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Takumi Saitoh
Actor, Director, ProducerBorn August 22, 1981 (43 years)
Takumi Saitoh (斎 藤 工 Saitō Takumi, Tokyo, Japan, August 22, 1981) is a Japanese actor, singer, and model.
Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in the city of Tokyo, Japan. He made his acting debut in 1992, playing a small role in the Japanese drama Ippai no kakesoba. In the following years, he worked as a model for companies like Calvin Klein and Issey Miyake. In 2001, he starred in the movie Toki no kaori: Remember me (a remake of the Korean film Ditto), while in 2006, he participated as Yūshi Oshitari in the musical adaptation of the manga The Prince of Tennis, a role that made him gain popularity as an actor.
Also, in 2006, he played Shūya Arisada in the drama Princess princess D, an adaptation of the homonymous manga by Mikiyo Tsuda. However, his most important role was undoubtedly that of Noeru Kisaragi in the direct-to-video movie BOYS LOVE. The film tells the story of a magazine editor who meets and interviews a young model (later he also discovers that he is a gigolo) and the immediate attraction that arises between them. After the success of the film, the following year a theatrical successor to it was released (titled Schoolboy Crush in the West), but with a different plot and without Saitoh's involvement.
Another of his most important works is Sukitomo, another homosexual-themed film, released in 2007, and Itsuka no kimi e, also released that same year. The expressiveness of Saitoh as an actor and his natural way of embarking homosexual characters has contributed to give a "normalized" image of homosexual love in Japan, to the point of making it accessible and understandable to the general public. However, he ran the risk of being caught in a series of characters of that nature, so he joined the cast of the lightweight 2007 drama Delicious Gakuin. He participated in the 2009 graduation special of the Gokusen drama series and in HANA-KIMI 2011, the second Japanese TV adaptation of the comics of the same title.
Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in the city of Tokyo, Japan. He made his acting debut in 1992, playing a small role in the Japanese drama Ippai no kakesoba. In the following years, he worked as a model for companies like Calvin Klein and Issey Miyake. In 2001, he starred in the movie Toki no kaori: Remember me (a remake of the Korean film Ditto), while in 2006, he participated as Yūshi Oshitari in the musical adaptation of the manga The Prince of Tennis, a role that made him gain popularity as an actor.
Also, in 2006, he played Shūya Arisada in the drama Princess princess D, an adaptation of the homonymous manga by Mikiyo Tsuda. However, his most important role was undoubtedly that of Noeru Kisaragi in the direct-to-video movie BOYS LOVE. The film tells the story of a magazine editor who meets and interviews a young model (later he also discovers that he is a gigolo) and the immediate attraction that arises between them. After the success of the film, the following year a theatrical successor to it was released (titled Schoolboy Crush in the West), but with a different plot and without Saitoh's involvement.
Another of his most important works is Sukitomo, another homosexual-themed film, released in 2007, and Itsuka no kimi e, also released that same year. The expressiveness of Saitoh as an actor and his natural way of embarking homosexual characters has contributed to give a "normalized" image of homosexual love in Japan, to the point of making it accessible and understandable to the general public. However, he ran the risk of being caught in a series of characters of that nature, so he joined the cast of the lightweight 2007 drama Delicious Gakuin. He participated in the 2009 graduation special of the Gokusen drama series and in HANA-KIMI 2011, the second Japanese TV adaptation of the comics of the same title.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | The Queen of Villains (TV Series) · as Toshikuni Matsunaga |
| 2024 | Gobangiri · as Hyogo Shibata |
| 2024 | Bushido · as Hyogo Shibata |
| 2024 | Believe: A Bridge to You (TV Series) · as Akizawa Yoshihito |
| 2024 | The Gift of Your Heart (TV Series) · as Kusaka |
| 2023 | Shin Kamen Rider · as Jiro Taki |
| 2023 | Downfall · as Kaoru Fukazawa |
| 2023 | The Legend & Butterfly · as Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| 2023 | Ichikei's Crow · as Shingo Tsukimoto |
| 2023 | Keishichou Outsider (TV Series) · as Yuichi Osanai |
| 2022 | More Than Words (TV Series) · as [asato's Brother] |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Shin Ultraman · as Shinji Kaminaga |
| 2022 | He’s Expecting (TV Series) · as Kentaro Hiyama |
| 2022 | The Window of non-REM (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Blood of Wolves II · as Yuma Tachibana |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Iki wo Hisomete (TV Series) · as Mizutani Mitsuo |
| 2021 | My Dear Exes (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Love Mooning · as Shigeru Uchiyama |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Never Costarring Again (TV Series) · as Ichihara Ryu |
| 2020 | Threads - Our Tapestry of Love · as Daisuke Mizushima |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~ · as Shinichi Sakurai |
| 2020 | Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction · as Hajime Gunji |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 · as Dai Takizawa |
| 2020 | Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku · as Tarou Kabakura |
| 2020 | Pension: Love is Pink (TV Series) · as Yoshio |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Saijō no propose (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Diner · as Cowboy |
| 2019 | The Great White Tower (2019) (TV Series) · as Toru Sekiguchi |
| 2019 | Tokyo Bachelors (TV Series) · as Reiya Miyoshi |
| 2019 | Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! (TV Series) · as Shinichi Sakurai |
| 2019 | A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 · as Boyatetsu |
| 2019 | The Prisoner of Sakura · as Shiro Kurata |
| 2019 | Idaten (TV Series) · as Katsuo Takaishi |
| 2018 | Is This Love a Sin!? (TV Series) · as Kato Sensei |
| 2018 | Harassment Game (TV Series) · as Yuma Tokunaga |
| 2018 | Flea-picking Samurai · as Tomonosuke Saeki |
| 2018 | Half Blue Sky (TV Series) · as Shohei Motosumiyoshi |
| 2018 | Ramen Shop · as Masato |
| 2018 | Last Winter, We Parted · as Yudai Kiharazaka |
| 2018 | Ikiru machi · as Shinichi Noda |
| 2018 | BG (2018) (TV Series) · as Masaya Takanashi |
| 2017 | Blank 13 · as Yoshiyuki Hashida |
| 2017 | Manhunt · as Kidnapper A |
| 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel · as Manami's Boyfriend |
| 2017 | Detective Yugami (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Akira and Akira (2017) (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel (TV Series) · as Manami's Boyfriend |
| 2017 | Hirugao · as Yuichiro Kitano |
| 2017 | Pacalien · as Pacalien |
| 2017 | Frankenstein's Love (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2017 | The Blue Hearts · as (segment “love Letter”) |
| 2017 | The World Yamizukan (TV Series) · as Storyteller (voice) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | A.I. Love You · as Love (voice) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | High & Low: The Red Rain · as Takeru Amamiya |
| 2016 | Scoop! · as Shinzo Otabe |
| 2016 | Re:Born · as Kenji Makabe |
| 2016 | Destiny-Like Love (TV Series) · as Ozawa Yuri |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla · as 1st. Tank Squadron Captain |
| 2016 | Kataomoi Spiral · as Shinichi |
| 2016 | Zenin, Kataomoi · as Shinichi (segment "somthing Blue") |
| 2016 | Something Blue · as Cast |
| 2016 | Kôdaike no hitobito · as Mitsumasa Kodai |
| 2016 | The Projects · as Shinjo |
| 2016 | Sono Okodawari, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!! (TV Series) · as 斎藤工 |
| 2016 | A Cappella · as Yunosuke Seki |
| 2016 | Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa (TV Series) · as Hideo Himura |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Lady Girls (TV Series) · as Shinji Yamaoka |
| 2015 | Kazoku gokko · as (segment "suzuki Gokko") |
| 2015 | Tag · as High School Boy / Lord |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Ninja War of Torakage · as Torakage |
| 2014 | Yokudô · as Chihiro |
| 2014 | Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon (TV Series) · as Yuichiro Kitano |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | I Just Wanna Hug You · as Sonomura |
| 2014 | The Hours of My Life (TV Series) · as Shigeyuki Mukai |
| 2013 | Nuigulumar Z · as Koji |
| 2013 | Miss Pilot (TV Series) · as Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助） |
| 2013 | Kamen Teacher (TV Series) · as Rui Iikura |
| 2013 | Goddotan: Kisu gaman senshuken the Movie · as Detective Goto |
| 2013 | Jellyfish Eyes · as Naoto Yukizuka |
| 2013 | The Brothers Karamazov (TV Series) · as Mitsuru Kurosawa |
| 2013 | Someday at a Place in the Sun (TV Series) · as Keita Iwase |
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura (TV Series) · as Shuri Jinbo |
| 2012 | For Love's Sake · as Hiroshi Iwashimizu |
| 2012 | Ace Attorney · as Reiji Mitsurugi (miles Edgeworth) |
| 2011 | Cry Tomorrow · as Takeshi |
| 2011 | Yokai Ningen Bem (2011) (TV Series) |
| 2011 | QP (TV Series) · as Ryo Azuma |
| 2011 | Kimi no sukina uta · as Hideo Mizogami |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | For You in Full Blossom (2011) (TV Series) · as Umeda Hokuto |
| 2011 | Gou (TV Series) · as Takatsugu Kyogoku |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Space Battleship Yamato · as Akira Yamamoto |
| 2010 | Saibanchou! Koko wa choueki 4-nen de dousuka · as Akira Natsuki |
| 2010 | SPEC: Birth (TV Series) · as Sadao Itano |
| 2010 | Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (TV Series) · as Tatsuya Ukyo |
| 2010 | Helldriver · as Cast |
| 2010 | 13 Assassins · as Uneme Makino |
| 2010 | Chase: National Taxation Inspector (TV Series) · as Kichi Hiyama |
| 2010 | My Husband is a Cartoonist (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Fumo Chitai (TV Series) · as Makoto Iki |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | RoboGeisha · as Hikaru Kageno |
| 2009 | 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption · as Cast |
| 2009 | Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl · as Jyugon Mizushima |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Shinjuku Incident · as 静子的男友 |
| 2008 | Shunkinshô · as Sasuke |
| 2008 | Tamami: The Baby's Curse · as Takaya Yoshino |
| 2007 | Someday You · as Noboru / Ryū Fukami |
| 2006 | Sukitomo · as Aoi Tomokazu |
| 2006 | Boys Love · as Noeru Kisaragi |
| 2006 | Ulysses · as Sarai |
| 2006 | The Rug Cop · as Detective Yatsuda |
| 2006 | Princess Princess D (TV Series) · as Arisada Shuuya |
| 2006 | The Prince of Tennis · as Bystander |
| 2006 | Seven Female Lawyers (TV Series) · as Momotaro |
| 2005 | Garo (TV Series) · as Pianist |
| 2005 | Umizaru (TV Series) · as Shinji Tadokoro |
| 2004 | Umizaru · as Shinji Tadokoro |
| 2002 | You're Under Arrest (2002) (TV Series) · as Kohashi Motors Worker |
| 2001 | Toki no kaori: Remember me · as Yuuji |
| 2000 | AIBOU (TV Series) · as Tomoya Hayami |
| 1965 | The Drifter (TV Series) · as Hemingway |