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.

Known For

Blade of the Immortal

as Hishiyasu Shido

Kids Return

as Masaru

Gokusen

as Tetsu Asakura

Secret

as Fumio Kajikawa

SPEC ~ First Blood

as Haruki Gokitani

Strawberry Night

as Yoshinori Kawakami

Snakes & Lizards

as Zao

Ice World

as Sakota Shogo

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

as Tatsuyuki Hiyama

The Pride of the Temp

as 土屋