Biography of Kaneshiro Takeshi

His mother is from Taiwan, his father from Japan (Okinawa). Kaneshiro was born and raised in Taipei and is a Japanese national....
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He has two elder brothers. After studying in a Japanese school, he enrolled at English-based Taipei American School, which enabled him to converse in English. He is multi-lingual: fluent in Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese) and Japanese. As a result of his varied background, Kaneshiro can speak with varying degrees of fluency in English, Cantonese, and Japanese....
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He decided to quit school to pursue a singing and acting career.
In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut. Contracted to EMI, he wrote many of his own Mandarin and Cantonese songs. The following year, his popularity propelled him into acting and he no longer produces any commercial music.
Takeshi's singing career as Aniki --->

His first movie was Executioners (1993) and this was followed by the critically acclaimed Wong Kar-Wai film Chungking Express (1994) and a string of other Hong Kong movies. Later, Kaneshiro starred in the highly successful Japanese TV mini-series God, Please Give Me More Time (1998), allowing him to branch into Japanese movies such as Returner (2002). Kaneshiro's work, however, is more heavily concentrated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
He also became well known in the video game industry portraying the samurai warrior Samanosuke in the Capcom hit Onimusha.... Read more about Onimusha Kaneshiro.

Outside of the entertainment business, Kaneshiro has acted as a spokesperson and model for Emporio Armani Underwear (2008) as well as, Prada (1998), Lifecard credit card company, VAIO personal computer, Honda, Lipice lips moisturizer, SonyEricsson, Pocari Sweat soft drink, Morinaga chocolate, Volvic, GEOS (eikaiwa, English language school), Petronas oil company, Japan Asia Airways, Hyundai Motor Company, Toyota MarkX ZiO, Mitsubishi Galant, NTT docomo (mobile phone operator in Japan), NTT Yellow Pages, Shiseido, Lycos, UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Kadokawa Shoten a well-known Japanese publisher based in Tokyo, Rice Burger, Roasted barley tea, One2Free (HK), and Kiwi cold drink, and the most recent Biotherm Homme since 2005.
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