Born 1976 (age 49) · Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Appears in 52 titles

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

Blade of the Immortal
6.7
Blade of the Immortal
2017
as Hishiyasu Shido
Kids Return
6.9
Kids Return
1996
as Masaru
Secret
6.9
Secret
1999
as Fumio Kajikawa
Strawberry Night
6.5
Strawberry Night
2013
as Yoshinori Kawakami
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Making-of Kids Return
6.8
Making-of Kids Return
1996
as Himself
Free and Easy 10
7.0
Free and Easy 10
1998
End of Our Own Real
The Girl of Silence
6.0
The Girl of Silence
1995
as Shizuo
Bizan
6.0
Bizan
2007
Rescue Wings
8.0
Rescue Wings
2008
Pride Shockwave 2005
6.0
Pride Shockwave 2005
2005
as Self
ペルソナの微笑
Loser 2
Loser 2
2013
第三の時効
第三の時効
2003
Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear