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is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his leading role as Ryotaro Nogami in the ''
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'' franchise, and as
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in the live-action ''
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'' film and its sequels. Satoh was born on 21 March 1989 in
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. Satoh briefly worked as a child actor for three or four years, appearing in commercials and magazine photo shoots. After he entered higher grades in elementary school, he decided not to continue as a child actor due to a "shy personality". He graduated from Koshigaya Kita High School, Saitama in 2007. In the same year, while shooting
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, he was diagnosed with primary
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after complaining about pain in the left chest, and has since recovered.


Career


2006–2008: Early works

Satoh was scouted by an agent from
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in
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in Tokyo when he was in senior high school, and made his debut in 2006. His first drama was ''
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'' (
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) where he played the role of Toru Kouno. In 2007, he guest-starred in ''
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'' (Kentaroh Ishihara) and gained popularity in the seventeenth installment of the ''
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'' as Ryotaro Nogami. Satoh attributes the popularity of ''Den-O'' to its comedic timing.


2009–2011: Breakthrough

Following the success and popularity of ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' and its two further cinematic releases, in the spring of 2008, Satoh starred in the award-winning TBS drama ''Rookies'' as Yuya Okada, one member of a high school baseball club consisting of a group of delinquents. Satoh considers his role in ''Rookies'' to be his breakout role even though he only played a minor supporting role, as ''Rookies'' was shown on prime time television and able to reach a much larger audience than any of his previous works. Satoh also starred in the live-action in the summer of 2009. Satoh reprised his role as Ryotaro (Den-O) in the third film of ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' in October 2008. He also starred in the drama ''Bloody Monday'', based on the manga with the same name. In the following two years, Satoh starred or guest-starred in TV shows such as '' Mei's Butler'', '' Mr. Brain'', ''True Horror Stories'' and ''MW Dai-0-sho'', and in films such as ''Goemon'' and ''
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''. In 2010, he played
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in his first Taiga drama ''
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'', and landed his first leading role on prime time television with teen drama ''Q10''. On 28 June 2011, he was confirmed to star as
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in a live action film adaptation of the manga series ''
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''.


2012–present: ''Rurouni Kenshin'' films and career expansion

Released in August 2012, the film grossed a total of 3.01 billion yen at the domestic box office. Satoh made his stage debut as Romeo in the Japanese adaptation of Shakespearean classic ''Romeo and Juliet'' in May 2012. His subsequent project ''Tonbi'' was a drama series based on a novel by Shigematsu Kiyoshi. He then starred in ''Real'', a science fiction mystery movie directed by
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, as well as '' The Liar and His Lover''(she fell in love with my lie/she likes lies too much), a live-adaptation film based on the manga ''
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''. In 2014, Satoh played the role of a rookie detective in Fuji TV's ''
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''. He reprised the role of
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in two sequel films of ''
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'' live action franchise, '' Kyoto Inferno'' and '' The Legend Ends'', both of which were released in 2014. ''Rurouni Kenshin'' manga author
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praised Satoh's performance and called him the ideal actor to portray Kenshin. He, alongside ''Rurouni Kenshin'' co-stars
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, and director
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, was appointed as "Cultural Friendship Ambassador" to the Philippines by the
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City council on 7 August 2014. Riding upon his movie success, he made his TV return with the acclaimed TBS series ''
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'' in early 2015. He followed up with 3 Toho Corporation films in 2015 and 2016 including the manga live adaptation ''
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'' and light novel adaptation '' If Cats Disappeared from the World,'' as well as ''
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''. His role in the 2017 film '' The 8-Year Engagement ''(The true story of the bride's miracle over 8 years) earned him a nomination for best actor at the 41st Japan Academy Prize. In 2018, he starred in two award-winning television series: NHK
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'' and TBS series ''Blues of Stepmother and Daughter''. In the same year he reprised the role of Ryotaro Nogami in the last Kamen Rider movie of the
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. In 2018 it was announced that the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' series will get two further installments, a prequel and a sequel to the original trilogy with Satoh reprising his lead role. Principal filming wrapped in June 2019 and the movies will be screened in 2020. In 2021, Satoh, along with
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and established new agency with co-actor, Ryunosuke Kamiki, called “Co-LaVo”. Also, he is an unofficial member of the Elite Four in the
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since 14 December 2021.


Personal life

He has a younger sister; his parents divorced when he was in middle school. He played baseball during primary and middle school years, and has a black belt in Shorinji Kempo.


Filmography


Film


Television


Television Documentaries and Other Programs


Promotion videos

* * * *
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, Do You Ever Shine (2014)


Theater

* 2012:
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. Dir: Jonathan Munby,
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, Theatre Brava!; role:
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Discography


Singles

*"Pre-go: Zero" (2007) *"Double-Action" (2007) *"Perfect-Action: Double-Action Complete Collection" (2007) *"Real-Action" (2007) *"Double-Action Wing form" (2008)


DVD

*"My Color" (2008) *"HT" () (2010) *"HT2" () (2011)


Photobooks

* ''Pre-go: Zero'' (2007) * ''Intently'' First Photobook (2008) * ''400 Days'' Photo Album/Diary (2008) * ''Takeru Magazine/Takeru Magazine Plus'' (2008–) * ''Deep Breathing''/ ''Second Photobook'' (2009) * ''So Far So Good! Takeru Satoh Profile 2007–2010'' (2010) * ''Nouvelles'' (2011) * ''Rocka Nibunnoichi 1/2 Vol. 1, 2, and 3'' (2013) * ''Rurouni Kenshin'' (2014) * ''Alternative'' (2014) * ''If Cats Disappeared From the World (Movie) Official Photo Book'' (2016) * ''"X (Ten)" Satoh Takeru Photo Book + DVD'' (2016) * ''RurouNihon Kumamoto'' (2017) * ''Satoh Takeru in Hanbun, Aoi Photobook'' (2018) * ''13years~TAKERU Satoh ANNIVERSARY BOOK 2006→2019~'' (2019)


Awards and nominations


References


External links


Company website
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Official blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Satoh, Takeru 1989 births Living people People from Saitama (city) Amuse Inc. talents Japanese male television actors Japanese male film actors 21st-century Japanese male actors