Ken Kaneko
Born: 1976-10-19 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2017
- Blade of the Immortal as Hishiyasu Shido
2014
2013
- Savage Chivalry
- Loser 2
- Loser
- Strawberry Night as Yoshinori Kawakami
- Hyena
- Lion's Revenge
- Kurokouchi as Shima Mitsuo
- Bloody Vengeance
2010
- SPEC ~ First Blood as Haruki Gokitani
2007
- Haken no Hinkaku as 土屋
- セレンディップの奇跡
- Bizan
2006
- Snakes & Lizards as Zao
- Homicide Team 9 as Yuichiro Kashiwagi
2005
- Pride Shockwave 2005 as Self
2004
- ペルソナの微笑
- I Hate Christmas as Kihara Kensuke
2003
2002
- Gokusen as Tetsu Asakura
- Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2001
- TOKYO G.P.
- Bring Me to the Hotel as Yoshiyuki Chiba
- 優雅な悪事
2000
- Shin Gonin 2 as Togo
- Shin Gonin as Togo
- Cupid's Arrows
1999
- Secret as Fumio Kajikawa
- Danger de mort
- Ice World as Sakota Shogo
- 同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～
1998
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
- Free and Easy 10
- Days
- Happy Mania as Takahashi Shuichi
1997
- End of Our Own Real
- Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
- Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell as Ryohei Kawamatsu
- Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear as Ryohei Kawamatsu
- Lost Paradise as Kinugawa Toru
1996
- Kids Return as Masaru
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
- King of Sushi as Tatsumi
- Making-of Kids Return as Himself
1995
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Tatsuyuki Hiyama
- The Girl of Silence as Shizuo
1993
- Twins Teacher as Taguchi Kensuke