Takumi Saitoh
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
163
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.
Known For
My Husband is a Cartoonist
Taksu
Shin Godzilla
Bullet Train Explosion
RE:BORN
Shin Kamen Rider
Shin Ultraman
13 Assassins
Shinjuku Incident
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
Helter Skelter
Tag
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
SPEC ~ First Blood
Ramen Shop
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
BG: Personal Bodyguard
Bushido
Cube
The Boy and the Dog
Elevator Trap
My Dear Exes
Space Battleship Yamato
7s
A.I. Love You
COMPLY+-ANCE
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Jellyfish Eyes
Helldriver
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Unrequited Love
Downfall
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
Loving You
Sukitomo
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
Café Seoul
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
The Ninja War of Torakage
State of Emergency
The Prisoner of Sakura
Ace Attorney
Fukushima 50
Spirit World
Kazoku gokko
The Lonely 19:00
CLEARNESS
I Just Wanna Hug You
The Sowing Traveller 3
RoboGeisha
Believe: A Bridge to You
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Detective Story
High & Low The Red Rain
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM
Last Winter, We Parted
The Blue Hearts
Specialist
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
The Rug Cop
Goodbye Cruel World
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Love Mooning
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
Nomitori Samurai
A Cappella
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Hirugao
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Shibuya
blank13
The Kodai Family
The Great White Tower
Wild Virgins
The Gift of Your Heart
Miss Pilot
Nuigulumar Z
Out Burn
Surrogacy
Specialist 2
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
The Projects
Shunkinshō
Inside Zokki
The Window of non-REM
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
Road to Vendetta
Pension: Love Is Pink
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
The Gesuidouz
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
The Queen of Villains
The Brothers Karamazov
The Kidnapping Day
Hold on, look ahead.
Beautiful Dreamer
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
HANA-KIMI 2011
Toki no kaori: Remember me
最上の命医 2019
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Kyouen NG
The Best Skilled Surgeon
Diner
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
Tokyo Bachelors
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
A Light in the Harbor
The Hours of My Life
GACHI-BAN MAX2
Koi
Akira and Akira
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
Olympic Ransom
QP
The House of Glass
Someday at a Place in the Sun
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
63 Minutes Later
Otokomae!
More Than Words
Brush of the God
Humanoid Monster Bem
Princess Princess D
Destiny-Like Love
He's Expecting
Boys Love
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
HERO 2020
Manhunt
The End of the Wind
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
Dark Suit
Renai Kentei
Scoop!
Kamen Teacher
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
Goodbye Alma
Doctors' Affairs
Is this Love Checkmate!?
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
Manriki
Man Drifting Ashore
The World Yamizukan
“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組
Kabuto-O Beetle
Boys on the Run
Saijō no propose
Maskmen (2018)
Last of the Wolves
Kodomo Director
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
Pacalien
