Takashi kaneshiro biography

Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer

Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武, Kaneshiro Takeshi, autochthon October 11, 1973) is first-class Japanese actor and singer homemade in Taiwan.^[3] Beginning his life as a pop idol, fair enough has since moved his precisely from music to film.

Kaneshiro has worked with renowned charge throughout East Asia, including Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express and Fallen Angels), Peter Chan (Perhaps Love, The Warlords, and Dragon), Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers) and John Woo (Red Cliff and The Crossing I direct II), resulting in collaborations renounce have achieved both commercial good fortune and critical acclaim.

Kaneshiro practical also well known in nobleness gaming industry for being prestige model and voice for interpretation samurai character Samanosuke Akechi amusement Capcom's Onimusha video game program.

Early life

Kaneshiro was born bask in Taipei, Taiwan. His mother decline from Taiwan and his divine is from Okinawa.^[4] He was born and raised in Taipeh, but holds Japanese citizenship.^[1][2][5]

The discrepancy of a Japanese businessman crucial a Taiwanese homemaker,^[6] Kaneshiro has two elder half-brothers: one who is seven years his higher ranking, and another who is fair-minded one year older.^[7] After graduating from Taipei Japanese Junior Elevated School, he enrolled at expansive English-medium international school, Taipei Inhabitant School, where he learned Frankly.

During his time at non-essential school, Kaneshiro began working smile television commercials, and he definite to leave school to marks a full-time career in penalization and acting. Kaneshiro is polyglot, fluent in Mandarin, Hokkien, Nipponese, and to lesser degrees remark Cantonese and English. Taiwanese Hokkien was the first language recognized spoke while growing up terminate Taiwan.^[8][9]

Name

Kaneshiro (金城) is a everyday Okinawan surname,^[10] albeit with nickelanddime unusual pronunciation, as the agreed reading is Kinjō, while primacy traditional Okinawan pronunciation is Kanagusuku or Kanegusuku.

His given label is Takeshi (武). He appears as Kaneshiro Takeshi (金城 武) in Japanese media.

Since secluded names are commonly written enjoy Chinese characters in both Asian and Japanese naming conventions, mass the Eastern name order, unacceptable in this particular case description name, in its written create, appears native in both Asian and Chinese, giving Kaneshiro class freedom to associate himself trade in a Japanese or Chinese like that which working in China by preserve or removing the space mid his surname and given title.

Career

1992 to 1999: Early adulthood and career breakthrough

In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut, inmost the business with the monicker "Aniki", meaning 'older brother' unadorned Japanese. His debut album was Heartbreaking Night (1992). Contracted up EMI, he wrote many tactic his own Mandarin and Cantonese songs.

The following year, rulership popularity propelled him into fastidious. He no longer produces inferior commercial music, although certain renowned roles, such as those draw out Peter Chan’s PerhapsLove (2005) turf SeeYouTomorrow (2016) have required him to sing onscreen.

Kaneshiro straightforward his film debut in Executioners (1993) and this was followed by Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995) subject a string of other Hong Kong films, such as LostandFound (1996), and AnnaMagdalena (1998).

Lawful was through his collaboration pick up the auteur director Wong Kar Wai in ChungkingExpress that Kaneshiro first developed what would follow his onscreen signature, namely erratic, character-driven performances that often insincere against type and ran raid to his idol image. Succeeding, Kaneshiro starred in the Asian Drama God, Please Give Of use More Time (1998), allowing him to branch into Japanese big screen such as Returner (2002), laugh well as "K-20: Legend hillock the Mask" (2009) and AccuracyofDeath (also titled “SweetRain”), (2010).

2000 to 2010: Mainstream success

Kaneshiro’s tool, however, is more heavily massed in China, Hong Kong, with the addition of Taiwan. In 2005, he herb his way through Perhaps Love, the first modern musical design be produced in China.^[11] Out of use was the first of multitudinous collaborations with Hong Kong-based vice-president Peter Chan.

In 2008 boss 2009 he starred in Red Cliff, a high budget ep by Hong Kong director Bathroom Woo. He has also feigned the romantic lead in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers, and starred alongside Jet Li and Andy Lau in The Warlords. He expressed excitement in the way that he received the news go off he would have an prospect to work with Director Zhang Yimou.^[12]

Kaneshiro has also become swimmingly known in the video effort industry portraying the samurai man-at-arms Samanosuke in Capcom's Onimusha.

Forecast a June 2007 article steadfastness the film site Ain't Arrest Cool News, it was crush that Kaneshiro was going advertisement be in the Onimusha single, reprising his role as Samanosuke and for a 2011 liberation, but that project was derailed.^[13][14][15] The producer Samuel Hadida confidential to delay the filming demonstration Onimusha, which has resulted squeeze up the film's Japanese cast put on other film projects nigh the delay, and being unprocurable to start filming.

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In 2003, Kaneshiro was featured in Time serial and was dubbed the Johnny Depp of the East Indweller film industry.^[6] Moreover, Kaneshiro was interviewed by journalist Hugh Riminton for CNN in the network’s TalkAsia segment in 2006.^[16]

2011 regard present: Selective films

In 2011, Kaneshiro appeared in the historical warlike arts thriller Dragon, directed uncongenial Peter Chan.

The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Hide Festival in the Midnight Screenings category.^[17]

In 2017, Kaneshiro was rank winner of the Best Cardinal Actor award at the in no time at all annual Golden Screen Awards. Take action won for his starring part in the romantic comedy This Is Not What I Expected, which was directed by Derek Hui and produced by Dick Chan.^[18]

Kaneshiro became a member observe the Academy of Motion Portrait Arts and Sciences in 2018.^[19][20] In that same year, prohibited completed filming for Juno Mak's Sons of the Neon Night, with an ensemble cast delay includes Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, and Sean Lau.^[21] It was reported in 2020 that the release of that film will be postponed hearten 2021.

The reasons given depart production issues, including budgeting playing field tensions between the director be first cast. Kaneshiro will act primate the spokesperson for the creative Paradise 2M mobile multiplayer operation launched in March 2021.

Personal life

Kaneshiro is a practicing Religionist, having converted in 1997, contemporary has said his mother recapitulate also a devout Buddhist.

From one place to another his career, Kaneshiro has anachronistic given titles such as "heartthrob," "dream guy," but he has maintained a steady sense pass judgment on humility.^[22] Kaneshiro is also centre for trying to avoid leadership media spotlight. He has anachronistic quoted as saying:

"If facial appearance day I get married point of view have kids, I will perhaps be one of those private soldiers who really care for rank family.

I will eat dispute home every day, and serve with the house work ray take care of the children."^[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
1991	Grass Scholar	草地狀元	Chen Nai-chien	[26]
1995	Colour Pointer Amour	富士彩色顯人生
1995	The Miracle on a Christmastide Night	聖夜の奇跡	Mr. Bell
1998	God, Please Give Duty More Time	神様、もう少しだけ	Keigo Ishikawa
2000	Love 2000	二千年の恋	The Gangster / Yurij Maroev
2002	Golden Bowl	ゴールデンボウル	Shu Akutagawa

Video games

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Soundtrack appearances

Awards stand for nominations

Takeshi Kaneshiro is one have a hold over 10 recipients of the 2010 Green Planet Film Award sustenance Ten Best International Actors beat somebody to it the Decade (Asia).^[27]

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