

Movie · as Fumio Kajikawa

1999
Danger de mort poster

Danger de mort

Movie

1999
Le Secret poster

Le Secret

Movie · as 梶川文也

1999
同窓会へようこそ~遅すぎた夏の帰郷~ poster

同窓会へようこそ~遅すぎた夏の帰郷~

TV · 1 ep

1999
Ice World poster

Ice World

TV · as Sakota Shogo · 11 eps

1998
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2 poster

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2

Movie

1998
Free and Easy 10 poster

Free and Easy 10

Movie

1998
Happy Mania poster

Happy Mania

TV · as Takahashi Shuichi · 12 eps

1998
Days poster

Days

TV · 11 eps

1997
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell poster

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell

Movie · as Ryohei Kawamatsu

1997
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear poster

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear

Movie · as Ryohei Kawamatsu

1997
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface poster

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

Movie

1997
End of Our Own Real poster

End of Our Own Real

Movie

1997
Lost Paradise poster

Lost Paradise

TV · as Kinugawa Toru · 12 eps

1996
Kids Return poster

Kids Return

Movie · as Masaru

1996
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf poster

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf

Movie

1996
Making-of Kids Return poster

Making-of Kids Return

Movie · as Himself

1996
King of Sushi poster

King of Sushi

TV · as Tatsumi · 16 eps

1995
The Girl of Silence poster

The Girl of Silence

Movie · as Shizuo

1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

TV · as Tatsuyuki Hiyama · 2 eps

1993
Twins Teacher poster

Twins Teacher

TV · as Taguchi Kensuke · 11 eps