Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh

  • Birthday: 1981-08-22
  • Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
  • Also know as: 斎藤工

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.

Filmography

Boys Love

2006

As Noeru Kisaragi

Loving You

2007

As Noboru / Ryū Fukami

Sukitomo

2007

As Aoi Tomokazu

The Ninja War of Torakage

2015

As Torakage

Ramen Shop

2018

As Masato

Pacalien

2017

As Pacalien

A Gambler's Odyssey 2020

2019

As Boyatetsu

Detective Story

2018

As Shuichi Tsujiyama

Shin Ultraman

2022

As Shinji Kaminaga

The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017

2017

As Mikoto Saijou

COMPLY+-ANCE

2020

As

The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016

2016

As Mikoto Saijo

最上の命医 2019

2019

As Mikoto Saijo

Downfall

2023

As Kaoru Fukazawa

The Lonely 19:00

2020

As Otomi Toyokawa

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

2009

As Jyugon Mizushima

Ace Attorney

2012

As Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)

Café Seoul

2009

As

Taksu

2014

As Chihiro

The Kodai Family

2016

As Mitsumasa Kodai

Hirugao

2017

As Yuichiro Kitano

RoboGeisha

2009

As Hikaru Kageno

A Cappella

2016

As Yunosuke Seki

Out Burn

2014

As Michiaki Kai

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2018

As Yoshiyuki Hashida

RE:BORN

2016

As Kenji Makabe

Last Winter, We Parted

2018

As Yudai Kiharazaka

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

2020

As Tarou Kabakura

Threads - Our Tapestry of Love

2020

As Daisuke Mizushima

Love Mooning

2021

As Shigeru Uchiyama

Inside Zokki

2021

As

Jellyfish Eyes

2013

As Naoto Yukizuka

I Just Wanna Hug You

2014

As Sonomura

Nomitori Samurai

2018

As Tomonosuke Saeki

A.I. Love You

2016

As Love (voice)

State of Emergency

2020

As Kodokuna 19-ji

Ichikei's Crow The Movie

2023

As Shingo Tsukimoto

Specialist 2

2014

As Masaki Kitamoto

Specialist

2013

As Masaki Kitamoto

Koi

2013

As Katsuya Okubo

The Prisoner of Sakura

2019

As Shiro Kurata

Wild Virgins

2019

As

Cube

2021

As Ide Hiroshi

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

2023

As Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Projects

2016

As Shinjo

Scoop!

2016

As Shinzo Otabe

Kabuto-O Beetle

2005

As Hametsu Oh Disaster

7s

2015

As

Diner

2019

As Cowboy

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction

2021

As Hajime Gunji

Surrogacy

2021

As

Manriki

2019

As

Tamami: The Baby's Curse

2008

As Takaya Yoshino

Gobangiri

2024

As Hyogo Shibata

Shibuya

2010

As

Unrequited Love

2016

As Shinichi

Kazoku gokko

2015

As (segment "Suzuki gokko")

Nuigulumar Z

2014

As Koji

Tag

2015

As High School Boy / Lord

CLEARNESS

2008

As Ryō

Last of the Wolves

2021

As Yuma Tachibana

The Rug Cop

2006

As Detective Yatsuda

Space Battleship Yamato

2010

As Akira Yamamoto

Shin Kamen Rider

2023

As Jiro Taki

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

2017

As Manami's boyfriend

The Blue Hearts

2017

As (segment “Love Letter”)

High & Low The Red Rain

2016

As Takeru Amamiya

Helter Skelter

2012

As Self

13 Assassins

2010

As Uneme Makino

Shin Godzilla

2016

As 1st. tank squadron captain

Manhunt

2017

As kidnapper A

Fukushima 50

2020

As Dai Takizawa

Production

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2018

As Director

COMPLY+-ANCE

2020

As Director

ZOKKI

2021

As Director

Half & Half

2015

As Director

Sweet My Home

2023

As Director

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