Ken Kaneko

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Ken Kaneko

Acting 49 October 19, 1976

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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 M…

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Blade of the Immortal

Blade of the Immortal

6.7 2017 Movie
Kids Return

Kids Return

6.9 1996 Movie
The Files of the Young Kindaichi

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

7.6 1995 TV Show
Gokusen

Gokusen

8.0 2002 TV Show
Snakes & Lizards

Snakes & Lizards

7.4 2006 TV Show
The Pride of the Temp

The Pride of the Temp

7.3 2007 TV Show
SPEC ~ First Blood

SPEC ~ First Blood

8.5 2010 TV Show
Homicide Team 9

Homicide Team 9

7.0 2006 TV Show
I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -

6.0 2012 TV Show
Secret

Secret

6.9 1999 Movie
Kurokouchi

Kurokouchi

4.5 2013 TV Show
Ice World

Ice World

8.9 1999 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Blade of the Immortal

    Movie Hishiyasu Shido

  2. 2014
    Leaders

    TV show Takeshi Sakurai

  3. 2013
    Loser 2

    Movie

  4. 2013
    Kurokouchi

    TV show Shima Mitsuo

  5. 2013
    Lion's Revenge

    Movie

  6. 2013
    Bloody Vengeance

    Movie

  7. 2013
    Hyena

    Movie

  8. 2013
    Loser

    Movie

  9. 2013
    Strawberry Night

    Movie Yoshinori Kawakami

  10. 2013
    Savage Chivalry

    Movie

  11. 2012
    I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -

    TV show

  12. 2010
    SPEC ~ First Blood

    TV show Haruki Gokitani

  13. 2008
    Rescue Wings

    Movie

  14. 2008
    Nagai Nagai Satsujin

    Movie

  15. 2007
    Bizan

    Movie

  16. 2007
    Miracle of Serendip

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2007
    The Pride of the Temp

    TV show 土屋

  2. 2006
    Snakes & Lizards

    TV show Zao

  3. 2006
    Homicide Team 9

    TV show Yuichiro Kashiwagi

  4. 2005
    Pride Shockwave 2005

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    I Hate Christmas

    TV show Kihara Kensuke

  6. 2004
    横山秀夫サスペンス「ペルソナの微笑」

    Movie

  7. 2004
    ペルソナの微笑

    Movie

  8. 2003
    第三の時効

    Movie

  9. 2002
    Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

    TV show

  10. 2002
    Gokusen

    TV show Tetsu Asakura

  11. 2001
    TOKYO G.P.

    Movie Young Man Taking Photos

  12. 2001
    Bring Me to the Hotel

    TV show Yoshiyuki Chiba

  13. 2001
    優雅な悪事

    TV show

  14. 2000
    Shin Gonin 2

    Movie Togo

  15. 2000
    Shin Gonin

    Movie Togo

  16. 2000
    Cupid's Arrows

    TV show

  17. 1999
    Le Secret

    Movie 梶川文也

  18. 1999
    Ice World

    TV show Sakota Shogo

  19. 1999
    Secret

    Movie Fumio Kajikawa

  20. 1999
    同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～

    TV show

  21. 1999
    Danger de mort

    Movie

  22. 1998
    Free and Easy 10

    Movie

  23. 1998
    Happy Mania

    TV show Takahashi Shuichi

  24. 1998
    Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2

    Movie