Takumi Saitoh profile
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Takumi Saitoh

22nd August 1981 Tokyo, Japan Acting

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.

115 Movies 60 TV Shows 1 In Production 176 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mag Mag poster
Mag Mag 6th February 2026 as Kosei Eno
Bushido poster
Bushido 17th May 2024 as Hyogo Shibata
Cube poster
Cube 22nd October 2021 as Ide Hiroshi
Diner poster
Diner 5th July 2019 as Cowboy
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blank13 3rd February 2018 as Yoshiyuki Hashida
Manhunt poster
Manhunt 19th November 2017 as kidnapper A
Hirugao poster
Hirugao 10th June 2017 as Yuichiro Kitano
Kurosu poster
Kurosu 21st April 2017 as Yuji Yanagida
Scoop! poster
Scoop! 1st October 2016 as Shinzo Otabe
RE:BORN poster
RE:BORN 24th September 2016 as Kenji Makabe
7s poster
7s 7th November 2015
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Tag 11th May 2015 as High School Boy / Lord
Taksu poster
Taksu 22nd November 2014 as Chihiro
Koi poster
Koi 16th December 2013 as Katsuya Okubo
Ace Attorney poster
Ace Attorney 11th February 2012 as Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)
Miss Pilot poster
Miss Pilot 15th October 2013 as Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助）
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QP 5th October 2011 as Ryo Azuma
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Diary of a Mad Old Man 18th September 2026 as Jokichi