Rome Kanda

Rome Kanda (神田 瀧夢, Kanda Romu) is a Japanese actor, host, and comedian from Osaka, Japan and based in Los Angeles. Rome hosted the prime time ABC program, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, and G4, Unbeatable Banzuke (as Kei Kato), which have aired worldwide. He has worked in lead roles and cameos in multiple television series and feature films including a (2018) Netflix series with Emma Stone, Justin Theroux, and Jonah Hill. Rome is an expert Samurai Sword Fighter. In his free time, Rome enjoys boating and teaching Samurai sword-fighting in Los Angeles.

About
Born in Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan, Kanda spent his early career as an actor with his debut movie Tokyo Pop directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and filmed both in Japan and the USA in 1987. After finding his own path to be an actor and comedian, he moved to the USA in 1999 and has made his first appearances on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as a samurai. Kanda is also known for his hosting role on the "Majide" game on I Survived a Japanese Game Show in 2008 and 2009 and works under the alias of Kei Kato on the G4 broadcasts of Kinniku Banzuke.

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