Kaneko (surname)

Kaneko (written: 金子, 金古, 兼子 or カネコ in katakana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akitomo Kaneko (金子 明友, born 1927), Japanese gymnast
• Atsushi Kaneko (カネコ アツシ, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
• Chihiro Kaneko (金子 千尋, born 1983), Japanese baseball player
• Kaneko Daiei (金子 大栄, 1881–1976), Japanese Buddhist philosopher
• Daiki Kaneko (金子 大毅, born 1998), Japanese footballer
• Emi Kaneko (金子 恵美, born 1965), Japanese politician
• Fumiko Kaneko (金子 文子, 1903–1926), Japanese anarchist and nihilist
• Genjirō Kaneko (金子 原二郎, born 1944), Japanese politician
• Hajime Kaneko (兼子 一, 1906–1973), Japanese jurist
• Hiromi Kaneko (金子 広美, born 1980), Japanese cyclist
• Hisashi Kaneko (金子 久, born 1959), Japanese footballer
• Hitomi Kaneko (金子 仁美), Japanese classical composer
• Kaneko Ietada (金子 家忠, 1138–1216), Japanese samurai
• Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平, 1913–1989), Japanese politician, finance minister 1978-79
• Jun Kaneko (金子 潤, born 1942), Japanese ceramic artist living in the United States
• Jutok Kaneko (1958–2007), Japanese musician
• Kazuma Kaneko (金子 一馬, born 1964), Japanese video game artist and designer
• Kazuyoshi Kaneko (金子 一義, born 1942), Japanese politician
• Kaneko Kentarō (金子 堅太郎, 1853–1942), Japanese diplomat
• Keisuke Kaneko (金子 圭輔, born 1985), Japanese baseball player
• Kuniyoshi Kaneko (金子 國義, 1936–2015), Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer
• Makoto Kaneko (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mari Kaneko (金子 真理, born 1972), Japanese karateka and mixed martial artist
• Masaaki Kaneko (金子 正明, born 1940), Japanese sport wrestler
• Masahiro Kaneko (金子 昌広, born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Masaki Kaneko (金子 雅紀, born 1992), Japanese swimmer
• Masaru Kaneko (金子 勝, born 1952), Japanese Marxian economist
• Megumi Kaneko (金子 恵美, born 1978), Japanese politician
• Misuzu Kaneko (金子 みすゞ, 1903–1930), Japanese poet and songwriter
• Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子 光晴, 1895–1975), Japanese poet and painter
• Munehiro Kaneko (金子 宗弘, born 1968), Japanese decathlete
• Noboru Kaneko (金子 昇, born 1974), Japanese actor
• Nobuaki Kaneko (金子 信昭, born 1981), Japanese drummer and actor
• Nobuo Kaneko (金子 信雄, 1923–1995), Japanese actor
• Ree Kaneko (born 1946), American artist
• Rie Kaneko (金子 理江, born 1997), Japanese gravure idol, model and singer
• Ryūichi Kaneko (金子 隆一, 1948–2021)), Japanese critic and historian of photography
• Seiji Kaneko (金古 聖司, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Kaneko Shinzaemon (金子 新左衛門), Japanese samurai
• Shigeji Kaneko (金子 繁治, 1931–2016), Japanese boxer
• Shinji Kaneko (金子 慎二, born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Shohei Kaneko (金子 宗平, 1937–2006), Japanese discus thrower
• Shota Kaneko (金子 翔太, born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Shusuke Kaneko (金子 修介, born 1955), Japanese screenwriter and film director
• Tadashi Kaneko (兼子 正, died 1942), Japanese World War II flying ace
• Takatoshi Kaneko (金子 貴俊, born 1978), Japanese actor
• Takeshi Kaneko (金子 丈, born 1993), Japanese baseball player
• Takuro Kaneko (金子 拓郎, born 1997), Japanese footballer
• Tōta Kaneko (金子 兜太, born 1919), Japanese writer
• Tsuyoshi Kaneko (金子 剛, born 1983), Japanese footballer
• Yasuji Kaneko (金子 安次, 1920–2010), ex-soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, known for his extensive war crimes testimony
• Yoshinori Kaneko (金子 柱憲, born 1961), Japanese golfer
• Yōzō Kaneko (金子 養三, 1882–1941), Japanese general
• Yuji Kaneko (金子 侑司, born 1990), Japanese baseball player
• Yūki Kaneko (金子 有希, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
• Yuki Kaneko (footballer) (金子 勇樹, born 1982), Japanese footballer
• Yuki Kaneko (badminton) (金子 祐樹, born 1994), Japanese badminton player
• Yusuke Kaneko (金子 祐介, born 1976), Japanese ski jumper
• Yutaka Kaneko (footballer) (金子 豊, born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Yutaka Kaneko (wrestler) (兼子 隆, born 1933), Japanese sport wrestler
• Zenjiro Kaneko (金子 善次郎, born 1943), Japanese politician
• Isamu Kaneko (金子 勇, 1970–2013), Japanese software programmer, developer of Winny file-sharing program

Fictional characters

• Show Kaneko, a character in the manga series Inubaka

See also

• Josephine Conger-Kaneko, American journalist and writer
• Kaneko Station, a railway station in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
• 4717 Kaneko, a main-belt asteroid