Masato Sakai
Born (1973-10-14) October 14, 1973 (age 50)
Kobe, Japan
ancestral home: Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Children2
Websitesakai-masato.com

Masato Sakai (堺 雅人) is a Japanese actor. Since the success of Naoki Hanzawa (2013), he has become one of the most famous actors in Japan.

Career

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Sakai aspired to become a bureaucrat until high school, but when he entered university, he decided to pursue a career as an actor.[1]

He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar[2] and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.

Personal life

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He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno. On August 14, 2015, he announced the birth of his first son.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Directed by Notes Ref.
2000 Mars Sweet Home Toshi Nakajima Taku Ohshima [3]
Himawari [ja] Yuichi Hirano Isao Yukisada [4]
The Goddess of 1967 Clara Law Walk-on Part [3]
2001 Stake Out Yasuo Arakawa Tetsuo Shinohara [3]
Being Here Maeno Masahiko Nagasawa Lead Role [3]
2002 Tarou Satoshi Lead Role [3]
2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn Okita Sōji Yōjirō Takita [3]
2006 Honey and Clover Shūji Hanamoto Masahiro Takata [3]
2007 The Wall Man Ren Keguang Wataru Hayakawa Lead Role [3]
Sukiyaki Western Django Taira no Shigemori Takashi Miike [3]
2008 After School Kazuki Kimura Kenji Uchida [3]
Climber's High Tatsuya Sayama Masato Harada [3]
The Two in Tracksuits The Son Yoshihiro Nakamura Lead Role [3]
2009 The Triumphant Return of General Rouge Kōichi Hayami Yoshihiro Nakamura [3]
Lush Life Kurosawa [3]
The Chef of South Polar Nishimura Shūichi Okita Lead role [5]
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio Captain Kuhio Daihachi Yoshida Lead role [2]
2010 Golden Slumber Masaharu Aoyagi Yoshihiro Nakamura Lead role [3]
Abacus and Sword Inoyama Naoyuki Yoshimitsu Morita Lead role [3]
2011 Go! Boys' School Drama Club Cameo appearance [3]
The Legacy of the Sun Major Mashiba Kiyoshi Sasabe Lead role [3]
My So Has Got Depression Mikio Kiyoshi Sasabe [3]
2012 Key of Life Sakurai Kenji Uchida Lead role [3]
The Castle of Crossed Destinies Emon'nosuke Fuminori Kaneko Lead role [3]
The Samurai That Night Nakamura Masaaki Akahori Lead role [3]
2013 7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies Shōji Kanzaki Emiko Hiramatsu Lead role [3]
2017 Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Masakazu Isshiki Takashi Yamazaki Lead role [6]
2018 Sakura Guardian in the North Shūjirō Ezure Yōjirō Takita [7]
2022 Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 Kei Narumi Isamu Nakae Cameo appearance [8]

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2000 Audrey Hideki Sugimoto NHK Asadora [9]
2001 The Scent of Jealousy TV Asahi [10]
The Scarlet Camellia NHK [11]
2002 Extramarital Love TV Asahi [12]
2004 Shinsengumi! Yamanami Keisuke NHK Taiga drama [13]
2005 Engine Gen'ichiro Torii Fuji TV [14]
Flying Trapeze Kohei Yamashita Fuji TV TV movie [15]
2006 Izumo no Okuni Sankuro NHK [16]
The Woman Opposite Shuji Tamura WOWOW [17]
Dr. Coto's Clinic Kei Narumi Fuji TV Season 2 [8]
2007 The Secret Garden Kataoka Wataru Fuji TV [18]
Kodoku no kake TBS [19]
2008 Atsuhime Tokugawa Iesada NHK Taiga drama [20]
Flower of Ice Takayuki Seno TV Asahi [21]
Be yourself Yasushi Enomoto TBS Lead role; TV Movie [22]
2009 Triangle Shimano Takaya Fuji TV [23]
Summer for Bureaucrats Niwano Takahisa TBS [24]
2010 Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan Date Kazuyoshi Fuji TV Lead role [25]
The Assistant Doctor Yoshiaki Miyamae NTV Lead role; TV Movie [26]
2011 Tsukahara Bokuden Tsukahara Bokuden NHK Lead Role [27]
Antarctica Himuro Haruhiko TBS [28]
2012 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Madenokoji Arikoto TBS Lead role [29]
2012–2013 Legal High Kensuke Komikado Fuji TV Lead role; 2 seasons [30]
2013–2020 Naoki Hanzawa Naoki Hanzawa TBS Lead role; 2 seasons [31]
2014 Pandora: Eternal life Gen Suzuki WOWOW Lead role; TV Movie [32]
2015 Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist Dr. Rintarō Hino NTV Lead role [33]
2016 Sanada Maru Sanada Yukimura NHK Lead role; Taiga drama [34]
2022 The Man Who Can't Defraud Tadashi Kinusaki NTV Lead role; TV Movie [35]
2023 Vivant Yūsuke Nogi TBS Lead role [36]

Animation

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Year Type Title Role Notes Ref
1996-2001 TV (Fuji TV) KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops [37]
2002-2005 OVA Yukikaze Rei Fukai Lead role [38]
2009 TV (NTV) Aoi Bungaku Youzou,

Shigemaru, Sensei, Melos, Yoshihide, Presenter

Lead role [39]
2011 Film Buddha: The Great Departure Chapra [40]
2019 Film Promare Kray Foresight [41]

Theater

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  • Honmoku Macbeth (1995)
  • Kozak (1995)
  • Vibe (1996)
  • The Soul of Orange (1997)
  • The Taste of Water (1998)
  • Zenmai (1998)
  • Beautiful Sunday (2000)
  • Vamp Show (2001)
  • Father's Love Story: A Family Tale (2005)
  • The Man in the Rumors (2006)
  • The Fearless Troupe of Kawakami Otojiro (2007)
  • Ban'yuuki (2009)

Dubbing

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Year Title Role Notes Original Voice Ref
2018 Christopher Robin Christopher Robin Lead role; Live-action Ewan McGregor [42]
2024 Migration Mack Mallard Lead role; Animation [43]

References

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