Between 1966 and 1968 he won all major titles, including gold medals at two world championships, and at the 1966 Asian and 1968 Olympic Games.

[3] Kaneko was born in Ashikaga, Tochigi and started wrestling in high school.

He was considered to be an "unusual" gold medalist, being 28 years old at the time, married, with a child.

After retirement, he worked at the self-defense forces, and later became a secretary, and then a security director at Fuji Television.

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