Takumi Saitoh
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.
Acted in
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
2024
as Shinpei Araki
The Queen of Villains
2024
as Toshikuni Matsunaga
Brush of the God
2024
Bushido
2024
as Hyogo Shibata
Believe: A Bridge to You
2024
as Akizawa Yoshihito
Kodomo Director
2024
The Gift of Your Heart
2024
as Kusaka
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
2023
Shin Kamen Rider
2023
as Jiro Taki
Downfall
2023
as Kaoru Fukazawa
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
2023
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2023
as Shingo Tsukimoto
More Than Words
2022
as [Asato's brother]
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
Shin Ultraman
2022
as Shinji Kaminaga
He's Expecting
2022
as Kentaro Hiyama
The Window of non-REM
2022
Love Mooning
2021
as Shigeru Uchiyama
Cube
2021
as Ide Hiroshi
Last of the Wolves
2021
as Yuma Tachibana
The drifter
2021
as Hemingway
Inside Zokki
2021
Hold on, look ahead.
2021
as Mizutani Mitsuo
My Dear Exes
2021
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021
as Hajime Gunji
Surrogacy
2021
Beautiful Dreamer
2020
Kyouen NG
2020
as Ichihara Ryu
The Lonely 19:00
2020
as Otomi Toyokawa
State of Emergency
2020
as Kodokuna 19-ji
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
as Daisuke Mizushima
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
2020
as Shinichi Sakurai
HERO 2020
2020
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Fukushima 50
2020
as Dai Takizawa
女優iの憂鬱/ COMPLY+-ANCE
2020
COMPLY+-ANCE
2020
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
2020
as Tarou Kabakura
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
2020
as 大松翔太
Pension: Love Is Pink
2020
as Yoshio
Wild Virgins
2019
Manriki
2019
最上の命医 2019
2019
as Mikoto Saijo
Saijō no propose
2019
Diner
2019
as Cowboy
The Great White Tower
2019
as Toru Sekiguchi
Tokyo Bachelors
2019
as Reiya Miyoshi
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
2019
as Shinichi Sakurai
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
2019
as Boyatetsu
The Prisoner of Sakura
2019
as Shiro Kurata
Is this Love Checkmate!?
2018
as Kato Sensei
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
2018
Nomitori Samurai
2018
as Tomonosuke Saeki
Detective Story
2018
as Shuichi Tsujiyama
Ramen Shop
2018
as Masato
Last Winter, We Parted
2018
as Yudai Kiharazaka
blank 13
2018
as Yoshiyuki Hashida
BG: Personal Bodyguard
2018
as Masaya Takanashi
Maskmen (2018)
2018
as Pittoin
Manhunt
2017
as kidnapper A
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
as Manami's boyfriend
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
2017
as Mikoto Saijou
Meatball Machine Kodoku
2017
Akira and Akira
2017
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
as Manami's boyfriend
Hirugao
2017
as Yuichiro Kitano
Pacalien
2017
as Pacalien
The Blue Hearts
2017
as (segment “Love Letter”)
The World Yamizukan
2017
as Storyteller (voice)
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
2016
as Nurarihyon
A.I. Love You
2016
as Love (voice)
The Sowing Traveller 3
2016
High & Low The Red Rain
2016
as Takeru Amamiya
Scoop!
2016
as Shinzo Otabe
RE:BORN
2016
as Kenji Makabe
Destiny-Like Love
2016
as Ozawa Yuri
Shin Godzilla
2016
as 1st. tank squadron captain
Unrequited Love
2016
as Shinichi
The Kodai Family
2016
as Mitsumasa Kodai
The Projects
2016
as Shinjo
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
2016
as 斎藤工
A Cappella
2016
as Yunosuke Seki
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
2016
as Mikoto Saijo
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
2016
as Hideo Himura
7s
2015
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
2015
as Toyomura Shuichi
Kazoku gokko
2015
as (segment "Suzuki gokko")
The Ninja War of Torakage
2015
as Torakage
Tag
2015
as High School Boy / Lord
Doctors' Affairs
2015
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
2015
Taksu
2014
as Chihiro
Dark Suit
2014
Out Burn
2014
as Michiaki Kai
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
as Yuichiro Kitano
Specialist 2
2014
as Masaki Kitamoto
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
2014
I Just Wanna Hug You
2014
as Sonomura
Nuigulumar Z
2014
as Koji
The Hours of My Life
2014
as Shigeyuki Mukai
Koi
2013
as Katsuya Okubo
オリンピックの身代金
2013
Miss Pilot
2013
as Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助）
The House of Glass
2013
Kamen Teacher
2013
as Rui Iikura
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
2013
as Detective Goto
Specialist
2013
as Masaki Kitamoto
Jellyfish Eyes
2013
as Naoto Yukizuka
The Brothers Karamazov
2013
as Mitsuru Kurosawa
Someday at a Place in the Sun
2013
as Keita Iwase
Helter Skelter
2012
as Self
Boys on the Run
2012
as Takahiro Aoyama
Renai Kentei
2012
as Michihito Matsushita
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
2012
as Satoru Niimi
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
2012
Ace Attorney
2012
as Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
Humanoid Monster Bem
2011
QP
2011
as Ryo Azuma
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM
2011
HANA-KIMI 2011
2011
as Umeda Hokuto
The Best Skilled Surgeon
2011
as Mikoto Saijo
Goodbye Alma
2010
as Hideyuki Mitsuzuka
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
as Akira Yamamoto
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010
as Sadao Itano
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
2010
as Tatsuya Ukyo
13 Assassins
2010
as Uneme Makino
GACHI-BAN MAX2
2010
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
2010
as Kichi Hiyama
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Shibuya
2010
Elevator Trap
2009
RoboGeisha
2009
as Hikaru Kageno
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
2009
as Jyugon Mizushima
Café Seoul
2009
Shinjuku Incident
2009
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
2008
as Takaya Yoshino
Otokomae!
2008
as Takeda Shinsaburo
CLEARNESS
2008
as Ryō
The End of the Wind
2007
as Sugiyama Shikanosuke
Loving You
2007
as Noboru / Ryū Fukami
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
2007
Sukitomo
2007
as Aoi Tomokazu
Boys Love
2006
as Noeru Kisaragi
The Rug Cop
2006
as Detective Yatsuda
Princess Princess D
2006
as Arisada Shuuya
Kabuto-O Beetle
2005
as Hametsu Oh Disaster
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
2002
as Kohashi Motors worker
Toki no kaori: Remember me
2001
as Yuuji
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
2001
as Jun