Kammala jumla mai zuwa: ya kasance matukin jirgi a cikin Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Imperial Japan kuma wanda ya kafa Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta Imperial Japan. An haifi Kaneko ne a lardin Hiroshima. Ya yi karatu a Shudo Junior da Senior High School da Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. A matsayinsa na jami'in sojan ruwa ya halarci Yaƙin Tsushima (Yaƙin Naval na Tekun Japan) a lokacin Yaƙin Rasha da Japan. A cikin 1911 an tura Kaneko zuwa Faransa kuma an horar da shi a matsayin matukin jirgi. A cikin 1912, a Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, Kaneko ya yi jirgin farko a tarihin sojan ruwan Japan, yana tuka jirgin ruwa na Farman na mintina 15. A shekara ta 1914 Kaneko da wasu jami'an sojan ruwa guda biyu sun tashi a wani aiki a cikin
Siege na Tsingtao a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I, wanda shine hari na farko na iska a tarihin sojan ruwan Japan. An nada shi kwamandan farko kuma mai horar da Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Imperial Japan a shekarar 1916 kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban Sabis. An daukaka Kaneko zuwa babban janar a 1926.