Takeshi Kaneshiro is of Japanese nationality, so he is Japanese, but he was born in Taipei City, Taiwan Province of China, and is of mixed Chinese-Japanese descent.

Takeshi Kaneshiro was born on October 11, 1973 in Tienmu District, Taipei City, Taiwan Province of China.

Because he was born on the 11th day of the 10th month, the eleventh day of the 10th month is "士", so his father named him "武" (wu), which means "samurai", and his father had a special intention for him, hoping that he would become a courageous "武士". He wanted him to be a brave samurai.

Takeshi's mother was from Taiwan, and his father was the first Okinawan to transfer eel farming technology to Taiwan. Takeshi Kaneshiro has two older brothers, an older brother with the same mother and father, and a second brother with the same father and mother .

Extended Information

In 1988, Takeshi Kaneshiro was in the United States during school, because his classmate's mother invited him to shoot an advertisement, he held a fun mentality to shoot a kiwi fruit soda advertisement, the advertisement aired immediately after the boss of the Fulong Economic Company Ge Fuhong see, and forcefully invited him to shoot a movie, record, Takeshi Kaneshiro at that time in the hesitation, and finally Under the simple wish to buy a motorcycle, Takeshi officially became an artist under the banner of "Fulong" and started his acting career.

In 1998, Takeshi shifted his focus to the Japanese film industry. In the same year, Takeshi took over the role of Japanese TV station Fuji's Japanese drama "God! Please Give Me More Time," in which he played a cold-hearted music producer and won the Best Actor Award at the 18th Japanese Drama Academy Awards.

Takeshi Kaneshiro also starred in the Sino-Japanese co-production "City of Night," in which he plays a young man of Japanese nationality who is on the edge of his life, navigating between cabaret and drug trafficking. In addition, "Anna Madeleine," which features Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung and Kelly Chen, brought Takeshi back to Hong Kong.

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