Ken Kaneko

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 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.

Movie

Blade of the Immortal

2017

Movie

Kids Return

1996

TV Show

Gokusen

2002

Movie

Secret

1999

TV Show

Ice World

1999

TV Show

Cobras & Lagartos

2006

Movie

Making-of Kids Return

1996

Movie

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

2008