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), Japanese gymnast
 * Atsushi Kaneko (カネコ アツシ), Japanese manga artist
 * Chihiro Kaneko (金子 千尋), Japanese baseball player
 * Kaneko Daiei (金子 大栄), Japanese Buddhist philosopher
 * Daiki Kaneko (金子 大毅), Japanese footballer
 * Emi Kaneko (金子 恵美), Japanese politician
 * Fumiko Kaneko (金子 文子), Japanese anarchist and nihilist
 * Genjirō Kaneko (金子 原二郎), Japanese politician
 * Hajime Kaneko (兼子 一), Japanese jurist
 * Hiromi Kaneko (金子 広美), Japanese cyclist
 * Hisashi Kaneko (金子 久), Japanese footballer
 * Hitomi Kaneko (金子 仁美), Japanese classical composer
 * Kaneko Ietada (金子 家忠), Japanese samurai
 * Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平), Japanese politician, finance minister 1978-79
 * Jun Kaneko (金子 潤), Japanese ceramic artist living in the United States
 * Jutok Kaneko (1958–2007), Japanese musician
 * Kazuma Kaneko (金子 一馬), Japanese video game artist and designer
 * Kazuyoshi Kaneko (金子 一義), Japanese politician
 * Kaneko Kentarō (金子 堅太郎), Japanese diplomat
 * Keisuke Kaneko (金子 圭輔), Japanese baseball player
 * Kuniyoshi Kaneko (金子 國義), Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer
 * Makoto Kaneko (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mari Kaneko (金子 真理), Japanese karateka and mixed martial artist
 * Masaaki Kaneko (金子 正明), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Masahiro Kaneko (金子 昌広), Japanese footballer
 * Masaki Kaneko (金子 雅紀), Japanese swimmer
 * Masaru Kaneko (金子 勝), Japanese Marxian economist
 * Megumi Kaneko (金子 恵美), Japanese politician
 * Misuzu Kaneko (金子 みすゞ), Japanese poet and songwriter
 * Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子 光晴), Japanese poet and painter
 * Munehiro Kaneko (金子 宗弘), Japanese decathlete
 * Noboru Kaneko (金子 昇), Japanese actor
 * Nobuaki Kaneko (金子 信昭), Japanese drummer and actor
 * Nobuo Kaneko (金子 信雄), Japanese actor
 * Ree Kaneko (born 1946), American artist
 * Rie Kaneko (金子 理江), Japanese gravure idol, model and singer
 * Ryūichi Kaneko (金子 隆一), Japanese critic and historian of photography
 * Seiji Kaneko (金古 聖司), Japanese footballer
 * Kaneko Shinzaemon (金子 新左衛門), Japanese samurai
 * Shigeji Kaneko (金子 繁治), Japanese boxer
 * Shinji Kaneko (金子 慎二), Japanese footballer
 * Shohei Kaneko (金子 宗平), Japanese discus thrower
 * Shota Kaneko (金子 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shusuke Kaneko (金子 修介), Japanese screenwriter and film director
 * Tadashi Kaneko (兼子 正), Japanese World War II flying ace
 * Takatoshi Kaneko (金子 貴俊), Japanese actor
 * Takeshi Kaneko (金子 丈), Japanese baseball player
 * Takuro Kaneko (金子 拓郎), Japanese footballer
 * Tōta Kaneko (金子 兜太), Japanese writer
 * Tsuyoshi Kaneko (金子 剛), Japanese footballer
 * Yasuji Kaneko (金子 安次), ex-soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, known for his extensive war crimes testimony
 * Yoshinori Kaneko (金子 柱憲), Japanese golfer
 * Yōzō Kaneko (金子 養三), Japanese general
 * Yuji Kaneko (金子 侑司), Japanese baseball player
 * Yūki Kaneko (金子 有希), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuki Kaneko (footballer) (金子 勇樹), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Kaneko (badminton) (金子 祐樹), Japanese badminton player
 * Yusuke Kaneko (金子 祐介), Japanese ski jumper
 * Yutaka Kaneko (footballer) (金子 豊), Japanese footballer
 * Yutaka Kaneko (wrestler) (兼子 隆), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Zenjiro Kaneko (金子 善次郎), Japanese politician
 * Isamu Kaneko (金子 勇), Japanese software programmer, developer of Winny file-sharing program

Fictional characters

 * Show Kaneko, a character in the manga series Inubaka