Ken Kaneko

Actor

Born: October 19, 1976 (49 years old)

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (13)

• Ice World (1999, ★ 8.9)
• Gokusen (2002, ★ 7.9)
• SPEC ~ First Blood (2010, ★ 8.5)
• Kids Return (1996, ★ 6.9)
• Secret (1999, ★ 6.8)
• Strawberry Night (2013, ★ 6.5)
• Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008, ★ 6.8)
• Making-of Kids Return (1996, ★ 6.8)
• Blade of the Immortal (2017, ★ 6.7)
• The Pride of the Temp (2007, ★ 7.3)
• The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995, ★ 7.6)
• I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - (2012, ★ 6)
• Kurokouchi (2013, ★ 4)