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Takeshi Kaneshiro
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Japanese actor and singer
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Takeshi Kaneshiro, born in Taipei in 1973, is a male actor, singer, and voice actor. He holds Japanese citizenship and resides in Tokyo. His professional career began in 1992. He was educated at the Taipei Japanese School.
Kaneshiro is known for his work in mandopop music, where he performs as a baritone vocalist. He speaks Japanese, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, and English. His name in native language is 金城武, and in kana it is かねしろ たけし. He is also recognized for his acting roles in film.
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Film & TV
Taipei, Taiwan
Takeshi Kaneshiro, born October 11, 1973, is a Taiwanese and Japanese actor of mixed heritage – his father is Ryukyuan and his mother is Taiwanese. He speaks Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien and English. Known for his versatile roles in Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Japanese cinema, he gained international recognition for his performances in films like "Chungking Express" (1994),…
Known for
- Sons of the Neon Night — Moreton Li2025
- This Is Not What I Expected — Lu Jin2017
- See You Tomorrow — Guan Chun2016
- The Crossing II — Yan Zenkun2015
- The Crossing I — Yan Shikun2014
- Dragon — Xu Baijiu2011
- Where Love Blooms in the Sky2011
- Red Cliff II — Zhu Ge Liang2009
- K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces — Heikichi Endo2008
- Red Cliff — Zhu Ge Liang2008
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1973
Discography
- 給我心愛的人1995
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 855
- Total plays
- 13,204
Tags
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ), (born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. With a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Kaneshiro was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. He has two brothers. After being bullied at a regular Taiwanese high school, the Gaoxong Preparatory School, over his mixed heritage, he enrolled at English-based Taipei American School, which enabled him to converse in English <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-10-11 ) October 11, 1973 (age 52) , Taipei , Taiwan
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Chinese
- 金城武
- Hanyu pinyin
- Jīnchéng Wǔ
- Jyutping
- Gam -sing Mou
- Hokkien poj
- Kim-siâⁿ Bú
- T i l
- Kim-siânn Bú
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Taipei
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Taipei Japanese School
- Languages spoken
- Thai
- Genre
- mandopop
- Instrument
- voice
- Residence
- Tokyo
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Takeshi Kaneshiro
- date of birth
- 1973-10-11
- name in kana
- かねしろ たけし
- Commons gallery
- Takeshi Kaneshiro
- name in native language
- 金城武
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Japanese name Kanji金城 武 Kanaかねしろ たけし
Musical career Also known asAniki GenresMandopop Cantopop
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