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Ken Kaneko

Acting Born Oct 19, 1976 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 24 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.

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Known for

Gokusen

as Tetsu Asakura

Full filmography

  • Gokusen (2002) as Tetsu Asakura
  • The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995) as Tatsuyuki Hiyama
  • Snakes & Lizards (2006) as Zao
  • The Pride of the Temp (2007) as 土屋
  • SPEC ~ First Blood (2010) as Haruki Gokitani
  • Homicide Team 9 (2006) as Yuichiro Kashiwagi
  • I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012)
  • Kurokouchi (2013) as Shima Mitsuo
  • Lost Paradise (1997) as Kinugawa Toru
  • Leaders (2014)
  • Ice World (1999) as Sakota Shogo
  • Twins Teacher (1993) as Taguchi Kensuke
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017) as Hishiyasu Shido
  • Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko (2002)
  • Days (1998)
  • Kids Return (1996) as Masaru
  • Secret (1999) as Fumio Kajikawa
  • King of Sushi (1996) as Tatsumi
  • Happy Mania (1998) as Takahashi Shuichi
  • Bizan (2007)
  • The Girl of Silence (1995) as Shizuo
  • Strawberry Night (2013) as Yoshinori Kawakami
  • 同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～ (1999)
  • Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008)