Born in Kishiwada, Kanda spent his early career as an actor with his debut movie, Tokyo Pop directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and filmed in Japan and the USA in 1987.

After deciding to be an actor and comedian, he moved to the USA in 1999 and made his first appearances on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as a samurai.

His most recent film appearance has been a supportive role (President of the Japanese corporation) in The Informant!

He appears in several TV commercials playing a soda sommelier named "The Taste Master".

Kanda is familiar with a variety of Japanese traditional performing arts and martial arts such as Buyō, Karate, Kendo, Iaido, among which is samurai sword fighting, which he teaches,[2] while he continues to perform at a comedy club in Hollywood as a comedian.