David Kano (born January 7, 1987) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, journalist, model, and reporter. He started his entertainment career in commercial and print modeling for

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, and appeared as a lead in an

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Men's Basketball commercial on

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. He wrote, produced, and acted in the comedy ''Blaxican Brothers (2011)'', and followed that up with the anti-bullying short film ''A Perfect Prank'' in 2012.

Career

In 2009 Kano partnered up with Joe Grande from Big Boy's Neighborhood on

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to create 7 Day Films where he wrote, produced, and acted in the feature film ''Blaxican Brothers'' which starred platinum artist Cayce Clayton from

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and featured Stressmatic from The Federation. Kano was hired by

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in 2010 as the San Fernando Food Examiner and he covered a wide range of food stories from Square Dancing eateries to recipes and restaurant critiques. In the summer of 2010, Kano wrote a serious drama ''A Perfect Prank'' which dealt with teen suicide and bullying. The film went into production in early 2011 and had a Hollywood screening in the Summer. The film received praise from Big Boy, Anjelah Johnson,

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, Billy Ray, and was recognized by Mayor Art Madrid as having a significant impact on the youth. In 2013, Kano was hired by TradioV to host 'The Hollywood MMA Show' in a live streaming format which was one of the top viewed shows on the network. In Summer 2013, Kano was brought on to direct his first project, the ''Lodi Cyclefest'', which was a mini-documentary and premiered in

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. TV Mix, headed by Owen Phillips, former executive editor of ''

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'', hired Kano in 2014 to become the lead writer and reporter for

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and

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. In an interview in October 2015, Kano said he would be joining Alki David's network

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on a new MMA channel. Currently, Kano is working on a feature documentary covering

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and

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in sports.

Personal life

Kano resides in

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and holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and master's degree in Mass Communication.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, David 1987 births Living people American film producers American male actors American male journalists Male models from California American male screenwriters California State University, Northridge alumni