Sapaka ako, Aniki

Graziella Sigaya
Jun 21, 2021
3 min read

Updated: Aug 20, 2021

Amo dya si Takeshi Kaneshiro (Born: October 11, 1973) Isa man ka laon nga maila. Indi ko tana malipatan sa movie nga Turn Left Turn Right kag Chungking Express. Kaneshiro Takeshi is a Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer. His mother is Taiwanese and his father is from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei but holds Japanese citizenship as well.

Pirang nahut lang ang TV series na ka dya nga naobra hay mas suki tana ka pelikula. Una nga namayagpag ang ana career in the 90s when he made his singing debut in 1992, entering the business with the nickname "Aniki" (older brother in Japanese). His film debut was Executioners (1993) and this was followed by Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995) and a string of other Hong Kong films. Through his collaboration with Wong, Kaneshiro first developed what would become his onscreen signature, namely quirky, character-driven performances that often played against type and ran counter to his idol image. Ang ana mga obra is heavily concentrated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

He is multilingual, fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese, and to lesser degrees in English and Cantonese. Kaneshiro is also well known in the game industry for being the video game modeled character of Samanosuke Akechi in Capcom’s Onimusha series. Kun gamer ikaw te mas kilala mo tana sa character nga dya sanga Takeshi Kaneshiro the singer/actor.

Throughout his career, Kaneshiro has been given titles such as "heartthrob," "dream guy," but he has maintained a steady sense of humility. He is known for trying to avoid the media spotlight. He has been quoted as saying "If one day I get married and have kids, I will probably be one of those men who really care for the family. I will eat at home every day, and help with the chores and take care of the children." He is a practicing Buddhist, having converted in 1997, and has said his mother is also a devout Buddhist.

Hay maila tana sa media spotlight, amo lang dya ang nabuol ko nga information gani pasencya lang kung indi ako makatugro ka stalker's guide to fangirling Takeshi Kaneshiro. Kun indi pa ikaw familiar ka mga obra na, here's a list of his drama and films: (Halungkaton ko pa ang dibidi copy ko kang Golden Bowl, basi natagiptipan dun to gani sa kabuhayon nga waay natandug.)

TV Series

1991 Grass Scholar
1995 Colour Of Amour
1995 The Miracle on a Christmas Night
1998 God, Please Give Me More Time
2000 Love 2000
2002 Golden Bowl

Films

1993 Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1994 Mermaid Got Married; The Wrath of Silence; Chungking Express; No, Sir!
1995 Don't Give a Damn; Young Policemen in Love; Fallen Angels; China Dragon; School Days; Trouble Maker
1996 The Feeling of Love; Lost and Found; Forever Friends; Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"; First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
1997 Downtown Torpedoes; Hero; The Odd One Dies; The Jail In Burning Island; Misty
1998 Too Tired to Die; Fuyajo; Anna Magdalena
1999 Tempting Heart; Tarzan (Voice for Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese versions)
2000 Lavender; Space Travelers
2002 Returner
2003 Turn Left, Turn Right
2004 House of Flying Daggers
2005 Perhaps Love
2006 Confession of Pain
2007 The Warlords
2008 Accuracy of Death; K-20: Legend of the Mask; Red Cliff Part I
2009 Red Cliff Part II
2011 Wu Xia
2014 The Crossing
2015 The Crossing 2
2016 See You Tomorrow
2017 This Is Not What I Expected
2021 Sons of the Neon Night