is a

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actress and singer of

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descent and a member of

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girl group Faky. She was born in Japan and was raised in

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and the

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Career

Saito was an intro-acting student at

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Workshops before. Saito attended an acting workshop with celebrated director and coach

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. She had mixed feelings about the experience but ultimately feels blessed to be trained by the veteran. Saito started her acting career in #ParangNormal Activity, a horror-comedy show by TV5. She was paired with her first loveteam onscreen Ryle Paolo Tan. Saito appeared as Allyson in Ismol Family, a weekly Filipino situational comedy of

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. She appeared as a love triangle between

Miguel Tanfelix Miguel Torrejos Tanfelix (born September 21, 1998) is a Filipino actor. Tanfelix received his breakthrough performance when he played the role Niño , a mentally challenged boy in the series ''Niño (TV series), Niño'' (2014). He is also kn ...

(Tan Tan) and

Bianca Umali Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali (; born March 2, 2000), professionally known as Bianca Umali, is a Filipino actress, television host, singer, dancer, and endorser. Early and personal life Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali was born on March ...

(Yumi). Saito played Suzanne "Sushie" Silang in

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a family comedy drama series broadcast by

, where she worked with

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and her loveteam Kenneth Medrano. The program premiered on June 13, 2016 and was aired worldwide on

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. Saito is also known for being one of the lead stars in

Trops ''Trops'' () is a Philippine television drama romance comedy series, broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Linnet Zurbano, it stars Kenneth Medrano, Miggy Tolentino, Joel Palencia, Jon Timmons, Tommy Peñaflor, Kim Last and Taki Saito. It pr ...

, the late morning/early noontime show of

which aired on October 24, 2016 where she played the role of Martha Kiera "Taki" Masson. The show tackled the issues faced by the youth of today — peer pressure, friendship, rivalry, generation gap, and of course, romance. The love triangle of Kenneth Medrano, Miggy Tolentino and Taki Saito was one of the show’s highlights. But Kenneth Medrano still remained as her loveteam in the show. On October 14, 2017 Saito returns on CMSI MUSIC TV For The show namely as Ready Set MORe! On December 20, 2018 it was announced that Taki was a new member of the

girl union " Faky".

Personal life

Saito was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The family then moved to

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, France, where they remained until Taki was 13 years old. The family then moved to

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, Philippines where they have remained ever since. She is now currently living in

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, Japan, since Oct 2018. Taki’s mother is half-

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and

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, while her biological father is of Brazilian and Japanese descent, whom she never met personally. Even though she grew up abroad, she is fluent in speaking Tagalog because instead of studying in an international school, she studied in Colegio San Agustin - Southwoods for her to be familiar with the Filipino language. She also studied at Brent International School.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

References

Living people 2000 births Filipino child actresses Filipino television actresses Filipino television variety show hosts TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities GMA Network personalities Japanese women pop singers Japanese female dancers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers J-pop singers Filipino people of Japanese descent Filipino people of Brazilian descent

External links

* {{IMDb name, 8213297, Taki Saito Avex Group artists