Nobuaki Kaneko

Nobuaki Kaneko (金子 ノブアキ, 金子 信昭) 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.

Kaneko's father was Johnny Yoshinaga who was also a drummer, and his mother is singer Mari Kaneko. 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.

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.

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