Ken Kaneko
Zainichi Korean actor
金子賢 · 金子贤 · 카네코 켄
- Born
- 19 October 1976, Shinjuku
- Citizenship
- Korea
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- actor, mixed martial arts fighter, tarento, television actor
- Height
- 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 77 kg (170 lb)
Ken Kaneko (Japanese: 金子 賢, Kaneko Ken; born October 19, 1976 in Shinjuku) is a Japanese actor, TV personality and former mixed martial artist. He is currently employed by Platinum Production. His blood type is O.
Ken Kaneko is best known for his role in the Takeshi Kitano film Kids Return (1996), in which he and Masanobu Andō portrayed a couple of high school dropouts trying to find purpose and direction in life. He was also a mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and fought Charles Bennet in Pride FC Shockwave 2005.
Awards and honours
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1999
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.