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Kane Kosugi å°?æ?? å?¥(born October 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese-American martial artist and actor. He is the son of martial arts star Sho Kosugi
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.
In 1995, he starred in "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger" as Jiraiya, the Black ranger of the team better known as "Ninja Black" He was the only member of the Kakuranger team, and possible the only ranger in Sentai history, to speak fluent english, being unable to speak Japanese which lead to communication problems with the other rangers. Saban would later use footage of the series in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
In Japan, Kosugi is known as a gaijin tarento. Even though he is a 2nd generation Japanese, he had no skill in the language until he went to Japan.
He can be seen regularly on the NHK children's program Karada de Asobo (ä½?ã?§é??ã?¼), which is an exercise show. He also does commercial spots for vitamin drinks and regularly appears on a physical challenge show called Kinniku Oukoku (ç?è??ç??å?½).
He has a brother, Shane, that also makes occasional appearances on Kinniku Oukoku.
He appears in the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive as Ryu Hayabusa.
Trivia
- Speaks English and Japanese
- Is 5'11¼" (1.81 m)
- Appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars as M-Facility Soldier Katsunori Kazama. The actor who played Godzilla in the film, Tsutomu Kitagawa, played Ninja Black in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, the alter-ego of Kane Kosugi's character.
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