is a Japanese film actor who has appeared in numerous movies, primarily in

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productions. He has occasionally been credited simply by his first name. Sawada was born in

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. His first appearance was in a Japanese film ''Hey Oilers: The Legend of Skyline''. Sawada's only other Japanese productions include '' Buyûden'' and '' Hasami'' as well as the 1998 Hong Kong-Japanese production '' B gai waak''. Instead, Sawada has appeared more prominently in numerous Hong Kong productions, beginning with a minor role in the 1995

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film ''

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''. He also appeared in the 2009 Jackie Chan film ''

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''. He played

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in the Stephen de Souza-directed ''

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'' film, based on the fighting game series by the same name. Sawada appeared as part of a promotional deal with

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. Initially, Capcom intended Sawada to play Ryu in the film, however, his poor knowledge of English at the time made the casting difficult. Like most of the cast he also did the screen-capture for the video-game rendition based on the movie, ''Street Fighter: The Movie''. Sawada has also been involved in the '' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' as a script coordinator and has a writing credit for the ''

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series.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Kenya Sawada official site
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澤田謙也チャンネル - official Youtube channel
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澤田謙也 - Hong Kong Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawada, Kenya 1965 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male video game actors Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors