Takumi Saitoh
Acting • Born 1981-08-22
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
167 credits
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
Movie • 2020
Shinichi Sakurai
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
Movie • 2018
Shin Kamen Rider
Movie • 2023
Jiro Taki
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Movie • 2009
Jyugon Mizushima
Space Battleship Yamato
Movie • 2010
Akira Yamamoto
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Movie • 2017
Manami's boyfriend
RoboGeisha
Movie • 2009
Hikaru Kageno
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
Movie • 2012
Boys Love
Movie • 2006
Noeru Kisaragi
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
Movie • 2001
Jun
Helter Skelter
Movie • 2012
Self
Ace Attorney
Movie • 2012
Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
Movie • 2007
Goodbye Cruel World
Movie • 2022
Inside Zokki
Movie • 2021
Surrogacy
Movie • 2021
Loving You
Movie • 2007
Noboru / Ryū Fukami
The Lonely 19:00
Movie • 2020
Otomi Toyokawa
Jellyfish Eyes
Movie • 2013
Naoto Yukizuka
GACHI-BAN MAX2
Movie • 2010
GACHI-BAN: ULTIMATUM
Movie • 2011
Kazoku gokko
Movie • 2015
(segment "Suzuki gokko")
Nuigulumar Z
Movie • 2014
Koji
Shinjuku Incident
Movie • 2009
静子的男友
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
Movie • 2016
Mikoto Saijo
最上の命医 2019
Movie • 2019
Mikoto Saijo
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
Movie • 2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Movie • 2023
Shingo Tsukimoto
Sukitomo
Movie • 2007
Aoi Tomokazu
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Movie • 2023
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Manhunt
Movie • 2017
kidnapper A
13 Assassins
Movie • 2010
Uneme Makino
Café Seoul
Movie • 2009
Shibuya
Movie • 2010
Downfall
Movie • 2023
Kaoru Fukazawa
CLEARNESS
Movie • 2008
Ryō
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
Movie • 2008
Takaya Yoshino
Brush of the God
Movie • 2024
Taksu
Movie • 2014
Chihiro
The Ninja War of Torakage
Movie • 2015
Torakage
Bushido
Movie • 2024
Hyogo Shibata
A Cappella
Movie • 2016
Yunosuke Seki
I Just Wanna Hug You
Movie • 2014
Sonomura
The Kodai Family
Movie • 2016
Mitsumasa Kodai
The Projects
Movie • 2016
Shinjo
Shin Godzilla
Movie • 2016
1st. tank squadron captain
Scoop!
Movie • 2016
Shinzo Otabe
HERO 2020
Movie • 2020
The Sowing Traveller 3
Movie • 2016
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
Movie • 2016
Nurarihyon
Kabuto-O Beetle
Movie • 2005
Hametsu Oh Disaster
The Blue Hearts
Movie • 2017
(segment “Love Letter”)
High & Low The Red Rain
Movie • 2016
Takeru Amamiya
Out Burn
Movie • 2014
Michiaki Kai
Hirugao
Movie • 2017
Yuichiro Kitano
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Movie • 2015
Toyomura Shuichi
RE:BORN
Movie • 2016
Kenji Makabe
Tag
Movie • 2015
High School Boy / Lord
blank13
Movie • 2018
Yoshiyuki Hashida
Unrequited Love
Movie • 2016
Shinichi
Elevator Trap
Movie • 2009
Ramen Shop
Movie • 2018
Masato
Specialist
Movie • 2013
Masaki Kitamoto
Specialist 2
Movie • 2014
Masaki Kitamoto
Nomitori Samurai
Movie • 2018
Tomonosuke Saeki
Last Winter, We Parted
Movie • 2018
Yudai Kiharazaka
Koi
Movie • 2013
Katsuya Okubo
Pacalien
Movie • 2017
Pacalien
7s
Movie • 2015
A.I. Love You
Movie • 2016
Love (voice)
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Movie • 2019
Boyatetsu
Detective Story
Movie • 2018
Shuichi Tsujiyama
The Prisoner of Sakura
Movie • 2019
Shiro Kurata
Diner
Movie • 2019
Cowboy
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
Movie • 2014
Meatball Machine Kodoku
Movie • 2017
Alien
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
Movie • 2017
Mikoto Saijou
Shin Ultraman
Movie • 2022
Shinji Kaminaga
Manriki
Movie • 2019
Toki No Kaori: Remember Me
Movie • 2001
Yuuji
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Movie • 2020
Tarou Kabakura
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
Movie • 2013
Detective Goto
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Movie • 2020
Daisuke Mizushima
Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
Movie • 2015
Fukushima 50
Movie • 2020
Dai Takizawa
State of Emergency
Movie • 2020
Kodokuna 19-ji
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Movie • 2021
Hajime Gunji
Love Mooning
Movie • 2021
Shigeru Uchiyama
Beautiful Dreamer
Movie • 2020
Wild Virgins
Movie • 2019
Cube
Movie • 2021
Ide Hiroshi
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Movie • 2020
Last of the Wolves
Movie • 2021
Yuma Tachibana
COMPLY+-ANCE
Movie • 2020
The Rug Cop
Movie • 2006
Detective Yatsuda
The Gesuidouz
Movie • 2024
John Cage
The Boy and the Dog
Movie • 2025
Toru Uchimura
Shunkinshō
Movie • 2008
63 Minutes Later
Movie • 2009
Bullet Train Explosion
Movie • 2025
Yuichi Kasagi
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
Movie • 2014
Helldriver
Movie • 2010
Guard Natsuki
Spirit World
Movie • 2025
Suicide Victim
Road to Vendetta
Movie • 2025
Sakamoto
A Light in the Harbor
Movie • 2025
This Is I
Movie • 2026
Koji Wada
Mag Mag
Movie • 2026
Kosei Eno
Magical Secret Tour
Movie • 2026
Kurosu
Movie • 2017
Yuji Yanagida
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
TV • 2010
Kichi Hiyama
Dark Suit
TV • 2014
Tokyo Bachelors
TV • 2019
Reiya Miyoshi
Princess Princess D
TV • 2006
Arisada Shuuya
Hold on, look ahead.
TV • 2021
Mizutani Mitsuo
The World Yamizukan
TV • 2017
Storyteller (voice)
Man Drifting Ashore
TV • 2021
Hemingway
The Best Skilled Surgeon
TV • 2011
Mikoto Saijo
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
TV • 2010
Tatsuya Ukyo
Goodbye Alma
TV • 2010
Hideyuki Mitsuzuka
QP
TV • 2011
Ryo Azuma
Boys on the Run
TV • 2012
Takahiro Aoyama
Miss Pilot
TV • 2013
Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助）
More Than Words
TV • 2022
[Asato's brother]
The Brothers Karamazov
TV • 2013
Mitsuru Kurosawa
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
TV • 2002
Kohashi Motors worker
He's Expecting
TV • 2022
Kentaro Hiyama
Someday at a Place in the Sun
TV • 2013
Keita Iwase
Olympic Ransom
TV • 2013
Kamen Teacher
TV • 2013
Rui Iikura
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
TV • 2016
Hideo Himura
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
TV • 2014
Yuichiro Kitano
The Hours of My Life
TV • 2014
Shigeyuki Mukai
Doctors' Affairs
TV • 2015
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
TV • 2017
Manami's boyfriend
Akira and Akira
TV • 2017
The Window of non-REM
TV • 2022
The Gift of Your Heart
TV • 2024
Kusaka
BG: Personal Bodyguard
TV • 2018
Masaya Takanashi
Destiny-Like Love
TV • 2016
Ozawa Yuri
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
TV • 2012
Satoru Niimi
SPEC ~ First Blood
TV • 2010
Sadao Itano
My Dear Exes
TV • 2021
Renai Kentei
TV • 2012
Michihito Matsushita
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
TV • 2019
Shinichi Sakurai
Is this Love Checkmate!?
TV • 2018
Kato Sensei
Saijō no propose
TV • 2019
My Husband is a Cartoonist
TV • 2010
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
TV • 2016
斎藤工
Humanoid Monster Bem
TV • 2011
Kodomo Director
TV • 2024
Believe: A Bridge to You
TV • 2024
Yoshihito Akizawa
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
TV • 2020
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
TV • 2023
The House of Glass
TV • 2013
Maskmen (2018)
TV • 2018
Pittoin
Pension: Love Is Pink
TV • 2020
Yoshio
The Queen of Villains
TV • 2024
Toshikuni Matsunaga
Kyouen NG
TV • 2020
Ichihara Ryu
The End of the Wind
TV • 2007
Sugiyama Shikanosuke
The Great White Tower
TV • 2019
Toru Sekiguchi
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
TV • 2020
大松翔太
HANA-KIMI 2011
TV • 2011
Umeda Hokuto
Otokomae!
TV • 2008
Takeda Shinsaburo
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
TV • 2024
Shinpei Araki
The Kidnapping Day
TV • 2025
Masamune Shinjo
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
TV • 2024
Jiro Taki
“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組
TV • 2019