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Kenya Sawada

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  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Kenya Sawada in Color of Pain, as "Ryuya Tanaka"
Kenya Sawada was born on 28 January 1965 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Street Fighter (1994), Shinjuku Incident (2009) and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010).
BornJanuary 28, 1965
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    Known for

    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Wes Studi, Jay Tavare, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
    Street Fighter
    4.2
    • Captain Sawada
    • 1994
    Original Hong Kong artwork for "Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident" image courtesy of Barking Cow Distribution
    Shinjuku Incident
    6.9
    • Nakajima(as Kenya)
    • 2009
    The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
    The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
    7.0
    • Kitano Yukio(as Kenya)
    • 2010
    Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime (2005)
    Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime
    6.7
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Jackie Chan and Zifeng Zhang in The Shadow's Edge (2025)
      The Shadow's Edge
      7.0
      • 2025
    • Warriors of the Nation (2018)
      Warriors of the Nation
      5.0
      • Hattori Ichiro
      • 2018
    • Hidden Man (2018)
      Hidden Man
      6.4
      • Nemoto Ichiro
      • 2018
    • Hasami (2012)
      Hasami
      • Ken'ya
      • 2012
    • Paul Chun, Ching-Wan Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Xun Zhou, Ni Yan, and Gang Wu in The Great Magician (2011)
      The Great Magician
      5.9
      • Mitearai
      • 2011
    • The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
      The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
      7.0
      • Kitano Yukio (as Kenya)
      • 2010
    • Original Hong Kong artwork for "Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident" image courtesy of Barking Cow Distribution
      Shinjuku Incident
      6.9
      • Nakajima (as Kenya)
      • 2009
    • Buyûden
      • 2003
    • The Color of Pain (2003)
      Ye long
      5.9
      • Ryuya Tanaka
      • 2001
    • Junichi Kajioka in Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
      Devils on the Doorstep
      8.2
      • Inokichi Sakatsuka
      • 2000
    • Peter Sallis in M.U.G.E.N (1999)
      M.U.G.E.N
      6.7
      Video Game
      • 1999
    • Shu Qi in Extreme Crisis (1998)
      Extreme Crisis
      6.1
      • Detective Takami
      • 1998
    • Aaron Kwok and Carman Lee in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
      Somebody Up There Likes Me
      6.1
      • Yamada Motokazu
      • 1996
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Byron Mann, and Wes Studi in Street Fighter: The Movie (1995)
      Street Fighter: The Movie
      5.8
      Video Game
      • Captain Sawada
      • 1995
    • Jackie Chan in Thunderbolt (1995)
      Thunderbolt
      6.3
      • Saw (as Sawada Kenya)
      • 1995

    Writer

    • Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime (2005)
      Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime
      6.7
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • Street Fighter II: V (1995)
      Street Fighter II: V
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1995

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Kôjiro Shimizu in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
      Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
      7.2
      • script coordinator
      • 1994

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Sawada Kenya
    • Height
      • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
    • Born
      • January 28, 1965
      • Kanagawa, Japan

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Is an avid martial artist; he initially took up Karate and Judo before switching to and practicing Shorinji Kempo/Japanese Shaolin Kung Fu (for which he has a 3rd-degree Black Belt) as well as Muay Thai Kickboxing.

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