Actor
Ken Kaneko
Born October 19, 1976 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
30 films
Ken Kaneko is a Japanese actor, TV personality and former mixed martial artist.
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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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First watchKids Return19966.9as MasaruShinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
30 films as actor- 2017Blade of the ImmortalHishiyasu Shido
- 2013Loser 2
- 2013Lion's Revenge
- 2013Bloody Vengeance
- 2013Hyena
- 2013Loser
- 2013Savage Chivalry
- 2013Strawberry NightYoshinori Kawakami
- 2008Rescue Wings
- 2008Nagai Nagai Satsujin
- 2007Bizan
- 2007Miracle of Serendip
- 2004ペルソナの微笑
- 2004横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」
- 2003第三の時効
- 2001TOKYO G.P.Young Man Taking Photos
- 2000Shin GoninTogo
- 2000Shin Gonin 2Togo
- 1999Le Secret梶川文也
- 1999SecretFumio Kajikawa
- 1999Danger de mort
- 1998Free and Easy 10
- 1998Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
- 1997End of Our Own Real
- 1997Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing HellRyohei Kawamatsu
- 1997Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of FearRyohei Kawamatsu
- 1997Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
- 1996Kids ReturnMasaru
- 1996Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
- 1995The Girl of SilenceShizuo