Takumi Saitoh
Acting
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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tvCriminal
2026
Nanao Yarimizu
movieThis Is I
2026
Koji Wada
movieMag Mag
2026
Kosei Eno
movieRoad to Vendetta
2025
Sakamoto
tvThe Kidnapping Day
2025
Masamune Shinjo
movieBullet Train Explosion
2025
Yuichi Kasagi
movieThe Boy and the Dog
2025
Toru Uchimura
movieSpirit World
2025
Suicide Victim
tvThe Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
2024
Shinpei Araki
tvThe Queen of Villains
2024
Toshikuni Matsunaga
movieThe Gesuidouz
2024
John Cage
movieBushido
2024
Hyogo Shibata
tvBelieve: A Bridge to You
2024
Yoshihito Akizawa
movieShin Kamen Rider
2023
Jiro Taki
movieDownfall
2023
Kaoru Fukazawa
movieTHE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
Tokugawa Ieyasu
movieIchikei's Crow The Movie
2023
Shingo Tsukimoto
tvMore Than Words
2022
[Asato's brother]
movieShin Ultraman
2022
Shinji Kaminaga
tvHe's Expecting
2022
Kentaro Hiyama
movieLove Mooning
2021
Shigeru Uchiyama
movieCube
2021
Ide Hiroshi
movieLast of the Wolves
2021
Yuma Tachibana
tvMan Drifting Ashore
2021
Hemingway
tvHold on, look ahead.
2021
Mizutani Mitsuo
movieKiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021
Hajime Gunji
tvKyouen NG
2020
Ichihara Ryu
movieThe Lonely 19:00
2020
Otomi Toyokawa
movieState of Emergency
2020
Kodokuna 19-ji
movieThreads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
Daisuke Mizushima
movieSecret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
2020
Shinichi Sakurai
movieFukushima 50
2020
Dai Takizawa
movieWotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
2020
Tarou Kabakura
movie最上の命医 2019
2019
Mikoto Saijo
movieDiner
2019
Cowboy
tvThe Great White Tower
2019
Toru Sekiguchi
tvTokyo Bachelors
2019
Reiya Miyoshi
tvSecret × Warrior Phantomirage!
2019
Shinichi Sakurai
movieA Gambler's Odyssey 2020
2019
Boyatetsu
movieThe Prisoner of Sakura
2019
Shiro Kurata
tvIs this Love Checkmate!?
2018
Kato Sensei
movieNomitori Samurai
2018
Tomonosuke Saeki
movieDetective Story
2018
Shuichi Tsujiyama
movieRamen Shop
2018
Masato
movieLast Winter, We Parted
2018
Yudai Kiharazaka
movieblank13
2018
Yoshiyuki Hashida
tvBG: Personal Bodyguard
2018
Masaya Takanashi
tvMaskmen (2018)
2018
Pittoin
movieManhunt
2017
kidnapper A
movieTokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
Manami's boyfriend
movieThe Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
2017
Mikoto Saijou
tvTokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
Manami's boyfriend
movieHirugao
2017
Yuichiro Kitano
moviePacalien
2017
Pacalien
movieKurosu
2017
Yuji Yanagida
movieThe Blue Hearts
2017
(segment “Love Letter”)
tvThe World Yamizukan
2017
Storyteller (voice)
movieYo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
2016
Nurarihyon
movieA.I. Love You
2016
Love (voice)
movieHigh & Low The Red Rain
2016
Takeru Amamiya
movieScoop!
2016
Shinzo Otabe
movieRE:BORN
2016
Kenji Makabe
tvDestiny-Like Love
2016
Ozawa Yuri
movieShin Godzilla
2016
1st. tank squadron captain
movieUnrequited Love
2016
Shinichi
movieThe Kodai Family
2016
Mitsumasa Kodai
movieThe Projects
2016
Shinjo
movieA Cappella
2016
Yunosuke Seki
movieThe Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
2016
Mikoto Saijo
movieHonto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
2015
Toyomura Shuichi
movieKazoku gokko
2015
(segment "Suzuki gokko")
movieTag
2015
High School Boy / Lord
movieTaksu
2014
Chihiro
movieOut Burn
2014
Michiaki Kai
tvHirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
Yuichiro Kitano
movieSpecialist 2
2014
Masaki Kitamoto
movieI Just Wanna Hug You
2014
Sonomura
tvThe Hours of My Life
2014
Shigeyuki Mukai
movieKoi
2013
Katsuya Okubo
tvMiss Pilot
2013
Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助）
tvKamen Teacher
2013
Rui Iikura
movieGod Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
2013
Detective Goto
movieSpecialist
2013
Masaki Kitamoto
movieJellyfish Eyes
2013
Naoto Yukizuka
tvThe Brothers Karamazov
2013
Mitsuru Kurosawa
tvSomeday at a Place in the Sun
2013
Keita Iwase
tvBoys on the Run
2012
Takahiro Aoyama
tvRenai Kentei
2012
Michihito Matsushita
tvBecoming a Doctor at Age 37
2012
Satoru Niimi
movieAce Attorney
2012
Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
tvQP
2011
Ryo Azuma
tvHANA-KIMI 2011
2011
Umeda Hokuto
tvThe Best Skilled Surgeon
2011
Mikoto Saijo
tvGoodbye Alma
2010
Hideyuki Mitsuzuka
movieSpace Battleship Yamato
2010
Akira Yamamoto
tvSPEC ~ First Blood
2010
Sadao Itano
tvKurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
2010
Tatsuya Ukyo
movieHelldriver
2010
Guard Natsuki
movie13 Assassins
2010
Uneme Makino
tvChase: National Taxation Inspector
2010
Kichi Hiyama
movieRoboGeisha
2009
Hikaru Kageno
movieVampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
2009
Jyugon Mizushima
movieTamami: The Baby's Curse
2008
Takaya Yoshino
tvOtokomae!
2008
Takeda Shinsaburo
tvThe End of the Wind
2007
Sugiyama Shikanosuke
movieLoving You
2007
Noboru / Ryū Fukami
movieSukitomo
2007
Aoi Tomokazu
movieBoys Love
2006
Noeru Kisaragi
movieMusical: Price of Tennis Concert Dream Live 3rd
2006
Yuushi Oshitari
movieThe Rug Cop
2006
Detective Yatsuda
tvPrincess Princess D
2006
Arisada Shuuya
movieMusical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei
2005
Yuushi Oshitari
movieKabuto-O Beetle
2005
Hametsu Oh Disaster
tvYou're Under Arrest: The Drama
2002
Kohashi Motors worker
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tvGekkan Matsuzaka Tori
2024
Director
movieHome Sweet Home
2023
Director
movieZOKKI
2021
Director
movieCOMPLY+-ANCE
2020
Director
tvFolklore
2018
Director
movieblank13
2018
Director
movieHalf & Half
2015
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