Acting

Ken Kaneko

born 1976 · Acting

60.0avg grm

3titles

1honors

Honors

1

1999Elan d'or Award — Newcomer of the Year

Bio

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

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2020s1 title

My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin202558.8

2000s1 title

Gokusen2002 · as Tetsu Asakura · series64.2

1990s1 title

Kids Return1996 · as Masaru Miyawaki56.9

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Ken Kaneko

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born1976

known forActing

titles on site3

avg GRM60.0

honors1 · Elan d'or Award — Newcomer of the Year, 1999

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

ranked on this site

2020s

1 title

58.8My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin2025

2000s

1 title

64.2Gokusen2002 · as Tetsu Asakura · series

1990s

1 title

56.9Kids Return1996 · as Masaru Miyawaki

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