Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

Known for
Acting
Born
October 14, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Biography

Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
VIVANT poster

VIVANT

Movie · as 乃木憂助

2026
Three Ghosts poster

Three Ghosts

Movie · as ジョウ

2025
A Moon in the Ordinary poster

A Moon in the Ordinary

Movie · as 青砥健将

2024
エジプト 悠久の王国

エジプト 悠久の王国

TV · as MC · 3 eps

2023
Share The Challenge poster

Share The Challenge

Movie · as Lord Benimaru

2023
Vivant poster

Vivant

TV · as Yusuke Nogi · 25 eps

2022
The Man Who Can't Defraud poster

The Man Who Can't Defraud

Movie · as Tadashi Kinusaki

2022
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Movie · as Kei Narumi

2022
Nature’s Hidden Miracles

Nature’s Hidden Miracles

TV · as 人間代表 · 4 eps

2020
Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off poster

Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off

Movie · as Hanzawa Naoki

2019
Promare poster

Promare

Movie · as Kray Foresight (voice)

2019
Promare / Side: Galo poster

Promare / Side: Galo

Movie · as Kray Foresight (voice)

2018
Sakura Guardian in the North poster

Sakura Guardian in the North

Movie · as Shujiro Ezure

2017
世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降 poster

世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura poster

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

Movie · as Masakazu Isshiki

2016
Sanadamaru poster

Sanadamaru

TV · as Sanada Yukimura · 50 eps

2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist poster

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

TV · as 日野伦太郎 · 10 eps

2015
戦後70年 ニッポンの肖像

戦後70年 ニッポンの肖像

TV · 1 ep

2014
Pandora: Eternal life poster

Pandora: Eternal life

Movie · as Gen Suzuki

2014
Legal High 2 SP poster

Legal High 2 SP

Movie · as Kensuke Komikado

2013
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies poster

7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies

Movie · as Shoji Kanzaki

2013
Legal High SP poster

Legal High SP

Movie · as Kensuke Komikado

2013
Hanzawa Naoki poster

Hanzawa Naoki

TV · as Naoki Hanzawa · 20 eps

2012
Key of Life poster

Key of Life

Movie · as Sakurai

2012
The Castle of Crossed Destinies poster

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

Movie · as Emonnosuke

2012
The Samurai That Night poster

The Samurai That Night

Movie · as Kenichi Nakamura

2012
Ooku: The Beginning poster

Ooku: The Beginning

TV · as Madenokouji Arikoto · 10 eps

2012
Legal High poster

Legal High

TV · as Kensuke Komikado · 21 eps

2012
知られざる大英博物館 poster

知られざる大英博物館

TV · 3 eps

2011
The Legacy of the Sun poster

The Legacy of the Sun

Movie · as Major Shirou Mashiba

2011
Buddha: The Great Departure poster

Buddha: The Great Departure

Movie · as Chapra (voice)

2011
My SO Has Got Depression poster

My SO Has Got Depression

Movie · as Mikio Takazaki

2011
Go! Boys' School Drama Club poster

Go! Boys' School Drama Club

Movie · as Technical Staff

2011
Antarctica poster

Antarctica

TV · as Haruhiko Himuro · 10 eps

2011
Tsukahara Bokuden poster

Tsukahara Bokuden

TV · as Shinemon Tsukahara · 7 eps

2010
Golden Slumber poster

Golden Slumber

Movie · as Masaharu Aoyagi

2010
Abacus and Sword poster

Abacus and Sword

Movie · as Naoyuki Inoshiyama

2010
知られざる“龍馬伝” 世紀の英雄・坂本龍馬 最大の謎と秘密の暗号

知られざる“龍馬伝” 世紀の英雄・坂本龍馬 最大の謎と秘密の暗号

Movie

2010
堺雅人 今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて

堺雅人 今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて

Movie

2010
The Assistant Doctor poster

The Assistant Doctor

Movie · as Yoshiaki Miyamae

2010
Joker: Unforgiven Investigator poster

Joker: Unforgiven Investigator

TV · as Kazuyoshi Date · 10 eps

2009
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge poster

The Triumphant Return of General Rouge

Movie · as Koichi Hayami

2009
The Chef of South Polar poster

The Chef of South Polar

Movie · as Jun Nishimura

2009
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio poster

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

Movie · as Captain Kuhio

2009
Banyuki poster

Banyuki

Movie · as Saji

2009
A Lush Life poster

A Lush Life

Movie · as Kurosawa

2009
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban poster

Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban

Movie · as Youzou Ooba

2009
Triangle poster

Triangle

TV · as Shimano Takaya · 11 eps

2009
Aoi Bungaku Series poster

Aoi Bungaku Series

TV · as Ryoushuu, Sensei, Ōba Yōzō, Moerus, Shirimaru · 2 eps

2009
Summer for Bureaucrats poster

Summer for Bureaucrats

TV · as Niwano Takahisa · 10 eps

2008
Climber's High poster

Climber's High

Movie · as Tatsuya Sayama

2008
After School poster

After School

Movie · as Kimura

2008
Be yourself poster

Be yourself

Movie · as Yasushi Enomoto

2008
The Two in Tracksuits poster

The Two in Tracksuits

Movie · as The Son

2008
Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉 poster

Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉

Movie

2008
Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉 poster

Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉

Movie

2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special

Movie

2008
A love newpolitical party poster

A love newpolitical party

TV · 26 eps

2008
Atsuhime poster

Atsuhime

TV · as Tokugawa Iesachi · 50 eps

2008
Flower of Ice poster

Flower of Ice

TV · as Takayuki Seno · 2 eps

2007
The Fearless Otojiro's Company poster

The Fearless Otojiro's Company

Movie · as Minoru Date

2007
Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉 poster

Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉

Movie

2007
Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉 poster

Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉

Movie

2007
Sukiyaki Western Django poster

Sukiyaki Western Django

Movie · as Shigemori

2007
The Wall Man poster

The Wall Man

Movie · as Ren Keguang

2007
Kodoku no Kake poster

Kodoku no Kake

TV · as 蒔田二郎 · 11 eps

2007
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

TV · as 片岡航 · 11 eps

2006
Honey and Clover poster

Honey and Clover

Movie · as Shuji Hanamoto

2006
Uwasa poster

Uwasa

Movie · as 鈴木光明

2006
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 poster

新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日

Movie · as Yamanami Keisuke

2006
The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special

The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special

Movie

2006
The Woman Opposite poster

The Woman Opposite

Movie · as Shuji Tamura

2006
深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ poster

深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ

TV · 1 ep

2006
Izumo no Okuni poster

Izumo no Okuni

TV · as Sankuro · 6 eps

2005
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還

実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還

Movie · as 鈴木紀夫

2005
For the coming day

For the coming day

Movie · as 黒川医師

2005
お父さんの恋 poster

お父さんの恋

Movie · as 杉本大樹

2005
Welcome to Irabu's Office poster

Welcome to Irabu's Office

Movie · as Kohei Yamashita

2005
Engine poster

Engine

TV · as Torii Motoichiro · 11 eps

2005
新シルクロード poster

新シルクロード

TV · 1 ep

2004
小町

小町

Movie · as 若林

2004
Mourning Becomes Electra poster

Mourning Becomes Electra

Movie

2004
Shinsengumi! poster

Shinsengumi!

TV · as Yamanami Keisuke · 49 eps

2004
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy poster

Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy

TV · as 若林 · 1 ep

2004
フォーチュン・バナナ

フォーチュン・バナナ

TV · 1 ep

2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn poster

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Movie · as Okita Soji

2003
The Elephant Vanishes poster

The Elephant Vanishes

Movie

2003
Sky High poster

Sky High

TV · as 関川勝 · 1 ep

2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

TV · as 鳴海慧 · 11 eps

2003
Papa for One Summer poster

Papa for One Summer

TV · as 石倉 · 1 ep

2002
太郎 poster

太郎

Movie · as サトシ

2002
Fan of Hong Kong star poster

Fan of Hong Kong star

Movie

2002
Extramarital Love

Extramarital Love

TV · as 湯浅拓也 · 9 eps

2002
Yukikaze poster

Yukikaze

TV · as Fukai Rei · 5 eps

2002
Golden Bowl poster

Golden Bowl

TV · as 太宰衛 · 1 ep

2001
Vamp Show poster

Vamp Show

Movie · as Hisao Shima

2001
反乱のボヤージュ poster

反乱のボヤージュ

Movie · as 江藤麦太

2001
Being Here poster

Being Here

Movie · as Etsuro Maeno

2001
Stake Out poster

Stake Out

Movie · as Yasuo Arakawa

2001
The Scent of Jealousy poster

The Scent of Jealousy

TV · as 中原テツシ · 11 eps

2001
School Teachers poster

School Teachers

TV · as 山岸俊輔 · 1 ep

2001
The Scarlet Camellia poster

The Scarlet Camellia

TV · as 徳次郎 · 5 eps

2000
Beautiful Sunday poster

Beautiful Sunday

Movie · as Hiroki Ogasawara

2000
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

Movie · as 交番巡査

2000
The Armchair Detective Returns poster

The Armchair Detective Returns

Movie · as 村瀬優

2000
Sunflower poster

Sunflower

Movie · as Yuichi Hirano

2000
The Goddess of 1967 poster

The Goddess of 1967

Movie · as Roadside Noodle Eater

2000
Mars Sweet Home poster

Mars Sweet Home

Movie · as Toshi Nakajima

2000
Audrey poster

Audrey

TV · as 杉本英記 · 149 eps

2000
恋詩物語~ラブソング

恋詩物語~ラブソング

TV · 1 ep

1999
ア・オ・ゾ・ラ・マ・ー・ジ・ャ・ン

ア・オ・ゾ・ラ・マ・ー・ジ・ャ・ン

TV · as 大空渉 · 9 eps

1999
玩具の神様

玩具の神様

TV · 3 eps

1999
国産ひな娘

国産ひな娘

TV · 1 ep

1999
Nothing Lasts Forever poster

Nothing Lasts Forever

TV · 11 eps

1998
Zenmai

Zenmai

Movie · as 風侍

1998
水の味

水の味

Movie

1998
Jounetsu Tairiku poster

Jounetsu Tairiku

TV · 2 eps

1997
兄の仕事場~鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち

兄の仕事場~鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち

Movie

1997
恋、した。

恋、した。

TV · 1 ep

1996
VIBE poster

VIBE

Movie

1996
KochiKame poster

KochiKame

TV · as 白鳥麗次〈初代〉 · 1 ep

1996
Tokyo23区の女

Tokyo23区の女

TV · 1 ep

1995
ハートにS

ハートにS

TV · 1 ep

1951
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen poster

NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Judges · 1 ep