Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - he paerata i roto i te Imperial Japanese Navy me te kaiwhakarewa o te Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. I whanau a Kaneko i te rohe o Hiroshima. I ako ia i te Kura Tuarua me te Kura Tuarua o Shudo me te Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. Hei rangatira moana i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Tsushima (Te Pakanga Moana o te Moana o Japan) i te Pakanga o Russo-Japanese. I te tau 1911 i tukuna a Kaneko ki Parani ka whakangungu hei paerata. I te tau 1912, i te Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, i rere tuatahi a Kaneko i roto i te hitori o te moana o Hapani, i te rere i te waka rererangi a Farman mo te 15 meneti. I te tau 1914 i rere a Kaneko me ētahi atu rangatira kaipuke e rua i tētahi misioni i te Siege o Tsingtao
i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, koinei te whakaeke rererangi tuatahi i roto i te hitori o te moana o Hapani. I tohua ia hei rangatira tuatahi me te kaiwhakaako o te Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service i te tau 1916 me te awhina ki te whanaketanga o te Ratonga. I whakatairangahia a Kaneko hei rangatira nui i te tau 1926.