Nobuaki Kaneko

Nobuaki Kaneko (金子ノブアキ, born June 5, 1981) is a Japanese actor and rock drummer. Born in Shimokitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, he comes from a musical background as the son of drummer Johnny Yoshinaga and the older brother of bassist KenKen.

Career

Alongside his acting career across various Japanese films and television drama series, Kaneko is recognized for his work as a rock drummer.

Selected Filmography

Movies

CROSS (2001)
Crows Zero II (2009) - Taiga Narumi
Shodo Girls!! Watashitachi no koshien (2010) - Ikezawa
The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010) - Hidari Kiburou
Love Strikes! (2011) - Daisuke Yamashita
Hard Romanticker (2011) - Takashi
Strawberry Night (2013) - Mitsuru Kobayashi
The Snow White Murder Case (2014) - Satoshi Shinoyama
Shinjuku Swan (2015) - Yutaka Hayama
Shinjuku Swan II (2017) - Yutaka Hayama
Gangoose (2018) - Kato
Diner (2019) - Butaotoko
Matched (2024) - Tsuyoshi Kageyama
Acma: Game (2024) - Koki Kuroda

Television Drama Series

Buzzer Beat (Fuji TV / 2009)
Samurai High School (NTV / 2009)
Ohisama (NHK / 2011) - Koichi Kawahara
Perfect Son (NTV / 2012) - Fuyuhiko Ikeda
Strategist Kanbe (NHK / 2014) - Sakyonoshin Kushihashi
Alice in Borderland (Netflix / 2020) - Boshiya
Promise Cinderella (TBS / 2021) - Koya Kurose
Rikon Bengoshi Spider (NTV / 2024) - Tatsuya Ichinose
Tokyo P.D. (Fuji TV / 2026) - Yuji Inada