Masato Sakai

Personal Info

Birthday

October 14, 1973

(51 years old)

Place of Birth

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Also Known As

Сакаи Масато

さかいまさと

堺雅人

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

Hanzawa Naoki

Legal High

Aoi Bungaku Series

Shinsengumi!

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Sanadamaru

Vivant

Filmography

2025
Hiraba's Moon
as 青砥健将
2023
Share The Challenge
as Lord Benimaru
2022
The Man Who Can't Defraud
as Tadashi Kinusaki
2020
Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
as Hanzawa Naoki
2019
Promare
as Kray Foresight (voice)
Promare / Side: Galo
as Kray Foresight (voice)
2018
Sakura Guardian in the North
as Shujiro Ezure
2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Masakazu Isshiki
世界初　極北の冒険デナリ大滑降
as Narrator
2014
Legal High 2 SP
as Kensuke Komikado
Pandora: Eternal life
as Gen Suzuki
2013
Legal High SP
as Komikado Kensuke
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
as Shoji Kanzaki
2012
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
as Emonnosuke
The Samurai That Night
as Kenichi Nakamura
Key of Life
as Sakurai
2011
My SO Has Got Depression
as Mikio Takazaki
The Legacy of the Sun
as Major Shirou Mashiba
Go! Boys' School Drama Club
as Technical Staff
Buddha: The Great Departure
as Chapra (voice)
2010
The Assistant Doctor
as Yoshiaki Miyamae
Abacus and Sword
as Naoyuki Inoshiyama
Golden Slumber
as Masaharu Aoyagi
2009
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
as Youzou Ooba
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
as Captain Kuhio
Banyuki
as Saji
The Chef of South Polar
as Jun Nishimura
A Lush Life
as Kurosawa
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
as Koichi Hayami
2008
Be yourself
as Yasushi Enomoto
The Two in Tracksuits
as The Son
Climber's High
as Tatsuya Sayama
After School
as Kimura
2007
The Fearless Otojiro's Company
as Minoru Date
Sukiyaki Western Django
as Shigemori
The Wall Man
as Ren Keguang
2006
Uwasa
as 鈴木光明

Honey and Clover
as Shuji Hanamoto
The Woman Opposite
as Shuji Tamura
新選組!! 土方歳三最期の一日
as Yamanami Keisuke
2005
実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還
as 鈴木紀夫

Welcome to Irabu's Office
as Kohei Yamashita
For the coming day
as 黒川医師

お父さんの恋
as 杉本大樹
2004
小町
as 若林
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Okita Soji
2002
太郎
as サトシ
2001
Vamp Show
as Hisao Shima
反乱のボヤージュ
as 江藤麦太

Being Here
as Etsuro Maeno
Stake Out
as Yasuo Arakawa
2000
The Goddess of 1967
as Roadside Noodle Eater
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
as 交番巡査

Sunflower
as Yuichi Hirano
安楽椅子探偵、再び
as 村瀬優

Mars Sweet Home
as Toshi Nakajima
Beautiful Sunday
as Hiroki Ogasawara
1998
Zenmai
as 風侍