Tim Kano is a New Zealand actor, known for playing Leo Tanaka in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 2016.

[2][1] Upon returning to New Zealand after spending his primary school years in Japan, Kano took modelling and acting jobs and completed a media and film studies course.

[1] Beginning his career in New Zealand, Kano played an extra in The Lord of the Rings and had some other small parts in TV and movies from 2001.

[3] Kano's big break came when he joined Australian soap opera, Neighbours in 2016 as entrepreneur Leo Tanaka.

He obtained the role after auditioning for both Leo and his twin brother David Tanaka, which eventually went to Takaya Honda.