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.
169 acting credits · 8 directing credits
Acting · 169
BG: Personal Bodyguard
2018
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Olympic Ransom
2013
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
SPEC ~ First Blood
2010
Shin Godzilla
2016
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
My Dear Exes
2021
The Window of non-REM
2022
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
2024
Shin Ultraman
2022
The Great White Tower
2019
Akira and Akira
2017
HANA-KIMI 2011
2011
RE:BORN
2016
Humanoid Monster Bem
2011
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
2019
Believe: A Bridge to You
2024
Tokyo Bachelors
2019
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
2024
More Than Words
2022
Kyouen NG
2020
Shinjuku Incident
2009
The Best Skilled Surgeon
2011
QP
2011
The Hours of My Life
2014
Taksu
2014
The Queen of Villains
2024
The Kidnapping Day
2025
13 Assassins
2010
Bullet Train Explosion
2025
Miss Pilot
2013
Destiny-Like Love
2016
Helter Skelter
2012
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
2016
The Gift of Your Heart
2024
Hold on, look ahead.
2021
Shin Kamen Rider
2023
Tag
2015
Dark Suit
2014
He's Expecting
2022
Cube
2021
Man Drifting Ashore
2021
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
2012
Someday at a Place in the Sun
2013
The Brothers Karamazov
2013
Mag Mag
2026
Pension: Love Is Pink
2020
Manhunt
2017
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
2010
This Is I
2026
Doctors' Affairs
2015
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
Otokomae!
2008
Last of the Wolves
2021
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
2002
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
2010
Goodbye Alma
2010
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
2016
Princess Princess D
2006
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
2020
Renai Kentei
2012
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
2020
Hirugao
2017
Fukushima 50
2020
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
Spirit World
2025
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
2016
Is this Love Checkmate!?
2018
Road to Vendetta
2025
Maskmen (2018)
2018
Saijō no propose
2019
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
2023
Ace Attorney
2012
Jellyfish Eyes
2013
RoboGeisha
2009
Kingdom 5
2026
Bushido
2024
High & Low The Red Rain
2016
The House of Glass
2013
Meatball Machine Kodoku
2017
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
2009
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021
Scoop!
2016
A Cappella
2016
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Diner
2019
The End of the Wind
2007
Kamen Teacher
2013
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
Helldriver
2010
Last Winter, We Parted
2018
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
2023
The Boy and the Dog
2025
Ramen Shop
2018
Boys Love
2006
Nomitori Samurai
2018
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2023
Nuigulumar Z
2014
The World Yamizukan
2017
State of Emergency
2020
blank13
2018
The Blue Hearts
2017
I Just Wanna Hug You
2014
Specialist
2013
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
2017
最上の命医 2019
2019
Koi
2013
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
The Kodai Family
2016
Brush of the God
2024
The Ninja War of Torakage
2015
The Projects
2016
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
2020
Detective Story
2018
“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組
2019
Unrequited Love
2016
Boys on the Run
2012
Café Seoul
2009
Love Mooning
2021
Kazoku gokko
2015
Specialist 2
2014
Elevator Trap
2009
Beautiful Dreamer
2020
Out Burn
2014
Loving You
2007
Downfall
2023
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
2014
Kodomo Director
2024
63 Minutes Later
2009
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
2015
CLEARNESS
2008
The Sowing Traveller 3
2016
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
2015
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
2001
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
2013
The Gesuidouz
2024
The Rug Cop
2006
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
2016
7s
2015
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
2008
Sukitomo
2007
Manriki
2019
A Light in the Harbor
2025
Toki No Kaori: Remember Me
2001
The Prisoner of Sakura
2019
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
2019
GACHI-BAN MAX2
2010
Inside Zokki
2021
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
2012
Shunkinshō
2008
Surrogacy
2021
Wild Virgins
2019
COMPLY+-ANCE
2020
A.I. Love You
2016
Shibuya
2010
The Lonely 19:00
2020
Criminal
2026
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
2018
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM
2011
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
2007
Kabuto-O Beetle
2005
Kurosu
2017
Magical Secret Tour
2026
HERO 2020
2020
Pacalien
2017
