Ken Kaneko
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
ペルソナの微笑
2004
Kids Return
as Masaru
1996
Loser 2
2013
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
1996
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
1998
第三の時効
2003
Secret
as Fumio Kajikawa
1999
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
as Ryohei Kawamatsu
1997
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
as Ryohei Kawamatsu
1997
Lion's Revenge
2013
Savage Chivalry
2013
セレンディップの奇跡
2007
Strawberry Night
as Yoshinori Kawakami
2013
Bizan
2007
The Girl of Silence
as Shizuo
1995
Bloody Vengeance
2013
Hyena
2013
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
2008
Making-of Kids Return
as Himself
1996
TV Appearances
優雅な悪事
2001
同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～
1999
Leaders
2014
Bring Me to the Hotel
as Yoshiyuki Chiba
2001
King of Sushi
as Tatsumi
1996
Gokusen
as Tetsu Asakura
2002
Happy Mania
as Takahashi Shuichi
1998
Twins Teacher
as Taguchi Kensuke
1993
Cobras & Lagartos
as Zao
2006
Ice World
as Sakota Shogo
1999
Kurokouchi
as Shima Mitsuo
2013
Cupid's Arrows
2000