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
all 154
Movies 102
TV Shows 52
Director 7
Producer 2
self 2
Brush of the God (2024)
The Gift of Your Heart (2024)
ノンレムの窓 2023 冬 (2023)
Sweet My Home (2023)
Shin Kamen Rider (2023)
Downfall (2023)
Cho Ningen Yosai: Hiroshi Senki (2023)
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY (2023)
Ichikei's Crow The Movie (2023)
Keishichou Outsider (2023)
More Than Words (2022)
Goodbye Cruel World (2022)
Shin Ultraman (2022)
He's Expecting (2022)
The Window of non-REM (2022)
Love Mooning (2021)
Cube (2021)
That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made (2021)
Last of the Wolves (2021)
The drifter (2021)
Inside Zokki (2021)
Hold on, look ahead. (2021)
My Dear Exes (2021)
ZOKKI (2021)
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
Surrogacy (2021)
Beautiful Dreamer (2020)
Kyouen NG (2020)
The Lonely 19:00 (2020)
State of Emergency (2020)
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~ (2020)
Fukushima 50 (2020)
女優iの憂鬱/ COMPLY+-ANCE (2020)
COMPLY+-ANCE (2020)
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020)
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜 (2020)
Pension: Love Is Pink (2020)
Wild Virgins (2019)
Manriki (2019)
最上の命医 2019 (2019)
Saijō no propose (2019)
Diner (2019)
The Great White Tower (2019)
Tokyo Bachelors (2019)
Tokyo Single Man (2019)
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage! (2019)
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019)
The Prisoner of Sakura (2019)
Is this Love Checkmate!? (2018)
Folklore (2018)
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN (2018)
Nomitori Samurai (2018)
Detective Story (2018)
Ramen Shop (2018)
Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
blank 13 (2018)
BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018)
Maskmen (2018) (2018)
Manhunt (2017)
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017 (2017)
Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017)
Akira and Akira (2017)
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
Hirugao (2017)
Pacalien (2017)
The Blue Hearts (2017)
The World Yamizukan (2017)
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! (2016)
A.I. Love You (2016)
The Sowing Traveller 3 (2016)
High & Low The Red Rain (2016)
Scoop! (2016)
RE:BORN (2016)
Destiny-Like Love (2016)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Unrequited Love (2016)
The Kodai Family Special (2016)
The Projects (2016)
The Kodai Family (2016)
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!! (2016)
A Cappella (2016)
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016 (2016)
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa (2016)
Half & Half (2015)
7s (2015)
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015 (2015)
Kazoku gokko (2015)
The Ninja War of Torakage (2015)
Tag (2015)
Doctors' Affairs (2015)
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory (2015)
Dark Suit (2014)
Taksu (2014)
Out Burn (2014)
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon (2014)
Specialist 2 (2014)
Kamen Teacher: The Movie (2014)
I Just Wanna Hug You (2014)
Nuigulumar Z (2014)
The Hours of My Life (2014)
Koi (2013)
オリンピックの身代金 (2013)
Miss Pilot (2013)
The House of Glass (2013)
Kamen Teacher (2013)
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie (2013)
Specialist (2013)
Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
NHK for School (2013)
The Brothers Karamazov (2013)
Someday at a Place in the Sun (2013)
Helter Skelter (2012)
Boys on the Run (2012)
For Love's Sake (2012)
Renai Kentei (2012)
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37 (2012)
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama) (2012)
Ace Attorney (2012)
Humanoid Monster Bem (2011)
QP (2011)
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM (2011)
The Best Skilled Surgeon (2011)
Goodbye Alma (2010)
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
SPEC ~ First Blood (2010)
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (2010)
13 Assassins (2010)
GACHI-BAN MAX2 (2010)
Chase: National Taxation Inspector (2010)
My Husband is a Cartoonist (2010)
Shibuya (2010)
Elevator Trap (2009)
RoboGeisha (2009)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
Café Seoul (2009)
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
Tamami: The Baby's Curse (2008)
CLEARNESS (2008)
The End of the Wind (2007)
Loving You (2007)
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate! (2007)
Sukitomo (2007)
Boys Love (2006)
The Rug Cop (2006)
Princess Princess D (2006)
Kabuto-O Beetle (2005)
Umizaru Evolution (2005)
You're Under Arrest: The Drama (2002)
Toki no kaori: Remember me (2001)
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven (2001)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1981-08-22 (42 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
Height184-centimeter
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As斎藤工, Takumi Saitô, Takumi Saitou, Takumi Saito, Takumi Saitō, 斎藤 工, 齋藤工, 齋藤 工, 齊藤工, 齊藤 工, 사이토 타쿠미
AwardsElan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
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