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Ken Kaneko
ActingBORN: 1976-10-19Shinjuku, 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.
Top Filmography

6.7
Blade of the Immortal
2017 // MOVIE

6.9
Kids Return
1996 // MOVIE

7.9
Gokusen
2002 // TV

6.8
Secret
1999 // MOVIE

8.5
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010 // TV

6.5
Strawberry Night
2013 // MOVIE

7.6
Snakes & Lizards
2006 // TV

8.9
Ice World
1999 // TV

7.6
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995 // TV

7.3
The Pride of the Temp
2007 // TV

6.0
I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
2012 // TV

6.6
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
2008 // MOVIE

6.8
Making-of Kids Return
1996 // MOVIE

6.7
Free and Easy 10
1998 // MOVIE

6.8
King of Sushi
1996 // TV