Nobuaki Kaneko (金子 ノブアキ, 金子 信昭[1], Kaneko Nobuaki, born 5 June 1981)[1] is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is nicknamed Akkun (あっくん) and N.K. He is a member of the rock band Rize. He is represented with Itoh Company and his label is Illchill. He graduated from Horikoshi High School.
Nobuaki Kaneko | |
|---|---|
金子 ノブアキ | |
| Born | 5 June 1981 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Horikoshi High School |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, drummer |
| Years active | 1994[1]–present |
| Agent | Itoh Company |
| Notable work |
|
| Television | |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instrument(s) | Drum kit |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Illchill |
| Website | Official website |
Kaneko's father was Johnny Yoshinaga who was also a drummer, and his mother is singer Mari Kaneko.[2] His younger brother is Kensuke Kaneko (known as KenKen) who is the bassist of Rize, and the brothers formed a rhythm section.
In November 2013, Kaneko married a non-celebrity woman who is a former model.[2]
Discography
Bands
- Gonna Be Fun: a band formed in Ponkickies with Rie Tomosaka (vocals) and Takumi Samejima (guitar). On 1 November 1997, the band released a single CD "Birthday Party" with Toshiba EMI.
- Rize: three-piece band with Jesse (vocals) and his brother KenKen (bass).
- Dadas: Indie band with Daisuke Ide (vocal and guitar), Hidenaki Tanaka (bass), Kenji Akimine (guitar) and Kaneko (drums). They belong to Disillusion Recordings.
- Torcerse: a unit formed by Kaneko and KenKen in December 2006. Their main activities are live sessions etc.
- AA=: solo project by Takeshi Ueda (The Mad Capsule Markets). He participate in live tours with drum support.
- Lands
- Red Orca
Solo activities
He started doing solo activities in 2009.
Albums
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2009 | Orca |
| 2nd | 2014 | Historia |
| 3rd | 2016 | Fauve |
Limited singles
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Lobo" | [3] |
Music videos
| Director | Song title |
|---|---|
| Shiro Ushijima | "Uso to Saru" |
| Yasuhiko Shimizu | "Historia" |
| Unknown | "Orca" |
Tours
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nobuaki Kaneko Tour 2016 "Fauve" | [4] |
Related artists
- Rize
- Johnny Yoshinaga
- Mari Kaneko
- Char
- Dadas
- Def Tech – album recording, 2006 tour support
- Kazuya Yoshii – 2005 tour support
- Daisuke Ide
- Micro – 2008 tour support, composing participation
- AA= – 2009 tour support
- kayoko – 2004 cording
- Chara – 2008 album recording
- Buono! – 2009 recording
- Aggressive Dogs – 2009 "loud" recording
- The SanPaulo – 2009 live guest
- Trio Ohashi – 2013 album plugged recording
Equipment used
- Drum kits
- Orange County Drum and Percussion (2000 to 2003)
- Pearl
Filmography
TV dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Mama | NTV | [1] | ||
| 1995 | Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo | Chris Einstein | NTV | ||
| 1997 | Ichiban Taisetsu na Hito | Kazuhiko Yuuki | TBS | [1] | |
| Mokuyō no Kaidan | Yuji Saegusa | Fuji TV | |||
| 1998 | Glass Mask | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | TV Asahi | ||
| Gekai-Sanshiro Natsume | Naoe Shimizu | TV Asahi | |||
| 1999 | Kawaii dakeja Dame kashira? | Oosawa | TV Asahi | ||
| Border: Hanzai Shinri Sōsa File | Ryo Tsuzuki | YTV | |||
| Naomi | Yusuke Kida | Fuji TV | |||
| Tomie | Takashi | KTV | |||
| 2003 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Rize | TBS | ||
| Hatsukoi.com | NTV | ||||
| 2004 | Be-Bop High School | Shingo Maekawa | TBS | ||
| With the Light | NTV | ||||
| Saboten Journey | NTV | ||||
| 2005 | Be-Bop High School 2 | Shingo Maekawa | TBS | ||
| 2009 | Buzzer Beat | Ryo Yoyogi | Fuji TV | ||
| Samurai High School | Hiromi Motoyama | NTV | |||
| 2011 | Bartender | Ryuichi Kuzuhara | TV Asahi | ||
| Ohisama | Koichi Kawahara | NHK | Asadora | ||
| Piece Vote | Shoji Todo | NTV | |||
| QP | Tom | NTV | |||
| 2012 | Perfect Son | Fuyuhiko Ikeda | NTV | [1] | |
| Vision -Koroshi ga Mieru Onna- | Kazumasa Asano | YTV | |||
| 2013 | Lady Joker | Yokichi Matsudo | Wowow | ||
| Taberu Dake | Taku Yamamoto | TV Tokyo | |||
| Tokyo Bandwagon | Noritoshi Hotta | NTV | |||
| 2014 | Gunshi Kanbei | Kushihashi Sakyō Susumu | NHK | Taiga drama | |
| Tales of the Unusual: Spring 2014: "Last Cinema" | Kazuhiko Iwasaki | Fuji TV | |||
| Kū Neru Futari Sumu Futari | Shuichi Nonoyama (Nonchan) | NHK BS-P | Lead role | [1] | |
| Tamagawa Kuyakusho Of The Dead | Kenji Kouda | TV Tokyo | |||
| 2015 | Gakkō no Kaidan | Fumi Umeni | NTV | [1] | |
| 2016 | Haburashi/Onna Tomodachi | Nadashi Natashina | NHK BS-P | [5] | |
| 2017 | Rakuen | Akio Sanwa | Wowow | [6] | |
| 2018 | Smoking | Haccho | TV Tokyo | ||
| 2020 | Yell | Tsuguhito Imamura | NHK | Asadora | |
| Followers | Yuruco | Netflix | |||
| Alice in Borderland | Takeru Danma | Netflix | |||
| 2020–21 | Kirin ga Kuru | Sakuma Nobumori | NHK | Taiga drama | |
| 2021 | Promise Cinderella | Kōya Kurose | TBS | [7] |
Other TV programmes
| Year | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ponkickies | Fuji TV |
| It's Access | TV Tokyo | |
| 1997 | Tokyo Himitsu Ongaku Tantei-dan | Sky PerfecTV! |
| 1999 | Beat Bang | TV Tokyo |
| 2013 | MTV VMAJ 2013 | MTV |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sweet Sweet Ghost | Takuro Sakasaki | ||
| 2001 | Cross | Kohei Kazama | ||
| 2009 | Crows Zero II | Narumi Taiga | ||
| 2010 | Bandage | Ruge | ||
| Shodo Girls | Hiroo Ikezawa | |||
| Ōoku | Saburōza | [1] | ||
| 2011 | Manzai Gang | |||
| Moteki | Daisuke Yamashita | |||
| Shuffle | Kōhei Tobe (Raymond) | Lead role | ||
| Hard Romantic-er | Takashi | |||
| 2013 | Strawberry Night | Suzuki Kobayashi | ||
| 2014 | Tokyo Nanmin | Atsushi Kodama | ||
| The Snow White Murder Case | Satoshi Shinzan | [1] | ||
| 2015 | Shinjuku Swan | Yutaka Hayama | [1] | |
| Tokyo Mu Kokuseki Shōjo | Homeroom teacher | [1] | ||
| 2017 | Shinjuku Swan II | Yutaka Hayama | ||
| 2018 | Gangoose | Katō | ||
| 2019 | Diner | [8] | ||
| Manriki | ||||
| 2021 | A Day with No Name | |||
| 2023 | Scroll | [9] | ||
| Matched | Kageyama | [10] |
DVD
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nagano "Ω" | [11] |
Advertisements
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | WOWOW Godzilla | |
| 1996 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical "Hot Pot" | |
| 1997 | Matsushita Denki Sangyō "Soi" | |
| 1998 | Eisai "Chocola BB" | |
| 1999 | Nintendo Mario Golf "Chichi no yorokobi", "Musuko no yorokobi" | |
| Suntory Natchan Oranage "Hatsukoi" | [1] | |
| 2000 | Sony MiniDisc | |
| 2006 | Pearl Drums | |
| 2013 | Kirin Brewery Company "Smirnoff Ice" | [1] |
| 2014 | Wright Flyer Studios "Shōmetsu Toshi" | |
| 2015 | Apparel brand "glamb" | [12] |
Radio
| Year | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rudo Nobuaki Kaneko no Desperado na Kinyōbi | NBS |
Magazines
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Wink Up Bessatsu Edge Ways |
| 2002 | Rhythm & Drum Magazine "Drum de Eraku naru." |
| 2003 | R&R Newsmaker "Nobuaki Kaneko no Issho ni shinaide kure" |
| Shūkan Famitsu "Super Kaneko Bros." | |
| 2009 | Hanako "Hanako-san ni Sasageru Renai Dangi" |
| 2010 | Pia "Nobuaki Kaneko no Kihontekini wa" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | No More Heroes III | Composer | [13] |
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nobuaki Kaneko Official Blog (in Japanese)
- Tokushū: Ano Hito no totte oki Selection: Nobuaki Kaneko-san NHK Archives (in Japanese)
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