How tall is Kane Kosugi

Kane Kosugi's Height

5ft 11 ¼ (181 cm)

American actor, best known for films like Ninja II, DOA, Revenge of the Ninja, Muscle Heat and TV shows Ninja Sentai Kakurange and Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. His official japanese profile used to list him 181cm, although his resume on the same site listed him 6ft/175lbs, a height which he claimed in a KungFuKingdom interview: "I am 6ft (1.82m) tall and weigh 12.5st (79kg)".


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Average Guess (40 Votes)
5ft 11.39in (181.3cm)
FE3 said on 29/Aug/23
@Editor Rob,

On the "You May Be Interested" section….

Please add ppl like Jackie Chan, Scott Adkins, Jet Li & Gary Daniels.
FE said on 4/Jul/22
@Editor Rob,

But 5'11.5" isn't exactly impossible right?

I know that he claims 180-1cm (& even 6ft @times), but When u see @him w/ PPL like Scott Adkins, Devon Aoki, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Jason Patric & Mark Dacasocos he does pull off 182cm range @times. However with Someone like Masaya Kato (who's possibly only 5'11.5" himself), he's probably not quite a 182cm guy, but definitely not under 181cm & certainly over 180cm from all I've seen!

Do u agree Rob?
Editor Rob
I'm not as convinced of 11.5, but of course it's not exactly impossible...6ft for me would be hard to argue.
FE said on 29/Jun/22
@Editor Rob,

How likely is 5’11.5”?
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He’s now listed 180cm on his website Click Here, tho he did also claim 181cm many times before, So the current listing is fair.

What do u think Rob?
Editor Rob
Interesting his official page had the 180cm mark nowadays,I remember the 181 mark...I don't think he really is 5ft 11.5
Abdulrahman176 said on 23/May/22
5’11 1/2
FE said on 31/Dec/21
@Editor Rob,

How tall is the Japanese Actor “Masaya Kato”?
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Best known in films like Shinjuku Incident, Drive (1997), Crying Freeman, Muscle Heat, The Setting Sun, The Seventh Floor & Brother. Listed 183cm, but 5’11.5” is a fair enough shout IMO.

What do u think Rob?
Editor Rob
Looks 182cm mostly, sometimes even taller than that
RJT said on 7/Oct/21
@Editor Rob

I was told to look like him by some Japanese friends I know.

They're wrong though.... I'm taller & more handsome! lol.
FE said on 20/Mar/21
@Editor Rob,

Could u please add Television Personality & also Ninja Warrior sports TV show to the description?

BTW Use to watch the JP Ver. of Ninja Warrior w/ English Narrator back then, It was great.
FE said on 17/Mar/21
@Editor Rob,

Which is likelier, 5’11⅛" or 11⅜"?
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Rock Solid 181cm is fair overall.

What do u think Rob?
Editor Rob
I can see why he appears a solid 5ft 11 range at times
FE said on 2/Mar/21
@Editor Rob,

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Famous Japanese Martial Artist & Actor in Films like Ninja Assassin, Revenge of the Ninja, Pray for Death, Rage of Honor & Ninja III: The Domination.
He’s listed 183cm, 6’1” & 6’2” on other sources, But could b a Solid 181er like Kane.

What do u think Rob?
Editor Rob
Nearer 5ft 11 than 6ft, let alone over 6ft looks a more believable range.
FE said on 23/Nov/19
@Editor Rob,

How much difference between Scott and Kane?
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Look at least 4cm apart, but in some shots (in the film), He makes Scott look 177cm @Most!

Do u agree Rob?
Editor Rob
I could see them around 3cm range, maybe at times I can understand a 4cm difference.
FE said on 13/Aug/19
@Editor Rob,

Could u add Kane to the Martial Artists Category?
Kevin78 said on 28/Jan/16
is his father Sho really 6,1"?
Bo said on 10/Nov/12
@Dmeyer: You should be often right about that as anyone know.
Standing almost 5ft11 (180cm) I've seen actors my height or even shorter than me claiming to be 6ft.

But in Kane's case, he was clearly always over one inch taller than me, including time barefoot at the hotel room or by the swimming pool during the few weeks I worked with him (back in 1997).

So I'm pretty sure he was clearly around the 6ft mark: I've seen him measured a bit over at clothe fitting, back then.
He was also quite a strong dude in the gym under barbell, despite a moderate muscular build, he had good muscular density and quickness and still is one of the strongest and fastest kicker I've seen and in asia we kick barefoot.

In fact we take off or shoes quite often:
For this reason people might not be so keen (there) to add phony height by any mean since you'll take your shoes off every home you enter anyway.
Dmeyer said on 6/Sep/12
If an actor is slightly over 5'11 hé will defenetly claim 6 ft are you sure hé looks 183cm
Bo said on 3/Jan/12
In his official Japanese web site Kane is listed as 6 ft Rob.
Just click on his English profile and you will see by yourself.
Where's these two different height comes from:

- Kane has been raised in the US and gave them his height in imperial system: 6 ft.

- 6ft doesn't mean a thing to most Japaneses folk because they switched from their own system to metric system a while ago.

- Not knowing about imperial system they probably tried to convert it using their own ancient knowledge: 1 ken comes to approximately 1.8m. One shaku is one sixth of 1 ken or about 30.3cm
By assuming one shaku is about one foot, they did get 181.8 cm and round it down to 181 cm.

- Then everyone discovering Kane's height on his official website converted successfully those 181 cm to 5ft11 1/4 in Imperial system.

That how his height of 6 ft/183.5 cm became an official height of 181 cm/ 5ft11.25 all over the web.
Editor Rob
I can see how the conversion could have been screwed up, I will put him at his own 6ft/175lbs claim on his resume.
Bo said on 2/Jan/12
Kane is listed as 5ft10 also on some Japanese websites...
Even the Official website is doing a wrong conversion cause on the very same link you gave Rob, his "English Profile" list him at 6Ft. Check-it out.
And as I told you I saw him measured in real life at a bit over 183 cm.
The Funny thing is the "5ft11.25" probably comes from other sites doing a right conversion of these 181 cm.
Originally a simple conversion mistake probably generate this wrong "official height" everywhere.
Since your website seeks accuracy, He should be listed at 6ft.
JD89 said on 8/Oct/11
in japanese sites Kane is listed 181cm/75kg his brother Shane 173cm/72kg and their father Sho Kosugi 183cm/90kg.
dmeyer said on 24/Feb/11
sho kosugi is supose to be 6 ft 1 while he is raughly as tall as vandamme 5 ft 9 they have the same 1 in shoes on if anithing vandamme is taller by a bit he rounding up 4 in

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