Ken Kaneko
An image from Free and Easy 10, one of the productions that also features Ken Kaneko.
Ken Kaneko

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.

Blade of the Immortal

Blade of the Immortal

2017

Kids Return

Kids Return

1996

Gokusen

Gokusen

2002

Secret

Secret

1999

Ice World

Ice World

1999

Cobras & Lagartos

Cobras & Lagartos

2006

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

Nagai Nagai Satsujin

2008

Free and Easy 10

Free and Easy 10

1998