:Takeru Satoh

{{short description|Japanese actor (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Takeru Satoh

| image = Sato Takeru from "One Night" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019 (49013876096).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Satoh in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019

| native_name = 佐藤 健

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|03|21|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.satohtakeru.com/profile/|title=Profile|publisher=Takeru Satoh official website|access-date=2016-07-17|language=ja}}

| birth_place = Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names =

| education =

| alma_mater = Koshigaya Kita High School (Science and Mathematics){{cite web|url=https://koshigayakita-h.spec.ed.jp/blogs/blog_entries/view/279/7e3a60e5cf2d71c6abecc36c3ad025b3?frame_id=234|website=Koshigaya Kita official website|title=Principal Newsletter No. 30 "Superconducting Rurouni Kenshin"|access-date=2021-01-20|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/kasapu/articles/107ujh6s77919spxgx3.html|website=ntv jp|title= Tuesday Surprise (November 5, 2019)"|access-date=2021-01-20|language=ja}}

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2006–present

| known_for = Rurouni Kenshin (film)
Kamen Rider Den-O

| credits =

| height = {{height|cm=170}}

| agent = Amuse, Inc.(2006–2021)
Co-LaVo (2021–){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2187472/full/|title=ワンオク・佐藤健・神木隆之介、アミューズから3月末で独立 新会社立ち上げを発表|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2021-03-24|language=ja}}

| website = {{URL|satohtakeru.com}}

| signature = Takeru Satoh signature.png

}}

{{nihongo|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.

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".{{cite web|url=https://news.nifty.com/article/entame/showbizd/12252-115124/ |script-title=ja:佐藤健が『ZIP!』で子役時代を語る 高橋一生と出演する映画『億男』公開中|language=ja}} He graduated from Koshigaya Kita High School, Saitama in 2007.{{cite AV media |script-title=ja:裸にしたい男「佐藤健」| medium = Television production| publisher = [NHK] | date = 2012 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/p-et-tp0-20071104-278607.html |script-title=ja:「最弱ライダー」佐藤健、肺気胸で療養|language=ja}}

Career

=2006–2008: Early works=

Satoh was scouted by an agent from Amuse, Inc. in Harajuku in Tokyo when he was in senior high school,{{cite web |script-title=ja:【佐藤健】平成生まれも態度で示す"昭和の男" 美学は「自己アピールしない」|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20130531/peo1305310709000-n1.htm|access-date=27 December 2014}} and made his debut in 2006.{{cite web|title=Corporate History|url=http://ir.amuse.co.jp/english/company/history.html|website=Amuse Inc.|access-date=27 December 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080926/gnj0809261105021-n1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929040435/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080926/gnj0809261105021-n1.htm|script-title=ja:佐藤健、「仮面ライダー電王」人気の秘密は...|archive-date=2008-09-29|access-date=2015-10-29|publisher=Sankei Digital Inc.|language=ja}}

=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,Takeru considers his role in Rookies his breakout role during chat with an MC in the [http://takeru-s.cguild.net/fes/ Takeru Festival 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430123114/http://takeru-s.cguild.net/fes/ |date=30 April 2009 }} (2009-03-21). Retrieved on 2009-04-27. 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.{{cite web|title=Bloody Monday|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/|website=TBS|access-date=27 December 2014}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090601-OHT1T00254.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605063336/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090601-OHT1T00254.htm|title=Takeru Sato on the upcoming Beck live-action film|archive-date=2009-06-05|access-date=2015-10-29|publisher=The Hochi Shimbun|language=ja}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/06/rurouni-kenshin-to-get-film-adaptation-starring-sato-takeru/|title="Rurouni Kenshin" to get film adaptation starring Satoh Takeru!|publisher=Tokyohive.com |access-date=28 June 2011}}

=2012–present: ''Rurouni Kenshin'' films and career expansion=

File:Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto InfernoThe Legend Ends, Red Carpet Premiere Takeru Sato.jpg

Released in August 2012, the film grossed a total of 3.01 billion yen at the domestic box office.{{cite web|title=Kenshin sequel heats up Japan box office|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/kenshin-sequel-heats-up-japan-box-office|publisher=Film Business Asia|access-date=27 December 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121083033/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/kenshin-sequel-heats-up-japan-box-office|archive-date=21 January 2015|df=dmy-all}} 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.{{cite web|title="Bitter Blood" between father-son detectives; a Tokyo take on "The Long Goodbye"; CM of the week: JT|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/04/12/tv/bitter-blood-between-father-son-detectives-a-tokyo-take-on-the-long-goodbye-cm-of-the-week-jt/|website=The Japan Times|access-date=27 December 2014|date=12 April 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=Japanese Box Office: 'Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends' Rules|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/japanese-box-office-rurouni-kenshin-the-legend-ends-1201306802/|website=Variety|access-date=27 December 2014|date=16 September 2014}}{{cite web|title=ANIME NEWS: Two-part sequel to live-action 'Rurouni Kenshin' gets premiere dates|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201402100051|website=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=27 December 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227100715/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201402100051|archive-date=27 December 2014|df=dmy-all}} Rurouni Kenshin manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki praised Satoh's performance and called him the ideal actor to portray Kenshin.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-27/sankei-sports/rurouni-kenshin-manga-gets-live-action-film |title=Rurouni Kenshin Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2012 (Updated) |publisher=Anime News Network |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2017 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114081113/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-27/sankei-sports/rurouni-kenshin-manga-gets-live-action-film |archive-date=November 14, 2016 }} 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.{{cite web|title=See the 'Kenshin'-themed jeepney, plus Takeru Satoh's 'Oro' moment|url=http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/65539-rurouni-kenshin-cultural-friendship-ambassadors|publisher=Rappler|access-date=8 February 2015|date=7 August 2014}}

Satoh made his TV return with the acclaimed TBS series The Emperor's Cook in early 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061047/full/ |script-title=ja:『天皇の料理番』が4冠獲得 「東京ドラマアウォード2015」|newspaper=ORICON STYLE|language=ja-JP|trans-title="The Emperor's Cook" gains 4 wins at Tokyo Drama Awards 2015|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2074578/full/ |script-title=ja:佐藤健、『天皇の料理番』で放送文化基金賞受賞|newspaper=ORICON STYLE|language=ja-JP|trans-title=Takeru Satoh receives the Hoso Bunka Fund Award for 'The Emperor's Cook'|access-date=2017-01-10}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/bakuman-movie.html|title=Bakuman.|website=Toho|publisher=Toho|access-date=4 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/filmart/filmart-2015-hot-titles-japan/5085532.article|title=Filmart 2015: Hot titles - Japan|publisher=Screen International|access-date=4 April 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-06-28/live-action-rurouni-kenshin-films-final-chapter-wraps-filming/.148374|title=Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films' 'Final Chapter' Wraps Filming|date=2019-06-28|access-date=2019-07-26|publisher=Anime news Network}}

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. He is also an unofficial member of the Elite Four in the Pokémon Trading Card Game since 14 December 2021.{{Citation|title=佐藤健vsポケカ世界チャンピオン ガチバトル!!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_eTni31d4|language=en|access-date=2021-12-20}}

He battled privately against the world champion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Shintarō Itō and made a bet that he would write the title "Elite Four" into his Wikipedia page in case he wins.

Due to him winning this private battle, he stated in this video on his YouTube channel, that he now (unofficially) inherited the title as one of the Elite Four.

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,{{cite web |script-title=ja: 月刊4B[フォー・ビー] 2009年5月号「特集 ルーキーズ伝説、再び! |url=http://4b.yahoo.co.jp/contents/0905/special/theme01/page9/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507161117/http://4b.yahoo.co.jp/contents/0905/special/theme01/page9/index.html |archive-date=7 May 2009 |language=ja}} and has a black belt in Shorinji Kempo.{{cite web |script-title=ja:【FREE】『るろうに剣心』台湾公開、佐藤健現地入り |url=https://www.bunkatsushin.com/news/article.aspx?id=67370 |language=ja}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
YearTitleRoleclass="unsortable"|Notesclass="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
2007

| Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!

| Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/person/32629/movie/ |script-title=ja:佐藤健|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan="2"| 2008

| Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka

| Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O

| Lead role

|

Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown

| Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O

| Special appearance

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53994/|title= 劇場版 さらば仮面ライダー電王 ファイナル・カウントダウン|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan="2"| 2009

| Goemon

| Young Kirigakure Saizō

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53155/|title= GOEMON|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

Rookies: Graduation

| Yuya Okada

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53939/|title= ROOKIES 卒業|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan="2"| 2010

| Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale

| Shohei Nakamori

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/55092/|title= 劇場版TRICK 霊能力者バトルロイヤル|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

Beck

| Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/54662/|title= BECK|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

2012

| Rurouni Kenshin

| Kenshin Himura

| Lead role

| [http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/rurouni-kenshin/index.html?oro=mile Rurouni Kenshin live-action films official website.]

rowspan=2| 2013

| Real

| Koichi Fujita

| Lead role

| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/sato-ayase-to-star-in-kurosawa-pic-1118056756/|title=Sato, Ayase to star in Kurosawa pic|work=Variety|first=Mark|last=Schilling|author-link=Mark Schilling|date=July 18, 2012}}

The Liar and His Lover

| Aki Ogasawara

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-22/kanojo-wa-uso-o-ai-shisugiteru-romance-manga-gets-film |title=Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru Romance Manga Gets Film |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2012-02-22 |access-date=2012-11-10 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-06/kenshin-satoh-stars-in-kano-uso-shojo-manga-film|title= Kenshin's Satoh Stars in Kano-Uso Shohjo Manga's Film|date= 2013-03-06 |access-date=2013-03-07 |publisher=Anime News Network }}

rowspan=2| 2014

| Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

| Kenshin Himura

| Lead role

| rowspan=2|
{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-01/live-action-rurouni-kenshin-sequels-summer-compilation-tv-spot-streamed/.77200 |title=Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels' Summer Compilation TV Spot Streamed|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=2014-08-01}}

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

| Kenshin Himura

| Lead role

rowspan="2"|2015

| Pieta in the Toilet

| The Janitor

| Cameo

|

Bakuman

| Moritaka Mashiro

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/80365/|script-title=ja:バクマン。|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan=2| 2016

| If Cats Disappeared from the World

| Postman / Devil

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/81039/|script-title=ja:世界から猫が消えたなら|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

Someone

| Takuto Ninomiya

| Lead role

| {{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2068338/full/ |script-title=ja:佐藤健、『何者』映画化で主演 有村架純、菅田将暉ら若手主役級そろう|date=2016-03-11|publisher=Oricon|access-date=2016-07-17|language=ja}}

rowspan=2| 2017

| Ajin: Demi-Human

| Kei Nagai

| Lead role

| {{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-03/ajin-demi-human-manga-gets-live-action-film-with-rurouni-kenshin-takeru-satoh/.108449#HyGTZkH3pV4tAZKq.01|title=Ajin - Demi Human Manga Gets Live-Action Film With Rurouni Kenshin's Takeru Satoh|date=2016-11-03|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=2016-11-05}}

The 8-Year Engagement

| Hisashi

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/86101/ |script-title=ja:8年越しの花嫁 奇跡の実話|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan=4| 2018

| Inuyashiki

| Hiro Shishigami

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/86161/ |script-title=ja:いぬやしき|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

Million Dollar Man

| Kazuo

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/88329/ |script-title=ja:億男|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

Hardcore

| Sakon Gondoh

|

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/87592/ |script-title=ja:ハード・コア|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever

| Ryotaro Nogami

|

| {{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181222dog00m200046000c.html|title= 佐藤健:10年ぶり仮面ライダー作品出演 劇場版最新作に登場 「感謝の気持ちをお伝えしたい」|access-date= December 23, 2018|work= Mantan-web}}

rowspan=3| 2019

| Samurai Marathon

| Jin'nai Karasawa

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/90274/ |script-title=ja:サムライマラソン|access-date= November 25, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

Dragon Quest: Your Story

| Ruka (voice)

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2132906/full/|title= アニメ映画『ドラクエ』豪華キャスト13人公開 主人公に佐藤健、ビアンカに有村架純、フローラに波瑠|access-date= April 4, 2019|work= Oricon}}

One Night

| Yūji

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2019/03/29/60904.html|title= 佐藤健×白石和彌"念願"タッグで舞台「ひとよ」映画化!鈴木亮平&松岡茉優と三兄妹に|access-date= March 29, 2019|work= Cinema Cafe}}{{cite web |url= http://intl.nikkatsu.com/sales/340.html|title= One Night|access-date= May 11, 2019|work= Nikkatsu}}

2020

| Not Quite Dead Yet

| Club Host

| Cameo

| {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2150011/full/|script-title=ja: 広瀬すず主演『一度死んでみた』 佐藤健、池田エライザ、西野七瀬ら追加キャスト23人発表|access-date= December 3, 2019|work= oricon.com}}

rowspan=4| 2021

| Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

| Kenshin Himura

| Lead role

| rowspan=2| {{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20190412/2/|title= 佐藤健主演「るろうに剣心」最終章の製作決定! 追憶編&人誅編もとに2020年夏2作連続公開|access-date= April 12, 2019|work= eiga.com}}
{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20191219dog00m200064000c.html|title= るろうに剣心:実写映画最終章のタイトルは「The Final/The Beginning」 ティザービジュアルも公開|access-date= December 20, 2019|work= Mantan-web}}

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

| Kenshin Himura

| Lead role

Belle

| The Dragon (voice)

|

| {{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210706dog00m200028000c.html|title= 竜とそばかすの姫:謎の竜の声優は佐藤健 細田守監督最新作|access-date= July 6, 2021|work= Mantan-web}}

In the Wake

| Yasuhisa Tone

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://movie.walkerplus.com/news/article/228674/|title= 佐藤健と阿部寛が10年ぶりの共演!中山七里原作『護られなかった者たちへ』映画化決定|access-date= March 28, 2020|work= eiga.com}}

rowspan=2| 2024

| April Come She Will

| Shun Fujishiro

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/534137|title= 佐藤健、長澤まさみ、森七菜が映画「四月になれば彼女は」で共演 公開日は来年3月29日|access-date= July 25, 2023|work= Natalie}}

Cells at Work!

| Neutrophil / White blood cell (U-1146)

| Lead role

| {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/577120|title= 永野芽郁と佐藤健が映画「はたらく細胞」でW主演!赤血球&白血球役に|access-date= June 11, 2024|work= Natalie}}

=Television=

class="wikitable"
YearTitleRoleNotes{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
2006

| Princess Princess D

| Toru Kono

|

|

2007

| Shinigami no Ballad

| Kantaroh Ichihara

| Episodes 7, 8, & 11

|

2007–2008

| Kamen Rider Den-O

| Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O

| Lead role

|{{cite web|title=Masked Rider Den-O|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/den-o/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

rowspan="2" |2008

| Rookies

| Yuuya Okada

|

|{{cite web|title=Rookies|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/rookies08/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

Bloody Monday

| Otoya Kujo

|

|{{cite web|title=Bloody Monday|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/season1/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

rowspan="4" |2009

| Mei's Butler

| Kento Shibata

|

| {{cite web|title=Mei-chan no Shitsuji|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/mei-chan/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

Mr. Brain

| Masaru Nakagawa

| Episodes 4 & 5

|{{cite web|title=Mr Brain Episode 4|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/mr-brain/story/story04.html|access-date=31 December 2014}}

MW Chapter 0: Akuma no Game

| Takashi Morioka

| Lead role

| {{cite web|title=MW Chapter 0: Akuma no Game|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/mw/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

True Horror Stories: 10th-year anniversary special

| Shotaro Fujisawa

| Episode 5: Face on the Road

|

rowspan="3" |2010

| Ryōmaden

| Okada Izō

| Taiga drama

| {{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=776174 |script-title=ja:佐藤健のプロフィール|access-date= November 26, 2018|work= allcinema}}

Bloody Monday 2

| Otoya Kujo

|

| {{cite web|title=Bloody Monday|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

Q10

| Heita Fukai

| Lead role

| [http://www.tokyograph.com/news/takeru-sato-to-star-in-q10-drama/ Takeru Sato to star in “Q10″ drama]. tokyograph.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

rowspan="2" |2011

| Fuyu no Sakura

| Hajime Inaba

|

| {{cite web|title=Fuyu no Sakura|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/fuyuno-sakura/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

Saigo no Kizuna: Okinawa Hikisakareta Kyodai

| Agarie Yasuharu

| Lead role

| {{cite web|title=Saigo no Kizuna|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kizuna/index.html|access-date=31 December 2014}}

rowspan="2" |2013

| Tonbi

| Akira Ichikawa

|

| [http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/news/201312060000.html Tonbi (Black Kite) takes Best Drama Series at the 2013 Asian Television Awards!] www.tbs.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-12-06.

The Liar and his Lover: Side Story

| Aki Ogasawara

| Lead role

| {{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2030775/full/ |script-title=ja:映画『カノ嘘』、フジでドラマ化 オムニバスでサイドストーリー放送|date = 12 November 2013|access-date=13 June 2016}}

2014

| Bitter Blood

| Natsuki Sahara

| Lead role

| {{cite web|title=Bitter Blood|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/BitterBlood/index.html|access-date=31 December 2014}}

2015

| The Emperor's Cook

| Tokuzo Akiyama

| Lead role

| {{cite web |script-title=ja:TBSテレビ60周年特別企画 日曜劇場『天皇の料理番』|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/tenno_no_ryoriban/|access-date=31 December 2014}}

rowspan="2" |2018

| Half Blue Sky

| Ritsu Hagio

| Asadora

| {{cite web |script-title=ja:〈岐阜・故郷 編〉主な出演者 発表!|url=http://www6.nhk.or.jp/nhkpr/post/original.html?i=11350|access-date=22 August 2017}}

Stepmom and Daughter Blues

| Akira Mugita

|

| {{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/284260 |script-title=ja:ドラマ「義母と娘のブルース」追加キャスト発表、麦田章役は佐藤健|date=2018-05-30|access-date=2018-06-07|language=ja|publisher=Natalie.mu}}

2019

| True Horror Stories: 20th-year anniversary special

| Satoshi Miyazaki

| Episode 5: The Resentful Gaze

| {{cite web|url=https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2019/10/12/63945.html |script-title=ja:佐藤健10年ぶりの出演、佐々木蔵之介ら豪華キャストで贈る「ほん怖」20周年SP|date=2019-10-12|access-date=2019-10-14|language=ja|publisher=cinemacafe.net}}

rowspan="3" |2020

| Stepmom and Daughter Blues: New Year Special

| Akira Mugita

|

| {{cite web|url=https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2019/11/16/64481.html|title=綾瀬はるか&佐藤健&竹野内豊ら再集結!「義母と娘のブルース」新年SPで"1年後"描く|access-date=2019-11-23|language=ja}}

Stepmom and Daughter Blues: Akira Mugita Side Story

| Akira Mugita

| Lead role

|{{cite web|url=https://news.paravi.jp/191212_gibomusu_blues/|title=『義母と娘のブルース 2020年謹賀新年スペシャル』の オリジナルストーリーをParaviで独占配信決定!|access-date=2020-05-03|language=ja}}

An Incurable Case of Love

| Kairi Tendo

|

| {{cite web|url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/koitsudu_tbs/|title=恋はつづくよどこまでも|publisher=TBS|access-date=2019-11-12|language=ja}}{{cite web |url= https://www.tbscontents.com/en/program/anincurablecaseoflove|title= AN INCURABLE CASE OF LOVE|access-date= May 27, 2020|work= TBS}}

rowspan="2"|2022

| Stepmom and Daughter Blues: New Year Special 2022

| Akira Mugita

|

| {{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/455331|title=「義母と娘のブルース」新作を正月に放送!2020年に放送された特別編の続き描く|access-date=2019-11-23|language=ja}}

First Love

| Harumichi Namiki

| Lead role

|{{cite web |url= https://www.cinra.net/news/20201203-firstlove|title= 満島ひかり×佐藤健×宇多田ヒカル Netflix『First Love 初恋』2022年配信|access-date= December 3, 2020|work= Cinra.net}}

2023

| Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

| Naoki Torino

|

| {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2257234/full/|title= 井上真央『花男2』以来"16年ぶり"TBS連ドラ主演 佐藤健&松山ケンイチと「ファンタジーラブストーリー」描く|access-date= November 17, 2022|work= Oricon}}

2025

| Glass Heart

| Naoki Fujitani

| Lead role, also producer

| {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2316131/full/|title= 佐藤健、主演・製作の青春音楽ドラマ『グラスハート』に菅田将暉・宮崎優・町田啓太・志尊淳ら集結【コメントあり】|access-date= February 28, 2024|work= Oricon}}

=Television documentaries and other programs=

class="wikitable"
YearTitleRoleRef.
2012

| The Man Who Wants To Be Truthful

| Himself

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2006757/full/|script-title=ja:“裸にしたい男”佐藤健、NHKで初ドキュメント「素の姿ばかりで不安」te=2012-02-09|access-date=11 April 2019|language=ja}}

2016

| The Unknown Civilizations

| Himself

|{{cite web|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2016/12/01/kiji/K20161201013825590.html|script-title=ja:佐藤健、中南米の世界遺産取材 古代文明に思いはせ「どうやって…」|date=2016-12-01|access-date=11 April 2019|language=ja}}

2017

| Tokyo: The Miracle City

| Narrator

|{{cite web|url= https://www.cinra.net/news/20171028-tokyomiraclecity|script-title=ja:五輪1000日前、今日の東京をスマホで映すNHK生番組 佐藤健、山口一郎らも|date=2017-10-28|access-date=11 April 2019|language=ja}}

rowspan=2|2018

| Our 50 Years With Weekly Shonen Jump

| Narrator

|{{cite web|url= https://www.nhk.or.jp/docudocu/program/2443/2637528/index.html|script-title=ja:BS1スペシャル「ボクらと少年ジャンプの50年」|date=2018-07-08|access-date=11 April 2019|language=ja}}

69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

| Judge

| {{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2018/12/19/59541.html|title= 佐藤健&永野芽郁が「紅白」ゲスト審査員に!朝ドラ・大河俳優らも決定|access-date= February 21, 2021|work= Cinema Cafe}}

2019

| Tokyo Miracle

| Various roles

|{{cite web|url= https://www.nhk.or.jp/docudocu/program/46/2586103/index.html|script-title=ja:NHKスペシャル 東京ミラクル 第1集「美食の街 受け継がれる“築地の魂”」|date=2019-01-13|access-date=11 April 2019|language=ja}}

rowspan=2|2021

| Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 1

| Himself

|{{cite web|url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1016898/|script-title=ja:佐藤健×千鳥・ノブの謎解き番組に本田翼、志尊淳、ロッチ・中岡が参戦!|date=2021-01-11|access-date=21 January 2021|language=ja}}

Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 2

| Himself

| {{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1042596/|title= 佐藤健&千鳥ノブ、親友コンビの特番第2弾が決定!知力と体力で"最強の謎"に挑む<佐藤健&千鳥ノブよ!この謎を解いてみろ!>|date=2021-07-20|access-date=21 January 2021|language=ja}}

rowspan=2|2022

| Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 3

| Himself

| {{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1065119/|title= 佐藤健&ノブの謎解き特番、第3弾が決定!"謎の島"でのオールロケに「今までで一番本気になった」|date=2021-12-24|access-date=21 January 2021|language=ja}}

Satoh Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle-Solving Special - Episode 4

| Himself

| {{cite web |url= https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220808-2419584/|title= 佐藤健がイケメンすぎる謎解き力を発揮!? 千鳥ノブとの謎解き特番第4弾今夜放送|date=2022-08-08|access-date= 16 November 2022|language=ja}}

=Promotion videos=

  • {{Nihongo|Bahashishi, Oasis|オアシス|extra=2007}}
  • {{Nihongo|Bahashishi, Yakusoku|約束|extra=2007}}
  • {{Nihongo|Bahashishi, Kiseki|キセキ|extra=2008}}
  • Mayday, Do You Ever Shine (2014) {{cite AV media|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKtBSlfpRU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/UcKtBSlfpRU |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title= Mayday「Do You Ever Shine?」MUSIC VIDEO| medium = Music Video| publisher = A-Sketch MUSIC LABEL | date = 2014 }}{{cbignore}}

=Theater=

  • 2012: Romeo and Juliet. Dir: Jonathan Munby, Akasaka ACT Theater, Theatre Brava!; role: Romeo{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2012/04/sato-takeru-and-ishihara-satomi-talk-romeo-juliet/|title=Sato Takeru and Ishihara Satomi talk "Romeo & Juliet"|date=2012-04-30|publisher=Tokyohive|access-date=2016-08-10}}

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" ({{Nihongo2|HT 〜N.Y.の中心で、鍋をつつく〜}}) (2010)
  • "HT2" ({{Nihongo2|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/{{Nihongo2|「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

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Award !! Category !! Notable Works !! Result !! Ref.

2009

| 60th Television Drama Academy Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Mei's Butler

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url= https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/60/awards/best-supporting-actor/|script-title=ja:第60回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞 助演男優賞|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

2010

| 20th Japan Movie Critics Award

| Best Male Newcomer

|Beck

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url= http://jmc-award.com/award/2010.html|script-title=ja:过去の受赏作品 日本映画批评家大赏|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225052245/http://jmc-award.com/award/2010.html|archive-date=2013-02-25}}

2011

| 35th Elan d'or Awards

| Newcomer of the Year

| Himself

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url= https://career.oricon.co.jp/news/84487/full/|script-title=ja:「2011年エランドール賞」新人賞6名が決定! 松下&向井の“ゲゲゲ夫妻”らが受賞|language=ja|date=2011-02-03|access-date=2019-02-13}}

2012

| Japan Action Awards 2012

| Best Action Actor

| Rurouni Kenshin

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=http://cinema.pia.co.jp/news/0/50978/|script-title=ja:俳優部門は佐藤健らが受賞! 第1回ジャパンアクションアワード授賞式が開催|access-date=2015-10-29|publisher=PIA Corporation|language=ja}}

2013

| 76th Television Drama Academy Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Tonbi

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web| url=https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/76/awards/best-supporting-actor/|script-title=ja:第76回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞 助演男優賞|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

2014

| 39th Hochi Film Awards

| Best Actor

| The Liar and His Lover, RK: Kyoto Inferno & The Legend Ends

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/hochi_eigashou/nominate.html|script-title=ja:第39回報知映画賞ノミネート一覧|publisher=hochi.co.jp|access-date=2019-02-13|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117070510/https://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/hochi_eigashou/nominate.html|archive-date=2014-11-17}}

rowspan=5| 2015

| rowspan=2| Japan Action Awards 2015

| Best Action Scene

| rowspan=2|RK: Kyoto Inferno & The Legend Ends

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://worsal.com/actionawards/2015/vote.html|script-title=ja:2015年アクション界のトップが決まる!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306054032/http://worsal.com/actionawards/2015/vote.html|archive-date=2015-03-06|language=ja|publisher=worsal.com}}

Best Action Actor

| {{won}}

9th Asian Film Awards

| Best Actor

| Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

| {{Nominated}}

| [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-25/rurouni-kenshin-parasyte-tokyo-tribes-nominated-for-9th-asian-film-awards/.85376 Rurouni Kenshin, Parasyte, Tokyo Tribes Nominated for 9th Asian Film Awards]. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-02-25.

85th Television Drama Academy Awards

| Best Actor

| rowspan=4|The Emperor's Cook

| {{won}}

| {{cite web| url= https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/85/awards/best-actor/|script-title=ja:第85回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞主演男優賞|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

8th Tokyo Drama Awards

| Best Actor

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1535444|script-title=ja:佐藤健、黒木華、鈴木亮平ら受賞「東京ドラマアウォード2015」|access-date=2015-10-29|publisher=modelpress|language=ja}}

rowspan=2| 2016

| 24th Hashida Award

| Best Actor

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071438/full/ |script-title=ja:吉田羊、熱愛報道後初公の場 関係者が制止で言及せず|date=2016-05-10|publisher=Oricon|access-date=2016-09-16|language=ja}}

42nd Broadcasting Culture Fund Award

| Individual Acting Award

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/39572|script-title=ja:佐藤健「志の高い作品に声を掛けていただいた」 「天皇の料理番」で放送文化基金賞演技賞を受賞|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

rowspan = 5|2018

| 41st Japan Academy Film Prize

| Best Actor

| The 8-Year Engagement

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url = https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/41.html|script-title=ja:第41回日本アカデミー賞 最優秀賞決定!|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

Japan Action Awards 2018

| Best Action Actor

| Ajin: Demi-Human

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url = https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/273997|script-title=ja:第6回ジャパンアクションアワード「HiGH&LOW」が2冠、最優秀男優賞は佐藤健|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

rowspan = 2|98th Television Drama Academy Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Hanbun, Aoi

|{{won}}

| rowspan=2 | {{cite web|url = https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/98/awards/best-supporting-actor/|script-title=ja:第98回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞 助演男優賞|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

Best Supporting Actor

| Blues of Stepmother and Daughter

|{{Nominated}}

13th CONFiDENCE Award Drama Prize

| Best Supporting Actor

| rowspan = 2|Hanbun, Aoi, Blues of Stepmother and Daughter

|{{won}}

| {{cite web|url = https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/51998/|script-title=ja::第13回『コンフィデンスアワード・ドラマ賞』発表 「ぎぼむす」ほか全7部門受賞者から喜びのコメント到着|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-13}}

rowspan=3|2019

| CONFiDENCE Award Drama Prize 2018 Annual Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

|{{won}}

| {{cite web|url = https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52592/|script-title=ja::『コンフィデンスアワード・ドラマ賞 年間大賞 2018』発表 『おっさんずラブ』ほか全7部門受賞者から喜びのコメント|language=ja|access-date=2019-03-02}}

44th Hochi Film Awards

| Best Actor

| rowspan=2|Samurai Marathon, One Night

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url = https://pixiin.com/award-hochi-eigashou2019/|script-title=ja:: 報知映画賞2019年末ノミネート全受賞結果一覧(第44回)|language=ja|access-date=2019-11-11}}

32nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards

| Best Actor

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url= http://wingsfan.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-16684.html|title= 映画「イエスタデイ」、日刊スポーツ映画大賞にノミネート|access-date= December 20, 2019|work= つれづれなるままにWINGSFAN}}

rowspan=4|2020

| 104th Television Drama Academy Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| rowspan=4|An Incurable Case of Love

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url = https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/104/awards/best-supporting-actor/|script-title=ja:第104回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞 助演男優賞|language=ja|access-date=2020-07-21}}

13th Tokyo Drama Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url= https://j-ba.or.jp/drafes/english/award/index.html|title= Tokyo Drama Awards|access-date= October 29, 2020|work= International Drama Festival in Tokyo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101105858/https://j-ba.or.jp/drafes/english/award/index.html|archivedate=2020-11-01}}

rowspan=2|7th Yahoo! Japan Search Awards

| Grand Prix

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-12-10/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-tops-yahoo-japan-search-awards-in-anime-for-2nd-year/.167247|title=Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Tops Yahoo! Japan Search Awards in Anime for 2nd Year|date=December 11, 2020|first=Loveridge|last=Lynzee|website=Anime News Network}}

Person (Actor)

| {{won}}

rowspan=2|2021

| 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards

| Best Actor

| rowspan=2|Rurouni Kenshin: The Final/The Beginning, In the Wake

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url= https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-cinema/|title= 日刊スポーツ映画大賞|access-date= November 10, 2021|work= Nikkan Sports}}

46th Hochi Film Awards

| Best Actor

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url= https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000116.000071317.html|title= 第46回報知映画賞ノミネート決定|access-date= November 15, 2021|work= PR Times}}

rowspan=3|2022

| 76th Mainichi Film Awards

| Best Actor

| In the Wake

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url= https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/12/16/kiji/20211215s00041000245000c.html|title= 毎日映画コンクール 候補作が決定 「ドライブ・マイ・カー」最多10ノミネート|access-date= December 16, 2021|work= Sponichi}}

64th Blue Ribbon Awards

| Best Actor

| Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, In the Wake

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/460365|title= ブルーリボン賞「ドライブ・マイ・カー」が最多候補入り、「ヤクザと家族」なども|access-date= January 4, 2022|work= Natalie}}

45th Japan Academy Film Prize

| Best Actor

| In the Wake

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2221334/full/|title= 『第45回日本アカデミー賞』受賞者・作品発表 司会は羽鳥慎一&長澤まさみ|access-date= January 18, 2021|work= Oricon}}

2023

| Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

| Best Lead Actor

| First Love

| {{nominated}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/438/0000058799|last=Park|first=Jae-hwan|title=아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈 후보작 발표.. "더 글로리, 무빙, 만장적계절, 그리고 퍼스트러브하츠코이|trans-title=Asian Content Awards & Global OTT Awards Nominees Announced... "The Glory, Moving, All Seasons, and First Love Hatsukoi"|publisher=KBS|via=Naver|date=September 12, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023|language=ko}}

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