Takeru Satoh

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Takeru Satoh

Takeru Satoh (佐藤 健, Satō Takeru, born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his leading role as Ryotaro Nogami in the Kamen Rider Den-O franchise, and as Himura Kenshin in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin film and its sequels.

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Takeru Satoh
佐藤 健
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Born (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 35)[1]
Alma materKoshigaya Kita High School (Science and Mathematics)[2][3]
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Agent(s)Amuse, Inc.(2006–2021)
Co-LaVo (2021–)[4]
Known forRurouni Kenshin (film)
Kamen Rider Den-O
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Websitesatohtakeru.com
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Satoh was born on 21 March 1989 in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama. 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".[5] He graduated from Koshigaya Kita High School, Saitama in 2007.[6] In the same year, while shooting Kamen Rider Den-O, he was diagnosed with primary pneumothorax after complaining about pain in the left chest, and has since recovered.[7]

Career

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2006–2008: Early works

Satoh was scouted by an agent from Amuse, Inc. in Harajuku in Tokyo when he was in senior high school,[8] and made his debut in 2006.[9] His first drama was Princess Princess D (TV Asahi) where he played the role of Toru Kouno. In 2007, he guest-starred in Shinigami no Ballad (Kentaroh Ishihara) and gained popularity in the seventeenth installment of the Kamen Rider series as Ryotaro Nogami. Satoh attributes the popularity of Den-O to its comedic timing.[10]

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,[11] 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.[12]

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 Beck.[13] In 2010, he played Okada Izō in his first Taiga drama Ryōmaden, and landed his first leading role on prime time television with teen drama Q10.

On 28 June 2011, he was confirmed to star as Himura Kenshin in a live action film adaptation of the manga series Rurouni Kenshin.[14]

2012–present: Rurouni Kenshin films and career expansion

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Satoh at the red carpet premiere of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

Released in August 2012, the film grossed a total of 3.01 billion yen at the domestic box office.[15] 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 Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 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 Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru.

In 2014, Satoh played the role of a rookie detective in Fuji TV's Bitter Blood.[16] He reprised the role of Himura Kenshin in two sequel films of Rurouni Kenshin live action franchise, Kyoto Inferno and The Legend Ends, both of which were released in 2014.[17][18] Rurouni Kenshin manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki praised Satoh's performance and called him the ideal actor to portray Kenshin.[19] He, alongside Rurouni Kenshin co-stars Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki, and director Keishi Ōtomo, was appointed as "Cultural Friendship Ambassador" to the Philippines by the Makati City council on 7 August 2014.[20]

Satoh made his TV return with the acclaimed TBS series The Emperor's Cook in early 2015.[21][22] He followed up with three Toho Corporation films in 2015 and 2016, including the manga live adaptation Bakuman, the light novel adaptation If Cats Disappeared from the World, and Someone.[23][24] His role in the 2017 film The 8-Year Engagement earned him a nomination for best actor at the 41st Japan Academy Prize. In 2018, he starred in two award-winning television series: NHK's Asadora Hanbun, Aoi and the TBS series Stepmom and Daughter Blues. In the same year, he reprised the role of Ryotaro Nogami in the last Kamen Rider movie of the Heisei period.

In 2018, it was announced that the Rurouni Kenshin series would be getting two further installments, a prequel and a sequel to the original trilogy, with Satoh reprising his lead role. Principal filming wrapped in June 2019, with the movies being screened in 2020.[25]

In 2021, Satoh, along with One OK Rock and Ryunosuke Kamiki left Amuse, Inc. and established a new agency with co-actor, Ryunosuke Kamiki, called “Co-LaVo”.[4] He is also an unofficial member of the Elite Four in the Pokémon Trading Card Game since 14 December 2021.[26]

Personal life

Takeru has a younger sister. His parents divorced when he was in middle school. He played baseball during primary and middle school years,[27] and has a black belt in Shorinji Kempo.[28]

Filmography

Film

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2007 Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O Lead role [29]
2008 Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O Lead role [29]
Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O Special appearance [30]
2009 Goemon Young Kirigakure Saizō [31]
Rookies: Graduation Yuya Okada [32]
2010 Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale Shohei Nakamori [33]
Beck Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka [34]
2012 Rurouni Kenshin Kenshin Himura Lead role [35]
2013 Real Koichi Fujita Lead role [36]
The Liar and His Lover Aki Ogasawara Lead role [37][38]
2014 Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Kenshin Himura Lead role [35]
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Kenshin Himura Lead role
2015 Pieta in the Toilet The Janitor Cameo [40]
Bakuman Moritaka Mashiro Lead role [41]
2016 If Cats Disappeared from the World Postman / Devil Lead role [42]
Someone Takuto Ninomiya Lead role [43]
2017 Ajin: Demi-Human Kei Nagai Lead role [44]
The 8-Year Engagement Hisashi Lead role [45]
2018 Inuyashiki Hiro Shishigami [46]
Million Dollar Man Kazuo Lead role [47]
Hardcore Sakon Gondoh [48]
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever Ryotaro Nogami [49]
2019 Samurai Marathon Jin'nai Karasawa Lead role [50]
Dragon Quest: Your Story Ruka (voice) Lead role [51]
One Night Yūji Lead role [52][53]
2020 Not Quite Dead Yet Club Host Cameo [54]
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Kenshin Himura Lead role [55]
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Kenshin Himura Lead role
Belle The Dragon (voice) [57]
In the Wake Yasuhisa Tone Lead role [58]
2024 April Come She Will Shun Fujishiro Lead role [59]
Cells at Work! Neutrophil / White blood cell (U-1146) Lead role [60]
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Television

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2006 Princess Princess D Toru Kono [40]
2007 Shinigami no Ballad Kantaroh Ichihara Episodes 7, 8, & 11 [40]
2007–2008 Kamen Rider Den-O Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O Lead role [61]
2008 Rookies Yuuya Okada [62]
Bloody Monday Otoya Kujo [63]
2009 Mei's Butler Kento Shibata [64]
Mr. Brain Masaru Nakagawa Episodes 4 & 5 [65]
MW Chapter 0: Akuma no Game Takashi Morioka Lead role [66]
True Horror Stories: 10th-year anniversary special Shotaro Fujisawa Episode 5: Face on the Road [40]
2010 Ryōmaden Okada Izō Taiga drama [40]
Bloody Monday 2 Otoya Kujo [67]
Q10 Heita Fukai Lead role [68]
2011 Fuyu no Sakura Hajime Inaba [69]
Saigo no Kizuna: Okinawa Hikisakareta Kyodai Agarie Yasuharu Lead role [70]
2013 Tonbi Akira Ichikawa [71]
The Liar and his Lover: Side Story Aki Ogasawara Lead role [72]
2014 Bitter Blood Natsuki Sahara Lead role [73]
2015 The Emperor's Cook Tokuzo Akiyama Lead role [74]
2018 Half Blue Sky Ritsu Hagio Asadora [75]
Stepmom and Daughter Blues Akira Mugita [76]
2019 True Horror Stories: 20th-year anniversary special Satoshi Miyazaki Episode 5: The Resentful Gaze [77]
2020 Stepmom and Daughter Blues: New Year Special Akira Mugita [78]
Stepmom and Daughter Blues: Akira Mugita Side Story Akira Mugita Lead role [79]
An Incurable Case of Love Kairi Tendo [80][81]
2022 Stepmom and Daughter Blues: New Year Special 2022 Akira Mugita [82]
First Love Harumichi Namiki Lead role [83]
2023 Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? Naoki Torino [84]
2025 Glass Heart Naoki Fujitani Lead role, also producer [85]
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Television documentaries and other programs

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2012 The Man Who Wants To Be Truthful Himself [86]
2016 The Unknown Civilizations Himself [87]
2017 Tokyo: The Miracle City Narrator [88]
2018 Our 50 Years With Weekly Shonen Jump Narrator [89]
69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Judge [90]
2019 Tokyo Miracle Various roles [91]
2021 Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 1 Himself [92]
Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 2 Himself [93]
2022 Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 3 Himself [94]
Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 4 Himself [95]
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Promotion videos

  • Bahashishi, Oasis (オアシス, 2007)
  • Bahashishi, Yakusoku (約束, 2007)
  • Bahashishi, Kiseki (キセキ, 2008)
  • Mayday, Do You Ever Shine (2014) [96]

Theater

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" (HT 〜N.Y.の中心で、鍋をつつく〜) (2010)
  • "HT2" (赤道の真下で、鍋をつつく~) (2011)

Photobooks

  • Pre-go: Zero (2007)
  • Intently First Photobook (2008)
  • 400 Days Photo Album/Diary (2008)
  • Takeru Magazine/Takeru Magazine Plus (2008–)
  • Deep Breathing/「深呼吸。」 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

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YearAwardCategoryNotable WorksResultRef.
2009 60th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Mei's Butler Won [98]
2010 20th Japan Movie Critics Award Best Male Newcomer Beck Won [99]
2011 35th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Himself Won [100]
2012 Japan Action Awards 2012 Best Action Actor Rurouni Kenshin Won [101]
2013 76th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Tonbi Nominated [102]
2014 39th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor The Liar and His Lover, RK: Kyoto Inferno & The Legend Ends Nominated [103]
2015 Japan Action Awards 2015 Best Action Scene RK: Kyoto Inferno & The Legend Ends Won [104]
Best Action Actor Won
9th Asian Film Awards Best Actor Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Nominated [105]
85th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Actor The Emperor's Cook Won [106]
8th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Actor Won [107]
2016 24th Hashida Award Best Actor Won [108]
42nd Broadcasting Culture Fund Award Individual Acting Award Won [109]
2018 41st Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor The 8-Year Engagement Nominated [110]
Japan Action Awards 2018 Best Action Actor Ajin: Demi-Human Won [111]
98th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Hanbun, Aoi Won [112]
Best Supporting Actor Blues of Stepmother and Daughter Nominated
13th CONFiDENCE Award Drama Prize Best Supporting Actor Hanbun, Aoi, Blues of Stepmother and Daughter Won [113]
2019 CONFiDENCE Award Drama Prize 2018 Annual Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [114]
44th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Samurai Marathon, One Night Nominated [115]
32nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [116]
2020 104th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor An Incurable Case of Love Won [117]
13th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [118]
7th Yahoo! Japan Search Awards Grand Prix Won [119]
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2021 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Actor Rurouni Kenshin: The Final/The Beginning, In the Wake Nominated [120]
46th Hochi Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [121]
2022 76th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor In the Wake Won [122]
64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, In the Wake Nominated [123]
45th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor In the Wake Nominated [124]
2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards Best Lead Actor First Love Nominated [125]
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