StatsBirth Name: Kaneshiro Takeshi Age: 39, born 11 October 1973 Country of origin:  Taiwan, Province of China Currently Residing In:  Japan Height: 5' 10" Ethnicity: Asian Relationship Status: Single
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Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城 武, romaji: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ, pronounced [ɕíntʂ͡ʰə̌ŋ ù], born October 11, 1973) is a Japanese actor and singer of mixed heritage - his father is Okinawan and his mother is Taiwanese.
Kaneshiro is a common Okinawan 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.
Since personal n
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城 武, romaji: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ, pronounced [ɕíntʂ͡ʰə̌ŋ ù], born October 11, 1973) is a Japanese actor and singer of mixed heritage - his father is Okinawan and his mother is Taiwanese.
Kaneshiro is a common Okinawan 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.
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 Taiwanese and his father is from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei but holds Japanese citizenship as well.
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 Taipei American School, 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, Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese, and to lesser degrees in English and Cantonese.
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Born and rised in Tapei, he's Japanese citizen, because his father's from Okinawa
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