Takumi Saitoh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1981-08-22 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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.
Acting
(2025)
Bullet Train Explosion
as Yuichi Kasagi
(2025)
The Boy and the Dog
as Toru Uchimura
(2025)
Spirit World
as Suicide Victim
(2025)
Road to Vendetta
as Sakamoto
(2025)
(2024)
Bushido
as Hyogo Shibata
(2024)
(2024)
The Gesuidouz
as John Cage
(2023)
Shin Kamen Rider
as Jiro Taki
(2023)
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
(2023)
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
as Shingo Tsukimoto
(2023)
Downfall
as Kaoru Fukazawa
(2023)
(2022)
Shin Ultraman
as Shinji Kaminaga
(2022)
(2021)
Cube
as Ide Hiroshi
(2021)
Love Mooning
as Shigeru Uchiyama
(2021)
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
as Hajime Gunji
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
Last of the Wolves
as Yuma Tachibana
(2020)
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
as Tarou Kabakura
(2020)
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
as Daisuke Mizushima
(2020)
State of Emergency
as Kodokuna 19-ji
(2020)
Fukushima 50
as Dai Takizawa
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
The Lonely 19:00
as Otomi Toyokawa
(2020)
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
as Shinichi Sakurai
(2020)
(2019)
The Prisoner of Sakura
as Shiro Kurata
(2019)
(2019)
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
as Boyatetsu
(2019)
Diner
as Cowboy
(2019)
最上の命医 2019
as Mikoto Saijo
(2019)
(2018)
Ramen Shop
as Masato
(2018)
Last Winter, We Parted
as Yudai Kiharazaka
(2018)
Nomitori Samurai
as Tomonosuke Saeki
(2018)
blank13
as Yoshiyuki Hashida
(2018)
Detective Story
as Shuichi Tsujiyama
(2018)
(2017)
Meatball Machine Kodoku
as Alien
(2017)
The Blue Hearts
as (segment “Love Letter”)
(2017)
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
as Manami's boyfriend
(2017)
Hirugao
as Yuichiro Kitano
(2017)
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
as Mikoto Saijou
(2017)
Manhunt
as kidnapper A
(2017)
Pacalien
as Pacalien
(2016)
RE:BORN
as Kenji Makabe
(2016)
Shin Godzilla
as 1st. tank squadron captain
(2016)
(2016)
High & Low The Red Rain
as Takeru Amamiya
(2016)
Unrequited Love
as Shinichi
(2016)
The Projects
as Shinjo
(2016)
(2016)
A Cappella
as Yunosuke Seki
(2016)
The Kodai Family
as Mitsumasa Kodai
(2016)
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
as Mikoto Saijo
(2016)
A.I. Love You
as Love (voice)
(2016)
Scoop!
as Shinzo Otabe
(2015)
Tag
as High School Boy / Lord
(2015)
(2015)
The Ninja War of Torakage
as Torakage
(2015)
Kazoku gokko
as (segment "Suzuki gokko")
(2015)
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
as Toyomura Shuichi
(2015)
(2014)
(2014)
Taksu
as Chihiro
(2014)
I Just Wanna Hug You
as Sonomura
(2014)
Out Burn
as Michiaki Kai
(2014)
(2014)
Nuigulumar Z
as Koji
(2014)
Specialist 2
as Masaki Kitamoto
(2013)
Jellyfish Eyes
as Naoto Yukizuka
(2013)
Specialist
as Masaki Kitamoto
(2013)
Koi
as Katsuya Okubo
(2013)
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
as Detective Goto
(2012)
Helter Skelter
as Self
(2012)
Ace Attorney
as Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
(2012)
(2011)
(2010)
13 Assassins
as Uneme Makino
(2010)
Helldriver
as Guard Natsuki
(2010)
Space Battleship Yamato
as Akira Yamamoto
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
Shinjuku Incident
as 静子的男友
(2009)
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
as Jyugon Mizushima
(2009)
RoboGeisha
as Hikaru Kageno
(2009)
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
as Takaya Yoshino
(2008)
CLEARNESS
as Ryō
(2008)
(2007)
Sukitomo
as Aoi Tomokazu
(2007)
Loving You
as Noboru / Ryū Fukami
(2007)
(2006)
The Rug Cop
as Detective Yatsuda
(2006)
Boys Love
as Noeru Kisaragi
(2005)
Kabuto-O Beetle
as Hametsu Oh Disaster
(2001)
Toki no kaori: Remember me
as Yuuji
(2001)
Crew
(2024)
A Big Home
Producer
(2023)
Home Sweet Home
Director
(2021)
ZOKKI
Director
(2021)
That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
Producer, Creator
(2020)
COMPLY+-ANCE
Director
(2018)
blank13
Director
(2015)
Half & Half
Director