Takumi Saitoh

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Aug 22, 1981 (43 years old)

Takumi Saitoh

Known For

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
0h 47m
TV Show 2024

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea

Set on Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture during the coal industry's rise in 1955, this story follows themes of family, friendship, and love. It contrasts the post-war era, where people had little but were full of dreams, with present-day Tokyo, where abundance prevails, but young people struggle to find their dreams.

The Queen of Villains
TV Show 2024

The Queen of Villains

During the heyday of women's pro wrestling in bubble-era Japan, Dump Matsumoto bursts into the ring, shattering norms and turning the nation against her.

The Gesuidouz
1h 33m
Movie 2024

The Gesuidouz

From rising cult filmmaker Kenichi Ugana, a misfit horror-themed rock band moves to the Japanese countryside to write the greatest punk anthem in the world.

Believe: A Bridge to You
0h 53m
TV Show 2024

Believe: A Bridge to You

This series, produced to commemorate the 65th anniversary of TV Asahi, tells the story of Riku Kariyama, an architectural designer passionate about bridge construction. He faces an unexpected difficulty of being imprisoned, but he never gives up, continuously searching for a path of hope and rebirth. The intricate suspense and heart-pounding, stirring human stories intertwine, weaving a grand drama.

Kodomo Director
0h 55m
TV Show 2024

Kodomo Director

A documentary variety in which you, as the director, will interview and solve such "taboos" and "questions" about your family.

The Gift of Your Heart
TV Show 2024

The Gift of Your Heart

When Aihara Ame was a high school student in Nagasaki, she wasn’t confident in herself due to her past. Asano Taiyo was a student attending the same school as Aihara Ame. He was the only person who talked to her brightly. With him, she was able to see her life positively for the first time in her life. She had feelings for him. After her graduation, she went to Tokyo to fulfill her dream of becoming a patissier without telling Asano Taiyo about her feelings for him. After 8 years, she returns to Nagasaki. One day, she meets Asano Taiyo, whom she has never forgotten, and is elated to see him again. An accident soon occurs, and Aihara Ame falls into deep despair. A man appears in front of her and introduces himself as a guide from the afterlife. He tells her that if she gives her heart to him, he will make a miracle for her.

The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
0h 49m
Movie 2023

The Window of non-REM Winter 2023

Shin Kamen Rider
2h 1m
Movie 2023

Shin Kamen Rider

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Downfall
2h 8m
Movie 2023

Downfall

Kaoru Fukazawa is a manga artist. His manga series was published for eight years, but has now finished. He doesn't have any ideas for his next work. His situation seems bleak, with his editor seeming to not care about him anymore and his relationship with his wife Nozomi Machida being troubled. He spends his days in despair and darkness. Kaoru visits a business that provides sexual services and meets a prostitute named Chifuyu, who attracts him. They decide to head to Chifuyu's hometown together.

Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
TV Show 2023

Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War

Hiroshi is a seemingly ordinary young man that works part-time at a gyoza shop, but the reality is he’s actually a fortress for a planet! Each of his movements is produced by someone inside him steering, which is why he goes through life without getting entangled with other humans. Due to an incident, Shizuka begins to have feelings for Hiroshi, and Akemi suddenly becomes captain of the fortress and must handle these new complications while trying to find a new future for her planet.

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

2024
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
2024
The Queen of Villains
2024
The Gesuidouz
2024
Believe: A Bridge to You
2024
Kodomo Director
2024
The Gift of Your Heart
2023
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
2023
Shin Kamen Rider
2023
Downfall
2023
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
2023
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2022
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
Shin Ultraman
2022
He's Expecting
2021
Love Mooning
2021
Cube
2021
Last of the Wolves
2021
Man Drifting Ashore
2021
Inside Zokki
2021
Hold on, look ahead.
2021
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021
Surrogacy
2020
Beautiful Dreamer
2020
Kyouen NG
2020
State of Emergency
2020
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
2020
HERO 2020
2020
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Fukushima 50
2020
COMPLY+-ANCE
2020
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
2020
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
2019
最上の命医 2019
2019
Saijō no propose
2019
The Great White Tower
2019
Tokyo Bachelors
2019
Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!
2019
The Prisoner of Sakura
2018
Is this Love Checkmate!?
2018
BG: Personal Bodyguard
2018
Maskmen (2018)
2017
Akira and Akira
2017
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
The World Yamizukan
2016
Destiny-Like Love
2016
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
2015
Doctors' Affairs
2014
Dark Suit
2014
Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
2014
The Hours of My Life
2013
Olympic Ransom
2013
Miss Pilot
2013
The House of Glass
2013
Kamen Teacher
2013
The Brothers Karamazov
2013
Someday at a Place in the Sun
2012
Boys on the Run
2012
Renai Kentei
2012
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37