
Kane Kosugi
Actor
Born: October 11, 1974 (51 years old)
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Kane Takeshi Kosugi (ケイン・健・コスギ, Kein Takeshi Kosugi, born October 11, 1974) is an American martial artist, actor and media personality of direct Chinese and Japanese descent. The son of martial arts film star Sho Kosugi, Kane began his career as a child actor starring opposite his father in films like Revenge of the Ninja and Pray for Death. He first gained recognition in Japan for his starring role as Jiraiya (Ninja Black) in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, being the second American-born sentai senshi. He has appeared in over 30 films and television series, including the video game adaptations DOA: Dead or Alive and Street Fighter Alpha. He competed on five seasons of the obstacle challenge program Sasuke, where he was the first American competitor. Like his father, Kosugi has appeared in both Japanese and American media. In Japan, Kane is considered gaijin tarento (foreign talent) due to his Nisei (second generation) foreign born heritage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kane Kosugi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (28)
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994, ★ 8.2)
- Sasuke (1997, ★ 8.8)
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995, ★ 7.6)
- War (2007, ★ 6.4)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004, ★ 7.1)
- Pray for Death (1985, ★ 6)
- Revenge of the Ninja (1983, ★ 6.2)
- Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (1999, ★ 6.4)
- Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013, ★ 6.7)
- Dead Driver (2019, ★ 6.1)
- Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger (1996, ★ 6.4)
- Super Sentai World (1994, ★ 7)
- Who Am I? (1998, ★ 7.1)
- One Night in Bangkok (2020, ★ 6.5)
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006, ★ 5.3)
- Terra Formars (2016, ★ 6.1)
- Bang (2025, ★ 6.6)
- Journey of Honor (1991, ★ 4.6)
- Zero Woman 2 (1995, ★ 4.4)
- Choy Lee Fut (2011, ★ 4.8)
- Black Eagle (1988, ★ 5)
- 9 Deaths of the Ninja (1985, ★ 5.2)
- Zero Tolerance (2015, ★ 4.7)
- Bloat (2025, ★ 5.4)
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (1993, ★ 6.2)
- The Master (1984, ★ 5.1)
- Cat's Eye (1997, ★ 3.5)
- Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (2014, ★ 4)