Acting
Takumi Saitoh
JA, EN, FR, CN cinema · 124 credits
Born
22 August 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Takumi Saitô · Takumi Saitou · Takumi Saitō · 斎藤 工 · 齋藤工 · 齋藤 工
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.
Known for
Filmography
リタ
Lita
Producer
This Is I
as Koji Wada
Mag Mag
as Kosei Eno
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Jokichi
The Gesuidouz
as John Cage
The Boy and the Dog
as Toru Uchimura
Bullet Train Explosion
as Yuichi Kasagi
Spirit World
as Suicide Victim
Road to Vendetta
as Sakamoto
Bushido
as Hyogo Shibata
A Big Home
Producer
Shin Kamen Rider
as Jiro Taki
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
as Shingo Tsukimoto
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Downfall
as Kaoru Fukazawa
Home Sweet Home
Director
Shin Ultraman
as Shinji Kaminaga
Actress I's Melancholy/comply+-Ance
Actor, Director
Love Mooning
as Shigeru Uchiyama
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
as Hajime Gunji
Cube
as Ide Hiroshi
Last of the Wolves
as Yuma Tachibana
ZOKKI
Director
That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
Creator, Producer
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
as Shinichi Sakurai
The Lonely 19:00
as Otomi Toyokawa
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
as Tarou Kabakura
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
as Daisuke Mizushima
Fukushima 50
as Dai Takizawa
State of Emergency
as Kodokuna 19-ji
COMPLY+-ANCE
Actor, Director
最上の命医 2019
as Mikoto Saijo
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
as Boyatetsu
The Prisoner of Sakura
as Shiro Kurata
Diner
as Cowboy
Manriki
Actor, Development Manager
blank13
as Yoshiyuki Hashida, Director
Ramen Shop
as Masato
Nomitori Samurai
as Tomonosuke Saeki
Last Winter, We Parted
as Yudai Kiharazaka
Detective Story
as Shuichi Tsujiyama
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
as Manami's boyfriend
Manhunt
as kidnapper A
The Blue Hearts
as (segment “Love Letter”)
Hirugao
as Yuichiro Kitano
Pacalien
as Pacalien
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
as Mikoto Saijou
Kurosu
as Yuji Yanagida
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
as Mikoto Saijo
A Cappella
as Yunosuke Seki
The Kodai Family
as Mitsumasa Kodai
The Projects
as Shinjo
Shin Godzilla
as 1st. tank squadron captain
Scoop!
as Shinzo Otabe
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
as Nurarihyon
High & Low The Red Rain
as Takeru Amamiya
RE:BORN
as Kenji Makabe
Unrequited Love
as Shinichi
A.I. Love You
as Love (voice)
Kazoku gokko
as (segment "Suzuki gokko")
The Ninja War of Torakage
as Torakage
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
as Toyomura Shuichi
Tag
as High School Boy / Lord
7s
Actor
Half & Half
Director
Nuigulumar Z
as Koji
Taksu
as Chihiro
I Just Wanna Hug You
as Sonomura
Out Burn
as Michiaki Kai
Specialist 2
as Masaki Kitamoto
Jellyfish Eyes
as Naoto Yukizuka
Specialist
as Masaki Kitamoto
Koi
as Katsuya Okubo
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
as Detective Goto
Helter Skelter
as Self
Ace Attorney
as Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
Space Battleship Yamato
as Akira Yamamoto
13 Assassins
as Uneme Makino
Shibuya
Actor
Helldriver
as Guard Natsuki
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
as Jyugon Mizushima
RoboGeisha
as Hikaru Kageno
Shinjuku Incident
as 静子的男友
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
as Takaya Yoshino
Prince of Tennis Musical: Concert Dream Live 5th
as Yuushi Oshitari
Loving You
as Noboru / Ryū Fukami
Sukitomo
as Aoi Tomokazu
Boys Love
as Noeru Kisaragi
The Rug Cop
as Detective Yatsuda
Musical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei in Winter 2005-2006
as Yuushi Oshitari
Musical: Price of Tennis Concert Dream Live 3rd
as Yuushi Oshitari
Musical: Prince of Tennis Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyotei
as Yuushi Oshitari
Kabuto-O Beetle
as Hametsu Oh Disaster
Musical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei
as Yuushi Oshitari