During his political career Kaneda has become the face of the Communist Party within Hyogo Prefecture. He has contested a total of four prefectural assembly elections, two national House of Representatives elections and one gubernatorial election. He also contested the July 2013 House of Councillors election, where he finished fourth out of seven candidates in the Hyogo at-large district, having received 9.6% of the vote. Kanada will contest the district for a second time at the July 2016 election. A 2015 revision of the "Public Officers Election Law" has increased the representation of the Hyogo district from four to Councillors to six, meaning three will be elected in 2016, compared to two in 2013.