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Takumi Saitoh

is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same.

Early life and work

Saito was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. 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)
  • Home Sweet Home (2023)
As actor
  • Toki no Kaori: Remember Me (2001) as Yuuji
  • Umizaru (2004) as Shinji Tadokoro
  • Kabuto-Oh Beetle (2005) as Hametsu Oh Disaster
  • Karasu wa naite iruka? (2006)
  • The Prince of Tennis (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 (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 (2009)
  • ' (2009)
  • Hammer Head Man (2009) ( Elite Yankee Saburo spin-off ) as Riki
  • RoboGeisha (2009) as Hikaru Kageno
  • Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) as Jugon Mizushima
  • Cafe Seoul (2009) as Jun Isaka
  • Elevator Trap (2009) as Jun Ogawa
  • Shibuya (2010)
  • 13 Assassins (2010) as Makino Uneme
  • Space Battleship Yamato (2010) as Yamamoto
  • Saijo no Meii (2010) as Saijo Mikoto
  • Ace Attorney (2012) as Reiji Mitsurugi
  • For Love's Sake (2012) as Hiroshi Iwashimizu
  • High&Low The Red Rain (2016) as Takeru Amamiya
  • The Kodai Family (2016) as Mitsumasa Kōdai
  • Unrequited Love (2016)
  • The Projects (2016)
  • Scoop! (2016)
  • Shin Godzilla (2016)
  • ' (2016) as Nurarihyon
  • A Sower of Seeds 3 (2016)
  • Hirugao: The Movie (2017)
  • The Blue Hearts (2017)
  • Cross (2017)
  • ' (2017)
  • Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
  • Flea-picking Samurai (2018)
  • Ramen Teh (2018)
  • A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019) as Bouya Tetsu
  • The Prisoner of Sakura (2019)
  • Diner (2019)
  • Manriki (2019)
  • Wotakoi (2020) as Tarō Kabakura
  • ' (2020) as Daisuke Mizushima
  • Fukushima 50 (2020)
  • State of Emergency (2020)
  • Beautiful Dreamer (2020) as Takumi
  • Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
  • Love Mooning (2021) as Shigeru Uchiyama
  • Cube (2021) as Hiroshi Ide
  • Last of the Wolves (2021) as YÅ«ma Tachibana
  • Shin Ultraman (2022) as Shinji Kaminaga
  • Goodbye Cruel World (2022)
  • Ichikei's Crow: The Movie (2023) as Shingo Tsukimoto
  • The Legend and Butterfly (2023) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Downfall (2023) as Kaoru Fukazawa
  • Shin Kamen Rider (2023) as an Intelligence Agency official
  • Bushido (2024) as Shibata Hyogo
  • Brush of the God (2024)
  • The Gesuidouz (2025) as John Cage (voice)
  • The Boy and the Dog (2025) as Toru Uchimura
  • Bullet Train Explosion (2025) as Yuichi Kasagi
  • Spirit World (2025)
  • A Light in the Harbor (2025) as Ryutaro Yashiro
  • Road to Vendetta (2025)
  • This Is I (2026) as Koji Wada
  • Mag Mag (2026)
  • Magical Secret Tour (2026)
  • Kingdom 5 (2026), Lord Chunshen

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
  • GARO (TV Tokyo, 2005)
  • Princess Princess D (TV Asahi, 2006) as Shuuya Arisada
  • Delicious Gakuin (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 Graduation Special '09 (NTV 2009) as Mamiya
  • Otokomae! 2 (NHK, 2009) as Takeda Shinsaburo
  • The Waste Land (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 (NHK, 2010) as Akira Komine
  • Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2011) as Hokuto Umeda
  • Kurohyo Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (Season 2) (2012) as Tatsuya Ukyo
  • Hirugao: Heijitsu Gogo 3 ji no Koibito tachi (2014) as Yuichiro Kitano
  • Akira and Akira (2017) as Akira Yamazaki
  • BG Personal Bodyguard (2018) as Masaya Takanashi
  • Half Blue Sky (2018) as Shōhei Motosumiyoshi
  • Shiroi Kyotō (2019) as Tōru Sekiguchi
  • Idaten (2019) as Katsuo Takaishi
  • He's Expecting (2022) as Kentaro Hiyama
  • The Queen of Villains (2024) as Toshikuni Matsunaga
  • The Diamond Sleeping Under the Sea (2024), Shinpei

Theatre

Dubbing

Discography

  • Best Actor Series 004
  • Kokoro no Gururi [album]
  • "Saigo no Christmas" [limited edition CD single]

Radio shows

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

DVD specials

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

Awards

References

External links