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Birth Name: Kaneshiro Takeshi
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Date of Birth: October 11, 1973
Ethnicity: * father – Okinawan Japanese * mother – Taiwanese
Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武) is a Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer. He is known for starring in the John Woo film Red Cliff , and in many Chinese- and Japanese-language films. Takeshi speaks Mandarin, Japanese, and English.
His father is Japanese (Okinawan) and his mother is Taiwanese. His first name, Takeshi, is a common Japanese name. His surname, Kaneshiro, is Okinawan. He holds Japanese citizenship.
Okinawan people, also known as Ryukyuan people, are considered to be indigenous to the southern islands of Japan, and have a different ancestry and culture than the Japanese people from the main island of Honshu. However, there has since been a lot of mixing between the two people.
Takeshi is a practicing Buddhist.