Ken Kaneko

Ken Kaneko

Actor

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
October 19, 1976

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.

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Representative Works

Blade of the Immortal
Blade of the Immortal
6.7
/ Japanese
Kids Return
Kids Return
6.9
/ Japanese
Secret
Secret
6.9
/ Japanese
The Girl of Silence
The Girl of Silence
6.0
/ Japanese
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
6.5
/ Japanese
End of Our Own Real
End of Our Own Real
5.0
/ Japanese
Le Secret
Le Secret
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
7.0
/ Japanese
Strawberry Night
Strawberry Night
6.5
/ Japanese
Rescue Wings
Rescue Wings
8.0
/ Japanese
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
Free and Easy 10
Free and Easy 10
7.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Blade of the Immortal
2017Nominee

Best Performance

Blade of the Immortal

Kids Return
1996Nominee

Best Performance

Kids Return

Secret
1999Nominee

Best Performance

Secret

Career Highlights

The Girl of Silence
1995Highlight

Best Performance

The Girl of Silence

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997Highlight

Best Performance

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

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