Takeshi Kaneshiro
Gender: Male
Born: 11th October 1973 (currently 38 years old)
Nationality: Japan, Republic of China (Taiwan), China
TV programs: Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Golden Bowl
Movies: Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, House of Flying Daggers, Perhaps Love, Tempting Heart, Red Cliff, Anna Magdalena, Young Policemen in Love, Lost & Found, Confession of Pain, Returner, The Warlords, Turn Left, Turn Right, Dr. Wai and the Scripture Without Words, China Dragon, Sleepless Town, Odd One Dies, School Days, K-20: Legend of the Mask, Red Cliff II, Too Tired to Die, Downtown Torpedoes, Swordsmen, Perhaps Love, Bao gao ban zhang 3
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城 武, romaji: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ, pronounced [ɕíntʂ͡ʰə̌ŋ ù]), born October 11, 1973, is a half Taiwanese (of Chinese descent) and half Japanese singer and actor of mixed heritage – his father is Japanese and his mother is Taiwanese of Chinese descent. He speaks Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien and English.
Kaneshiro is a common Okinawan family name. In kanji, 金城 is Kaneshiro and 武 is Takeshi (given name), with Japanese readings. He appears as 金城 武 (Kaneshiro Takeshi) in Japanese media.
Although Kaneshiro is not a Chinese surname, the first kanji of Kaneshiro coincides with the Chinese surname Jin 金 and with the Korean surname "Kim" 김. Since personal names are commonly written in Chinese characters in both Chinese and Japanese naming conventions, with surnames before given names, this gives Kaneshiro the freedom whether to distinguish himself as a Japanese or not when working in Chinese-speaking countries by preserving or removing the space between his surname and given name.
Kaneshiro's mother is Chinese of Taiwanese nationality and his father from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei and holds
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