Takumi Saitoh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 22, 1981 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
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Filmography
All That Exists
Movie · as Senzaki Takaaki
This Is I
Movie · as Koji Wada
Mag Mag
Movie · as Kosei Eno
Magical Secret Tour
Movie
Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls
Movie
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Movie · as Jokichi
The Criminal
TV · as Nanao Yarimizu · 7 eps
The Gesuidouz
Movie · as John Cage
The Boy and the Dog
Movie · as Toru Uchimura
Bullet Train Explosion
Movie · as Yuichi Kasagi
Spirit World
Movie · as Suicide Victim
Road to Vendetta
Movie · as Sakamoto
A Light in the Harbor
Movie
The Kidnapping Day
TV · as Masamune Shinjo · 9 eps
Brush of the God
Movie
Bushido
Movie · as Hyogo Shibata
The Gift of Your Heart
TV · as Kusaka · 11 eps
Kodomo Director
TV · 2 eps
Believe: A Bridge to You
TV · as Yoshihito Akizawa · 9 eps
The Queen of Villains
TV · as Toshikuni Matsunaga · 5 eps
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
TV · as Shinpei Araki · 9 eps
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
TV · as Jiro Taki · 5 eps
Shin Kamen Rider
Movie · as Jiro Taki
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
Movie
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Movie · as Shingo Tsukimoto
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Movie · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Downfall
Movie · as Kaoru Fukazawa
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
TV · 20 eps
Goodbye Cruel World
Movie
Shin Ultraman
Movie · as Shinji Kaminaga
Actress I's Melancholy/comply+-Ance
Movie
More Than Words
TV · as [Asato's brother] · 2 eps
He's Expecting
TV · as Kentaro Hiyama · 8 eps
The Window of non-REM
TV · 3 eps
Inside Zokki
Movie
Surrogacy
Movie
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Movie · as Hajime Gunji
Love Mooning
Movie · as Shigeru Uchiyama
Cube
Movie · as Ide Hiroshi
Last of the Wolves
Movie · as Yuma Tachibana
Hold on, look ahead.
TV · as Mizutani Mitsuo · 8 eps
Man Drifting Ashore
TV · as Hemingway · 9 eps
My Dear Exes
TV · 1 ep
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
Movie · as Shinichi Sakurai
The Lonely 19:00
Movie · as Otomi Toyokawa
HERO 2020
Movie
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Movie · as Tarou Kabakura
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Movie · as Daisuke Mizushima
Fukushima 50
Movie · as Dai Takizawa
State of Emergency
Movie · as Kodokuna 19-ji
Beautiful Dreamer
Movie
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Movie
COMPLY+-ANCE
Movie
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
TV · 12 eps
Pension: Love Is Pink
TV · as Yoshio · 20 eps
Kyouen NG
TV · as Ichihara Ryu · 7 eps
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
TV · as 大松翔太 · 6 eps
最上の命医 2019
Movie · as Mikoto Saijo
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Movie · as Boyatetsu
The Prisoner of Sakura
Movie · as Shiro Kurata
Diner
Movie · as Cowboy
Manriki
Movie
Wild Virgins
Movie
Tokyo Bachelors
TV · as Reiya Miyoshi · 8 eps
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
TV · as Shinichi Sakurai · 64 eps
Saijō no propose
TV · 2 eps
The Great White Tower
TV · as Toru Sekiguchi · 5 eps
“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組
TV · 2 eps
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
Movie
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Movie · as Yoshiyuki Hashida
Ramen Shop
Movie · as Masato
Nomitori Samurai
Movie · as Tomonosuke Saeki
Last Winter, We Parted
Movie · as Yudai Kiharazaka
Detective Story
Movie · as Shuichi Tsujiyama
BG: Personal Bodyguard
TV · as Masaya Takanashi · 16 eps
Is this Love Checkmate!?
TV · as Kato Sensei · 4 eps
Maskmen (2018)
TV · as Pittoin · 11 eps
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Movie · as Manami's boyfriend
Manhunt
Movie · as kidnapper A
The Blue Hearts
Movie · as (segment “Love Letter”)
Hirugao
Movie · as Yuichiro Kitano
Pacalien
Movie · as Pacalien
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Movie · as Alien
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
Movie · as Mikoto Saijou
Kurosu
Movie · as Yuji Yanagida
The World Yamizukan
TV · as Storyteller (voice) · 13 eps
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
TV · as Manami's boyfriend · 10 eps
Akira and Akira
TV · as Akira Yamazaki · 9 eps
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
Movie · as Mikoto Saijo
A Cappella
Movie · as Yunosuke Seki
The Kodai Family
Movie · as Mitsumasa Kodai
The Projects
Movie · as Shinjo
Shin Godzilla
Movie · as Tank Captain Ikeda
Scoop!
Movie · as Shinzo Otabe
The Sowing Traveller 3
Movie
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
Movie · as Nurarihyon
High & Low The Red Rain
Movie · as Takeru Amamiya
RE:BORN
Movie · as Kenji Makabe
Unrequited Love
Movie · as Shinichi
A.I. Love You
Movie · as Love (voice)
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
TV · as Hideo Himura · 10 eps
Destiny-Like Love
TV · as Ozawa Yuri · 8 eps
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
TV · as 斎藤工 · 11 eps
Kazoku gokko
Movie · as (segment "Suzuki gokko")
The Ninja War of Torakage
Movie · as Torakage
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Movie · as Toyomura Shuichi
Tag
Movie · as High School Boy / Lord
7s
Movie
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
Movie
Doctors' Affairs
TV · 11 eps
Nuigulumar Z
Movie · as Koji
Taksu
Movie · as Chihiro
I Just Wanna Hug You
Movie · as Sonomura
Out Burn
Movie · as Michiaki Kai
Specialist 2
Movie · as Masaki Kitamoto
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
Movie
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
Movie
Dark Suit
TV · 6 eps
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
TV · as Yuichiro Kitano · 11 eps
The Hours of My Life
TV · as Shigeyuki Mukai · 11 eps
Jellyfish Eyes
Movie · as Naoto Yukizuka
Specialist
Movie · as Masaki Kitamoto
Koi
Movie · as Katsuya Okubo
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
Movie · as Detective Goto
Miss Pilot
TV · as Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助） · 11 eps
The Brothers Karamazov
TV · as Mitsuru Kurosawa · 11 eps
Someday at a Place in the Sun
TV · as Keita Iwase · 10 eps
Olympic Ransom
TV · 2 eps
Kamen Teacher
TV · as Rui Iikura · 12 eps
The House of Glass
TV · 9 eps
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
Movie
Helter Skelter
Movie · as Self
Ace Attorney
Movie · as Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
Boys on the Run
TV · as Takahiro Aoyama · 9 eps
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
TV · as Satoru Niimi · 11 eps
Renai Kentei
TV · as Michihito Matsushita · 4 eps
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM
Movie
QP
TV · as Ryo Azuma · 12 eps
The Best Skilled Surgeon
TV · as Mikoto Saijo · 10 eps
Humanoid Monster Bem
TV · 1 ep
HANA-KIMI 2011
TV · as Umeda Hokuto · 11 eps
Princess Go
TV · as Takatsugu Kyōgoku · 46 eps
Space Battleship Yamato
Movie · as Akira Yamamoto
GACHI-BAN MAX2
Movie
13 Assassins
Movie · as Uneme Makino
Shibuya
Movie
Helldriver
Movie · as Guard Natsuki
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
TV · as Kichi Hiyama · 6 eps
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
TV · as Tatsuya Ukyo · 22 eps
Goodbye Alma
TV · as Hideyuki Mitsuzuka · 4 eps
SPEC ~ First Blood
TV · as Sadao Itano · 1 ep
My Husband is a Cartoonist
TV · 156 eps
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Movie · as Jyugon Mizushima
RoboGeisha
Movie · as Hikaru Kageno
Shinjuku Incident
Movie · as 静子的男友
Café Seoul
Movie
Elevator Trap
Movie
63 Minutes Later
Movie
CLEARNESS
Movie · as Ryō
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
Movie · as Takaya Yoshino
Shunkinshō
Movie
Prince of Tennis Musical: Concert Dream Live 5th
Movie · as Yuushi Oshitari
Otokomae!
TV · as Takeda Shinsaburo · 27 eps
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
Movie
Loving You
Movie · as Noboru / Ryū Fukami
Sukitomo
Movie · as Aoi Tomokazu
The End of the Wind
TV · as Sugiyama Shikanosuke · 8 eps
Boys Love
Movie · as Noeru Kisaragi
The Rug Cop
Movie · as Detective Yatsuda
Musical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei in Winter 2005-2006
Movie · as Yuushi Oshitari
Musical: Price of Tennis Concert Dream Live 3rd
Movie · as Yuushi Oshitari
Musical: Prince of Tennis Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyotei
Movie · as Yuushi Oshitari
Princess Princess D
TV · as Arisada Shuuya · 10 eps
Kabuto-O Beetle
Movie · as Hametsu Oh Disaster
Musical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei
Movie · as Yuushi Oshitari
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
TV · as Kohashi Motors worker · 9 eps
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
Movie · as Jun
Toki No Kaori: Remember Me
Movie · as Yuuji