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born in Los Angeles, California is an American martial artist and martial arts actor of direct Japanese descent. He is the son of martial arts film star Sho Kosugi. In Japan, Kosugi is considered ''gaijin tarento'' (foreign talent) due to his Nisei (second generation foreign born) heritage. ==Acting career== Since 1983, Kosugi has appeared in various roles as a voice actor for video games, stunt actor in movies, and character actor in both English-language and Japanese-language films. His first movie, ''Revenge of the Ninja'', had him playing the son of his real life father, Sho Kosugi. Kane kept his real name in the movie. He has also been in other movies starring his father as well. With the intention of following in his father's footsteps, Kane trained to become a martial arts actor. Kane has an extensive martial arts background in wushu, ninjutsu, taekwondo, karate, judo and kendo. He made his Japanese acting debut in the 1993 television series ''Ryūkyū no Kaze'' (''Dragon Spirit''), the 31st entry in NHK's long-running taiga drama series. Kane followed this up with his first lead role in the two-part Toei V-Cinema movies ''Za Kakuto Oh'' (''The Fighting King'') and ''Za Kakuto Oh 2'' (''The Fighting King 2'') directed by his father. Next came the 1994 television series ''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'', an installment in Toei Company's ''Super Sentai'' franchise. Kane was the only American-born cast member of ''Kakuranger'' and his character (Jiraiya) spoke almost exclusively in English during his first few episodes. He could be seen regularly on the NHK children's program ''Karada de Asobo'' (体で遊ぼ), which was a weekday exercise show that ran until March 2010. He also does commercial spots for vitamin drinks and regularly appears on a physical challenge show called ''Kinniku Oukoku'' (筋肉王国), formerly known as ''Kinniku Banzuke''. He had a brief role as a Yakuza member in the action-thriller, ''War'', with Jason Statham and Jet Li. Kane then began to work in China and Hong Kong. He played Ryu Hasegawa, a master Ninja in the live action adaptation of the video game ''DOA: Dead or Alive'', directed by Corey Yuen. He would play the lead villain in ''Coweb'', the directorial debut of Xiong Xin-Xin and the lead role debut of Luxia Jiang. In 2011, he appeared alongside real-life best friend Sammy Hung and Sammy's father, Sammo Hung in ''Choy Lee Fut''. In 2013, Kane played the lead villain Nakamura in the film Ninja: Shadow of a Tear opposite Scott Adkins. The two reunited on the upcoming film ''Zero Tolerance''. Kane would also play the character of Kazuya Mishima in the prequel ''Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge'' in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kane Kosugi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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