Takeshi Kaneshiro Filmography

Takeshi Kaneshiro , born October 11, 1973, is a half Taiwanese 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 , with Japanese readings. He appears as 金城 武 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.
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