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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Kaneshiro's mother is Taiwanese and his father is from, Japan. [ ] He was born and raised in but also holds Japanese citizenship. The son of a Japanese businessman and a Taiwanese homemaker, he has two elder brothers; one is his senior by seven years, the other just by one. After graduating from Taipei Japanese Junior High School, he enrolled at English-based, which enabled him to converse in English. While he was studying there, he began doing television commercials and decided to quit school to pursue a singing and acting career. He is multilingual, fluent in Mandarin,, Japanese, and to lesser degrees in Cantonese and English school.

Taiwanese was the first language he spoke while growing up in Taiwan. Name [ ] Kaneshiro ( 金城) is a common, while his given name is Takeshi ( 武). He appears as Kaneshiro Takeshi ( 金城 武) in Japanese media. Since personal names are commonly written in in both Chinese and Japanese naming conventions, following the, and in this particular case the name, in its written form, appears native in both Japanese and Chinese, this gives Kaneshiro the freedom whether to distinguish himself as a Japanese when working in China by preserving or removing the space between his surname and given name. Career [ ] 1992 to 1999: Early Years and Career Breakthrough [ ] In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut, entering the business with the nickname Aniki, meaning 'older brother' in Japanese. His debut album was Heartbreaking Night (1992).

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.

His film debut was (1993) and this was followed by 's (1994), (1995) and a string of other Hong Kong films. It was Kaneshiro's collaboration with the auteur director, Wong Kar Wai, in Chungking Express where he played the lovelorn Hong Kong cop 223 that sparked his interest in acting and movie-making. Later, Kaneshiro starred in the Japanese Drama (1998), allowing him to branch into Japanese films such as (2002). 2000 to 2010: Mainstream Success and Critical Acclaim [ ] Kaneshiro's work, however, is more heavily concentrated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. In 2005, he sang his way through the first modern musical to be produced in China.

It was the first of many collaborations with Hong Kong-based director Peter Chan. In 2008 and 2009 he starred in, a high budget film by Hong Kong director.

He has also played the romantic lead in 's, and starred alongside and in. Zoner photo studio 15 serial key free download. He expressed excitement when he received news that he was going to have the opportunity to work with Director Zhang Yi Mou. Kaneshiro has also become well known in the video game industry portraying the samurai warrior Samanosuke in 's. In a June 2007 article on the film site, it was revealed that Kaneshiro was going to be in the Onimusha film, reprising his role as Samanosuke and for a 2011 release, but that project was derailed. The producer had to delay the filming of Onimusha, which has resulted in the film's Japanese cast working on other film projects during the delay, and being unavailable to start filming. These factors were enough that French director will now direct an adaptation of 's novel The Swedish Cavalier first, taking over the reins from. And remain attached to the project.

In 2003, Kaneshiro was featured in the magazine and was coined as becoming the Asian film industry's. Moreover, Kaneshiro was interviewed by in the TalkAsia segment in 2006. Outside of the entertainment business, Kaneshiro has acted as a spokesperson and model for (2008) as well as, (1998), Lifecard credit card company, personal computer,, Lipice lips moisturizer,, soft drink, chocolate,, (language school), oil company,,, MarkX ZiO,, the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan,,,,, 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.