Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 176
2020s
- 2026
Magical Secret Tour
Movie
- 2025
Road to Vendetta
Sakamoto
Spirit World
Suicide Victim
- 2024
Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version
Jiro Taki · 5 episodes
Kodomo Director
TV
The Gift of Your Heart
Kusaka · 11 episodes
- 2023
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
Movie
Super Human Fortress Record of Hiroshi War
TV
- 2022
More Than Words
[Asato's brother] · 2 episodes
Actress I's Melancholy/comply+-Ance
Movie
- 2021
Man Drifting Ashore
Hemingway · 9 episodes
Inside Zokki
Movie
Hold on, look ahead.
Mizutani Mitsuo · 8 episodes
Surrogacy
Movie
- 2020
Beautiful Dreamer
Movie
Kyouen NG
Ichihara Ryu · 7 episodes
The Lonely 19:00
Otomi Toyokawa
State of Emergency
Kodokuna 19-ji
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Movie
HERO 2020
Movie
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
TV
Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! ~We've Become a Movie~
Shinichi Sakurai
COMPLY+-ANCE
Movie
ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
大松翔太 · 6 episodes
Pension: Love Is Pink
Yoshio · 20 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Wild Virgins
Movie
最上の命医 2019
Mikoto Saijo
“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組
TV
Saijō no propose
TV
Tokyo Bachelors
Reiya Miyoshi · 8 episodes
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Boyatetsu
- 2018
Is this Love Checkmate!?
Kato Sensei · 4 episodes
Alpaca Alien: PACALIEN
Movie
Nomitori Samurai
Tomonosuke Saeki
Detective Story
Shuichi Tsujiyama
Maskmen (2018)
Pittoin · 11 episodes
- 2017
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017
Mikoto Saijou
Pacalien
Pacalien
Kurosu
Yuji Yanagida
The World Yamizukan
Storyteller (voice) · 13 episodes
- 2016
The Sowing Traveller 3
Movie
Destiny-Like Love
Ozawa Yuri · 8 episodes
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
斎藤工 · 11 episodes
The Best Skilled Surgeon 2016
Mikoto Saijo
- 2015
7s
Movie
Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Toyomura Shuichi
Doctors' Affairs
TV
- 2014
Dark Suit
TV
Out Burn
Michiaki Kai
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
Movie
Specialist 2
Masaki Kitamoto
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
Movie
The Hours of My Life
Shigeyuki Mukai · 11 episodes
- 2013
Koi
Katsuya Okubo
Miss Pilot
Konosuke Kunikida（国木田 孝之助） · 11 episodes
The House of Glass
TV
Kamen Teacher
Rui Iikura · 12 episodes
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
Detective Goto
Specialist
Masaki Kitamoto
Jellyfish Eyes
Naoto Yukizuka
The Brothers Karamazov
Mitsuru Kurosawa · 11 episodes
Someday at a Place in the Sun
Keita Iwase · 10 episodes
- 2012
Boys on the Run
Takahiro Aoyama · 9 episodes
Renai Kentei
Michihito Matsushita · 4 episodes
Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
Satoru Niimi · 11 episodes
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
Movie
- 2011
Humanoid Monster Bem
TV
QP
Ryo Azuma · 12 episodes
HANA-KIMI 2011
Umeda Hokuto · 11 episodes
The Best Skilled Surgeon
Mikoto Saijo · 10 episodes
- 2010
Goodbye Alma
Hideyuki Mitsuzuka · 4 episodes
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
Tatsuya Ukyo · 22 episodes
Chase: National Taxation Inspector
Kichi Hiyama · 6 episodes
Shibuya
Movie
2000s
- 2009
RoboGeisha
Hikaru Kageno
Café Seoul
Movie
63 Minutes Later
Movie
- 2008
Shunkinshō
Movie
Prince of Tennis Musical: Concert Dream Live 5th
Yuushi Oshitari
Otokomae!
Takeda Shinsaburo · 27 episodes
CLEARNESS
Ryō
- 2007
The End of the Wind
Sugiyama Shikanosuke · 8 episodes
Loving You
Noboru / Ryū Fukami
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
Movie
Sukitomo
Aoi Tomokazu
- 2006
Boys Love
Noeru Kisaragi
Musical: Prince of Tennis Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyotei
Yuushi Oshitari
Musical: Price of Tennis Concert Dream Live 3rd
Yuushi Oshitari
The Rug Cop
Detective Yatsuda
Princess Princess D
Arisada Shuuya · 10 episodes
- 2005
Musical: Prince of Tennis the Imperial Match Hyotei
Yuushi Oshitari
Kabuto-O Beetle
Hametsu Oh Disaster
- 2002
You're Under Arrest: The Drama
Kohashi Motors worker · 9 episodes
- 2001
Hyperspace Boy Wonder Seven
Jun
Directed 9
2020s
- 2024
Gekkan Matsuzaka Tori
Director
- 2023
- 2022
Mirrorliar Films Season 4
Director
Actress I's Melancholy/comply+-Ance
Director
- 2021
ZOKKI
Director
- 2020
COMPLY+-ANCE
Director
2010s
- 2018
- 2015
Half & Half
Director
Produced 3
2020s
- 2024
A Big Home
Producer
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Other crew 1
Appearances1
2010s
- 2012
