Masato Sakai

Biography

Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. 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 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. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.

Known For

KochiKame

白鳥麗次〈初代〉

Atsuhime

Tokugawa Iesachi

Audrey

杉本英記

Hanzawa Naoki

Naoki Hanzawa

Antarctica

Haruhiko Himuro

Yukikaze

Fukai Rei

Shinsengumi!

Yamanami Keisuke

Golden Bowl

太宰衛

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Hiraba's Moon	青砥健将
2023	Share The Challenge	Lord Benimaru
2022	The Man Who Can't Defraud	Tadashi Kinusaki
2022	Dr. Coto's Clinic	Kei Narumi
2020	Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off	Hanzawa Naoki
2019	Promare	Kray Foresight (voice)
2019	Promare / Side: Galo	Kray Foresight (voice)
2018	Sakura Guardian in the North	Shujiro Ezure
2017	世界初　極北の冒険デナリ大滑降	Narrator
2017	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Masakazu Isshiki
2014	Pandora: Eternal life	Gen Suzuki
2014	Legal High 2 SP	Kensuke Komikado
2013	7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies	Shoji Kanzaki
2013	Legal High SP	Komikado Kensuke
2012	Key of Life	Sakurai
2012	The Castle of Crossed Destinies	Emonnosuke
2012	The Samurai That Night	Kenichi Nakamura
2011	The Legacy of the Sun	Major Shirou Mashiba
2011	Buddha: The Great Departure	Chapra (voice)
2011	My SO Has Got Depression	Mikio Takazaki
2011	Go! Boys' School Drama Club	Technical Staff
2010	Golden Slumber	Masaharu Aoyagi
2010	Abacus and Sword	Naoyuki Inoshiyama
2010	知られざる“龍馬伝” 世紀の英雄・坂本龍馬最大の謎と秘密の暗号
2010	堺雅人今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて
2010	The Assistant Doctor	Yoshiaki Miyamae
2009	The Triumphant Return of General Rouge	Koichi Hayami
2009	The Chef of South Polar	Jun Nishimura
2009	The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio	Captain Kuhio
2009	Banyuki	Saji
2009	A Lush Life	Kurosawa
2009	Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban	Youzou Ooba
2008	Climber's High	Tatsuya Sayama
2008	After School	Kimura
2008	Be yourself	Yasushi Enomoto
2008	The Two in Tracksuits	The Son
2008	Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉
2008	Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉
2008	Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
2007	The Fearless Otojiro's Company	Minoru Date
2007	Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉
2007	Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉
2007	Sukiyaki Western Django	Shigemori
2007	The Wall Man	Ren Keguang
2006	Honey and Clover	Shuji Hanamoto
2006	Uwasa	鈴木光明
2006	新選組!! 土方歳三最期の一日	Yamanami Keisuke
2006	The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2006	The Woman Opposite	Shuji Tamura
2005	実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還	鈴木紀夫
2005	For the coming day	黒川医師
2005	お父さんの恋	杉本大樹
2005	Welcome to Irabu's Office	Kohei Yamashita
2004	小町	若林
2004	Mourning Becomes Electra
2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Okita Soji
2003	The Elephant Vanishes
2002	太郎	サトシ
2002	Fan of Hong Kong star
2001	Vamp Show	Hisao Shima
2001	反乱のボヤージュ	江藤麦太
2001	Being Here	Etsuro Maeno
2001	Stake Out	Yasuo Arakawa
2000	Beautiful Sunday	Hiroki Ogasawara
2000	巡査鉄兵の推理日誌	交番巡査
2000	安楽椅子探偵、再び	村瀬優
2000	Sunflower	Yuichi Hirano
2000	The Goddess of 1967	Roadside Noodle Eater
2000	Mars Sweet Home	Toshi Nakajima
1998	Zenmai	風侍
1998	水の味
1997	兄の仕事場～鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち
1996	VIBE

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	エジプト　悠久の王国	MC
2023	Vivant	Yusuke Nogi
2022	Nature’s Hidden Miracles	人間代表
2016	Sanadamaru	Sanada Yukimura
2015	Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist	日野伦太郎
2015	戦後７０年　ニッポンの肖像
2013	Hanzawa Naoki	Naoki Hanzawa
2012	Ooku: The Beginning	Madenokouji Arikoto
2012	Legal High	古美門研介
2012	知られざる大英博物館
2011	Antarctica	Haruhiko Himuro
2011	Tsukahara Bokuden	Shinemon Tsukahara
2010	Joker: Unforgiven Investigator	Kazuyoshi Date
2009	Triangle	Shimano Takaya
2009	Aoi Bungaku Series	Ōba Yōzō
2009	Aoi Bungaku Series	Shirimaru
2009	Aoi Bungaku Series	Sensei
2009	Aoi Bungaku Series	Moerus
2009	Aoi Bungaku Series	Ryoushuu, Sensei
2009	Summer for Bureaucrats	Niwano Takahisa
2008	A love newpolitical party
2008	Atsuhime	Tokugawa Iesachi
2008	Flower of Ice	Takayuki Seno
2007	Kodoku no kake	蒔田二郎
2007	The Secret Garden	片岡航
2006	深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ
2006	Izumo no Okuni	Sankuro
2005	Engine	Torii Motoichiro
2005	新シルクロード
2004	Shinsengumi!	Yamanami Keisuke
2004	Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy	若林
2004	フォーチュン・バナナ
2003	Dr. Coto's Clinic	鳴海慧
2003	Sky High	関川勝
2003	Papa for One Summer	石倉
2002	Extramarital Love	湯浅拓也
2002	Yukikaze	Fukai Rei
2002	Golden Bowl	太宰衛
2001	The Scent of Jealousy	中原テツシ
2001	School Teachers	山岸俊輔
2001	The Scarlet Camellia	徳次郎
2000	Audrey	杉本英記
2000	恋詩物語～ラブソング
1999	ア・オ・ゾ・ラ・マ・ー・ジ・ャ・ン	大空渉
1999	国産ひな娘
1999	玩具の神様
1999	Nothing Lasts Forever
1998	Jounetsu Tairiku
1997	恋、した。
1996	KochiKame	白鳥麗次〈初代〉
1996	Tokyo23区の女
1995	ハートにS