is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in

Kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

but pronounced the same.

Early life and work

Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits th ...

. Saitoh's father worked in the film industry and he would often visit him at work as a child, which he later cited as his inspiration to become an actor. While still attending high school, Saitoh signed a modeling contract with Indigo at age 15.

Filmography

Films

;As director *''Zokki'' (2020) *''Sweet My Home'' (2023) ;As actor * ''Toki no Kaori: Remember Me'' (2001) as Yuuji * ''

Umizaru is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more a ...

'' (2004) as Shinji Tadokoro * ''Kabuto-Oh Beetle'' (2005) as Hametsu Oh Disaster * ''Karasu wa naite iruka?'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) as bystander * ''Dance Master'' (2006) as Momochi Shintaro * ''Ulysses'' (2006) as Sarai * ''Zura-Deka – The Rag Cop'' (2006) detective Yatsuda * ''Boys Love'' (2006) as Noel Kisaragi * ''Sukitomo'' (2007) as Tomokazu Aoi * ''A! Osara Ni Kubi Ga Notteiru!'' (2007) as Odagiri * ''

Itsuka no Kimi e is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Kei Horie and based on the manga by Saika Kunieda. The film stars Takumi Saitoh as Noboru Fukami and Ryūnosuke Kawai as Kōhei Hayase. The film was released on July 28, 2007. Plot Noboru Fukami is a lonely ...

'' (2007) as Noboru and Ryuu Fukami * ''Clearness'' (2008) as Ryo * ''Akanbo Shojo - Tamami: The Baby's Curse'' (2008) as Takaya Yoshimura * ''Syun Kin Syou'' (2008) as Sasuke * ''Saburo'' as Kita no Riki (2009) * ''Kujira'' (2009) as Maruha * ''

Shinjuku Incident ''Shinjuku Incident'' (, ja, 新宿インシデント ''Shinjuku Inshidento'') is a 2009 Crime film#Crime drama, Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Derek Yee, who also writer with Chun Tin-nam. The film stars Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Da ...

'' (2009) * '' 20th Century Boys: Final'' (2009) * ''Hammer Head Man'' (2009) ( Elite Yankee Saburo spin-off ) as Riki * '' RoboGeisha'' (2009) as Hikaru Kageno * ''

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl is a 2009 Japanese gore film. It was directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu and premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in June 2009. It is based on a manga of the same name by Shungiku Uchida. Plot In a typical Tokyo high ...

'' (2009) as Jugon Mizushima * ''Cafe Seoul'' (2009) as Jun Isaka * ''Elevator'' (2009) as Jun Ogawa * ''Shibuya'' (2010) * '' 13 Assassins'' (2010) as Makino Uneme * ''

Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, ...

'' (2010) as Yamamoto * ''Saijo no Meii'' (2010) as Saijo Mikoto * ''

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'' (2012) as Reiji Mitsurugi * '' For Love's Sake'' (2012) as Hiroshi Iwashimizu * ''

High&Low The Red Rain ''High&Low The Red Rain'' (stylized as ''HiGH＆LOW THE RED RAIN'') is a 2016 Japanese action film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi. As the first spin-off of the High&Low franchise, it focuses on the story of the Amamiya Brothers, one of the strong ...

''(2016) as Takeru Amamiya * '' The Kodai Family'' (2016) as Mitsumasa Kōdai * ''Unrequited Love'' (2016) * ''Danchi'' (2016) * ''

Scoop! ''Scoop!'' is a 2016 Japanese suspense comedy drama film directed by and starring Masaharu Fukuyama. It was released in Japan by Toho on October 1, 2016. Plot Cast * Masaharu Fukuyama as Shizuka Miyakonojō *Fumi Nikaidō as Nobi Namekawa *Yō ...

'' (2016) * ''

Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the '' ...

'' (2016) * '' Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!'' (2016) as Nurarihyon * ''Hirugao: The Movie'' (2017) * ''The Blue Hearts'' (2017) * ''Cross'' (2017) * '' Re:Born'' (2017) * '' Last Winter, We Parted'' (2018) * ''

Flea-picking Samurai is a 2018 Japanese comedy film directed by Yasuo Tsuruhashi.Review "nomitori-samurai" http://www.fareastfilms.com/?news_post_type=trailer-nomitori-samurai Cast *Abe Hiroshi as Hironoshin Kobayashi *Shinobu Terajima as Omine *Etsushi Toyokawa a ...

'' (2018) * ''

Ramen Teh ''Ramen Teh'' (), also known as ''Ramen Shop'' (or in Japanese, 家族のレシピ, Kazoku no Recipe, Family Recipe), is a Singaporean-Japanese-French film. The film is directed by Eric Khoo, and stars Takumi Saito, Jeanette Aw, Seiko Matsuda, Ma ...

'' (2018) * ''A Gambler's Odyssey 2020'' (2019) as Bouya Tetsu * ''

The Prisoner of Sakura (russian: В плену у сакуры, ''V plenu u sakury'') is a 2019 Japanese war film directed by Masaki Inoue. A joint Japan-Russia co-production, the movie is based on the true story of a prison camp in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, during t ...

'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Manriki'' (2019) * '' Wotakoi'' (2020) as Tarō Kabakura * ''Threads: Our Tapestry of Love'' (2020) as Daisuke Mizushima * ''

Fukushima 50 Fukushima 50 is a pseudonym given by English-language media to a group of employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, a related series of nuclear accidents resulted in ...

'' (2020) * ''State of Emergency'' (2020) * ''Beautiful Dreamer'' (2020) as Takumi * ''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction'' (2021) * ''Love Mooning'' (2021) as Shigeru Uchiyama * ''

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'' (2021) as Hiroshi Ide * ''

Last of the Wolves is a 2021 Japanese crime and yakuza film. It is a sequel to the 2018 film ''The Blood of Wolves''. Premise In the early 1990s, a young detective Shūichi Hioka controls the yakuza in Hiroshima, but the situation completely changes when Shigehiro ...

'' (2021) as Yūma Tachibana * ''

Shin Ultraman is a 2022 Japanese superhero ''kaiju'' film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of ''Ultraman'', the film is a co-production between Toho Studios and Cine Bazar, and presented b ...

'' (2022) as Shinji Kaminaga * ''Goodbye Cruel World'' (2022) * ''Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges: The Movie'' (2023) as Shingo Tsukimoto * ''The Legend and Butterfly'' (2023) as

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

* '' Downfall'' (2023) as Kaoru Fukazawa

Television

* Taiho shichauzo (You're Under Arrest) (TV Asahi, 2002) as Mizushima Tomoya * RPG – ''Role Playing Game'' (NHK, 2003) as Tatsuya Ishiguro * Ai to Shihon Shugi (WOWOW dramaW, 2003) as Takashi * Be-Bop High School (TBS, 2004) as Ikeda Tsuyoshi * ''Katouke he Irasshai'' (Nagoya TV, 2004) as Nakamura Youichi * ''Tokyo michi ka'' (Fuji TV, 2004) * Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari (TBS, 2004) as Baba Kochou * Umizaru TV (Fuji TV, 2005) as Shinji Tadokoro * ''

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'' (TV Tokyo, 2005) * ''

Princess Princess D is a Japanese television drama originally aired by TV Asahi from June to September 2006. The series centers on three high school students involved in their school's cross-dressing ''princess'' system, and was loosely based on the manga '' Prince ...

'' (TV Asahi, 2006) as Shuuya Arisada * ''

Delicious Gakuin {{Nihongo, ''Delicious Gakuin'', 美味學院, Derishasu Gakuin, translated as Delicious Academy, is a Japanese TV drama. Synopsis After being kidnapped and being taken to a cooking school told they must enroll, a group of boys deal with learning ...

'' (2007) as Carlo Sasayama * Este (2007) as Shikishima Shichiri * Kaze no Hate (NHK, 2007) as Sugiyama Shikanosuke * ''Full Swing'' (NHK, 2008) as Hiroshi Wakamatsu * ''Shichinin no Onna Bengoshi'' (TVasahi, 2008) Ep. 5 as Momotarou * ''Otokomae!'' (NHK, 2008) as Takeda Shinsaburo * ''Oya Koukou Play'' (MBS 2008) as Yuuzo * ''Mito Komon'' (TBS 2009)Season 39 Ep.14 as Yamazaki Shingo * ''

Gokusen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in fifteen '' wideban'' volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the grand ...

'' Graduation Special '09 (NTV 2009) as Mamiya * ''Otokomae! 2'' (NHK, 2009) as Takeda Shinsaburo * ''Fumou Chitai'' (Fuji TV, 2009) as Makoto Iki * ''Chase – Kokuzei Sasatsukan'' (NHK, 2010) as Kiichi Hiyama * ''Kurohyo Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho'' (MBS, TBS, 2010) as Tatsuya Ukyo * ''

GeGeGe no Nyōbō is an autobiography written by Nunoe Mura and published in 2008. It details her life as the wife of the manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, especially their struggles against poverty before he became successful. It has sold over 500,000 copies. In 20 ...

'' (NHK, 2010) as Akira Komine * ''

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e , also known by the abbreviation IkePara, is a teen romantic-comedy Japanese television drama planned by Hiroyuki Gotō for Fuji TV and Kyodo TV, based on the ''shōjo'' comic series of the same title by Hisaya Nakajo. Filming locations inc ...

'' (Fuji TV, 2011) as Hokuto Umeda * ''Kurohyo Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho'' (Season 2) (MBS, TBS, 2012) as Tatsuya Ukyo * ''Hirugao: Heijitsu Gogo 3 ji no Koibito tachi'' (Fuji TV, 2014) as Yuichiro Kitano * ''Akira and Akira'' (WOWOW, 2017) as Akira Yamazaki * ''

BG Personal Bodyguard ''BG Personal Bodyguard'' (Japanese: 身辺警護人, BG Shinpen Keigonin) is a Japanese television crime drama series starring Takuya Kimura and written by Yumiko Inoue. It aired first in January 2018 on TV Asahi. The second season was originally ...

'' (TV Asahi, 2018) as Masaya Takanashi * ''

Hanbun, Aoi is a Japanese television drama series and the 98th Asadora series, following ''Warotenka''. It premiered on April 2, 2018, and concluded on September 29, 2018. Mei Nagano was cast in the lead role of Suzume Nireno after an audition of 2366 wome ...

'' (NHK, 2018) as Shōhei Motosumiyoshi * ''

Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a S ...

'' (TV Asahi, 2019) as Tōru Sekiguchi * '' Idaten'' (NHK, 2019) as Katsuo Takaishi * '' He's Expecting'' (Netflix, 2022) as Kentaro Hiyama

Theatre

* 乱: Run (2009) * Musical Tennis no Oujisama The Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen feat. Higa Ver. Tokyo gaisenkouen (2008) as Yuushi Oshitari * Musical Tennis no Oujisama Dream Live 5th (2008) as Yuushi Oshitari * The Family 絆 (2007) * Soratobu John to Manjiro (2007) as Toranosike Momoi * Men & Man (2006) as Tsutomo * Musical Tennis no Oujisama Advancement Match Rokkaku Chuu feat. Hyotei Gakuen (2006) as Yuushi Oshitari * Musical Tennis no Oujisama Dream Live 3rd (2006) as Yuushi Oshitari * Musical Tennis no Oujisama The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen in winter 2005-2006 (2005) as Yuushi Oshitari * Musical Tennis no Oujisama The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen (2005) as Yuushi Oshitari *

Jump Festa is an annual party or exposition in Japan, all about manga and anime, sponsored by Shueisha, publisher of the various ''Jump'' anthologies which are Weekly Shōnen Jump, Jump Square, V Jump, Saikyō Jump and Shōnen Jump+. The exposition was sta ...

Bleach (2004) as Ichigo Kurosaki

Dubbing

* ''

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'' as Callum "Cal" Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha (

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) * '' Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons'' as Tang Sanzang (

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) * ''

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'' as Phoenix Buchanan (

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Discography

* Musical ''Tennis no Ōjisama'' Best Actor Series 004 * "Saigo no Christmas" imited edition CD single * ''Kokoro no Gururi'' lbum''

Radio shows

* Takumizm (2009) * Takumizm (2008) * Takumizm (2007) * Bug A Map (Bay 78fm, 2006)

DVD specials

* "CALLING" Idol DVD (2006) * Search for my roots in China (2007) * Search for my roots in Thailand (2008)

Awards

References

External links

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Takumi Saitoh
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