Takumi Saitoh
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.
Known For
Acting
2020
asShinichi Sakurai
2018
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2023
asJiro Taki
2009
asJyugon Mizushima
2010
asAkira Yamamoto
2017
asManami's boyfriend
2009
asHikaru Kageno
2012
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2006
asNoeru Kisaragi
2001
asJun
2012
asSelf
2012
asReiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
2007
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2022
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2021
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2021
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2007
asNoboru / Ryū Fukami
2020
asOtomi Toyokawa
2013
asNaoto Yukizuka
2010
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2011
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2015
as(segment "Suzuki gokko")
2014
asKoji
2009
as静子的男友
2016
asMikoto Saijo
2019
asMikoto Saijo
2023
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2023
asShingo Tsukimoto
2007
asAoi Tomokazu
2023
asTokugawa Ieyasu
2017
askidnapper A
2010
asUneme Makino
2009
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2010
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2023
asKaoru Fukazawa
2008
asRyō
2008
asTakaya Yoshino
2024
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2014
asChihiro
2015
asTorakage
2024
asHyogo Shibata
2016
asYunosuke Seki
2014
asSonomura
2016
asMitsumasa Kodai
2016
asShinjo
2016
as1st. tank squadron captain
2016
asShinzo Otabe
2020
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2016
as
2016
asNurarihyon
2005
asHametsu Oh Disaster
2017
as(segment “Love Letter”)
2016
asTakeru Amamiya
2014
asMichiaki Kai
2017
asYuichiro Kitano
2016
asKenji Makabe
2015
asHigh School Boy / Lord
2015
asToyomura Shuichi
2018
asYoshiyuki Hashida
2016
asShinichi
2009
as
2018
asMasato
2013
asMasaki Kitamoto
2014
asMasaki Kitamoto
2018
asTomonosuke Saeki
2018
asYudai Kiharazaka
2013
asKatsuya Okubo
2017
asPacalien
2015
as
2016
asLove (voice)
2019
asBoyatetsu
2018
asShuichi Tsujiyama
2019
asShiro Kurata
2019
asCowboy
2014
as
2017
asAlien
2017
asMikoto Saijou
2022
asShinji Kaminaga
2019
as
2001
asYuuji
2020
asTarou Kabakura
2013
asDetective Goto
2020
asDaisuke Mizushima
2015
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2020
asDai Takizawa
2020
asKodokuna 19-ji
2021
asShigeru Uchiyama
2021
asHajime Gunji
2020
as
2019
as
2021
asIde Hiroshi
2020
as
2021
asYuma Tachibana
2020
as
2006
asDetective Yatsuda
2024
asJohn Cage
2025
asToru Uchimura
2008
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2009
as
2025
asYuichi Kasagi
2014
as
2010
asGuard Natsuki
2025
asSuicide Victim
2025
asSakamoto
2025
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asKichi Hiyama
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asReiya Miyoshi
asArisada Shuuya
asMizutani Mitsuo
asStoryteller (voice)
asHemingway
asTakahiro Aoyama
asTatsuya Ukyo
asRyo Azuma
asMikoto Saijo
asHideyuki Mitsuzuka
asKonosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助）
as[Asato's brother]
asMitsuru Kurosawa
asKohashi Motors worker
asKentaro Hiyama
asKeita Iwase
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asRui Iikura
asHideo Himura
asYuichiro Kitano
asShigeyuki Mukai
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asManami's boyfriend
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asKusaka
asMasaya Takanashi
asOzawa Yuri
asSatoru Niimi
asSadao Itano
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asMichihito Matsushita
asShinichi Sakurai
asKato Sensei
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as斎藤工
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asYoshihito Akizawa
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asPittoin
asYoshio
asToshikuni Matsunaga
asIchihara Ryu
asSugiyama Shikanosuke
asToru Sekiguchi
as大松翔太
asUmeda Hokuto
asTakeda Shinsaburo
asShinpei Araki
asMasamune Shinjo
asJiro Taki
asProduction
2021
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2024
asCrew
2021
asDirecting
2021
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2015
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2023
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