Yuki Saito (actress)

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Yuki Saitō
斉藤 由貴
Born
Yuki Saitō

(1966-09-10) September 10, 1966 (age 57)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • narrator
Years active1984–present
EmployerToho Entertainment
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse
Nobuyasu Isarai
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(m. 1994)​
Children3
RelativesRyūji Saitō (brother)
Yū Serizawa (niece)

Yuki Saito (Japanese: 斉藤 由貴, romanized: Saitō Yuki; born September 10, 1966, in Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator.[1][2][3] She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School (now Yokohama Seiryo Sogo High School).[1]

She is well known in Japan for being a member of LDS Church,[3] as she refuses to work on Sundays.[4] Saito used a fake cigarette while filming the 1986 film Koisuru Onnatachi due to her beliefs.[4]

In 1985, after making her singing debut with her single Sotsugyō and her debut album, Axia, she was cast in the lead role of Saki Asamiya in the first Sukeban Deka television drama series.[1][2] She later revisited that story by playing Saki's mother in the 2006 movie, Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki. She has starred in and been cast in many television and film dramas and comedies, and has also done voice-over narration work.

Saito has released 21 singles and 13 original albums. She has also released a live album, eight "best of" compilation albums, and has been featured on five tribute albums where she covered songs by The Carpenters, songs from Walt Disney films, and others.

Her father owns an obi shop in Yokohama,[5] and her brother is the actor Ryūji Saitō.[2]

Career[edit]

While attending high school in 1984, Saito won the third annual "Miss Magazine" Grand Prix contest run by Kodansha in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[1][2] She made her singing debut in 1985 with her single release Sotsugyō[1][2] and her debut album, Axia. That same year, Saito took the leading role in Sukeban Deka,[1][2] a TV series following the exploits of Saki Asamiya, a high school delinquent who is pressed into service as a yo-yo-wielding undercover police officer sent to a high school known for its vicious gangs.

Saito was selected to play the heroine in the NHK morning TV novel series Hanekonma in 1986.[1][2] This series garnered a rating of 41.7% for its timeslot.[6] At the end of the year, she was the captain of the Red Team on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, where she debuted her song, Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa, the first opening theme for the anime television series Maison Ikkoku.[2] This song became one of the most popular anime theme songs of all time.[3]

She was captain of the red team again in 1989, where her single In A Dream (夢の中へ, Yume no Naka e) was ranked fifth in the competition.[7] She would later, in 2007, perform both the opening and ending theme songs for another anime series, Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel by Nippon Animation for their World Masterpiece Theater series.[1] Saitō had earlier played the title character, Cosette, in its 1987 musical stage version.[1]

She wrote a commentary on Yasutaka Tsutsui's work Kyakusō Gijitsu in 1989. Saito married salaryman Nobuyasu Isarai in 1994,[2] and they have one son and two daughters.[8] While she still occasionally takes acting roles, she spends most of her time with her family. During the 1990s, Saito began moving from the role of idol star to doing more acting in movies, television, and on stage. She also began writing poetry, doing voice-over narration, and song and lyric writing.

Saito has a wide range of roles, from serious to comedic. Throughout the 1990s, most of her roles on stage, TV, and film were serious, dramatic roles. In 2006, she returned to her comedy roots with a role in Wagahai wa Shufu Dearu. Along with Mitsuhiro Oikawa, she formed a duo called "Yanake" (やな家) in 2006 and released Kateinai Date (家庭内デート),[9] and made her first singing appearance in seven years on June 8, 2006. This year also marked the 17th year since her appearance on the Takaaki Ishibashi owarai show Tonwarazu no Mina-san no Okage Desu. In the 2006 movie, Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki (a.k.a. Yo-Yo Girl Cop), Saito plays Saki's mother. She held several 25th anniversary concerts in February 2011.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Saito is well known in Japan for being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[3] as she refuses to work on Sundays.[4] In the 1986 film Koisuru Onnatachi, Saito used a fake cigarette used for asthma patients due to her LDS beliefs, which forbid the use of tobacco, including smoking.[4][11]

Saito's father owns a long-standing and respected obi tailoring shop in Yokohama, and sells his obis to multiple kimono stores in Motomachi, Tobe, and other places within the city.[5] Her brother is the actor Ryūji Saitō.[2] Saito's hobbies include poetry, illustrating, and writing books.[1]

Albums[edit]

Main article: Yuki Saito discography

Filmography[edit]

TV dramas[edit]

Title Year Network Role
Yakyū-kyō no Uta 1985 Fuji TV Yūki Mizuhara
Sukeban Deka 1985 Fuji TV Saki Asamiya
Pappa kara no Okurimono 1985 NHK
Hane Konma 1986 NHK Orin
Amae Naide yo! 1987 Fuji TV
Totte Oki no Seishun 1988 NHK
Asobi ni Oide yo! 1988 Fuji TV
High School Rakugaki 1989 TBS Izumi Suwa
Shōnan Monogatari 1989 NTV
Lucky Tenshi, Miyako e Iku 1989 Fuji TV
High School Rakugaki 2 1990 TBS Izumi Suwa
Yo ni mo Kimyō na Monogatari "Zettai Iya!" 1990 Fuji TV
Kazunomiya-sama O-Tome 1991 TV Asahi
Onna Jiken Kisha Tachibana Keiko 1992 TV Asahi
Mattanashi! 1992 NTV
If: Moshimo "Kanojo ga Suwaru no wa, Migi no Isu ka? Hidari no Isu ka?" 1993 Fuji TV
Dōsōkai 1993 NTV
Fukui-sanchi no Isan Sōzoku 1994 Kansai TV
Yo ni mo Kimyō na Monogatari "Derarenai" 1994 Fuji TV
Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune 1995 NHK Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's daughter Princess Tsuru
Kimi wo Omou yori Kimi ni Aitai 1995 Kansai TV
Bōryoku Kyōshi: Kimi ni Tsutaetai Koto 1996 NHK
Eien no Atom: Tezuka Osamu Monogatari 1999 TV Tokyo Yumiko Igarashi
Wakaretara Suki na Hito 1999 TV Tokyo
Aru Hi, Arashi no yō ni 2001 NHK
Kindaichi Kōsuke Series "Jinmensō" 2003 TBS
Onna no Ichidaiki: Jakucho Setouchi 2005 Fuji TV Tsuya Setouchi (Jakucho's older sister)
Wagahai wa Shufu Dearu 2006 TBS Midori Yana
O Banzai! 2007 TBS/MBS Kurumi Hanazono
Utahime 2007 TBS Seiko Matsujima
Battery 2008 NHK Makiko Harada
Shōkōjo Seira 2009 TBS Emiko Mimura
The Ancient Dogoo Girl 2009 MBS Sayuri Sugihara
Dōsōkai: Love Again Shōkōgun 2010 TV Asahi Yōko Nishikawa
Sotsugyō Homerun 2011 TV Tokyo Sayuri Inoue
Saigo no Bansan: Keiji Tōno Kazuyuki to Shichinin no Yōgisha 2011 TV Asahi Natsumi Tōno
Hi ha Mata Noboru 2011 TV Asahi Natsumi Tōno
Ohisama 2011 Fuji TV Fusako Haraguchi
Lessons 2011 Kansai TV Kanako Kurosawa
Keisatsui Akizuki Kei no Kenshi File 2012 Fuji TV Kei Akizuki
Koi Aji Oyako 2012 TV Asahi Sawako Nishiyama
Ashita o Akiramenai...Gareki no Naka no Shinbunsha: Kahoku Shinpō no Ichiban Nagai Hi 2012 TV Tokyo Yuriko Nakajima
Naniwa Shōnen Tanteidan 2012 TBS Hideko Harada
Iryū Sōsa 2012 TV Asahi Kyōko Mizusawa
Gomen ne Seishun! 2014 TBS Yoshie Yoshii
Sanada Maru 2016 NHK Acha no Tsubone
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Season 1 2016 TV Asahi Hirai Makoto
Okaasan, Musume wo Yamete Ii Desuka? 2017 NHK Hayase Akiko
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Season 2 2017 TV Asahi Hirai Makoto
Kuroido Goroshi 2018 Fuji TV Kana Shiba
Miss Sherlock 2018 HBO Asia Mariko Irikawa
Scandal Senmon Bengoshi QUEEN'' 2019 Fuji TV Mano Seiko
Schöner, Ruhiger Garten 2019 NHK Midori Asagiri
The Yagyu Conspiracy 2020 NHK Oeyo
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Season 2020 2020 TV Asahi Hirai Makoto
Kikenna Venus 2020 TBS Yagami Sadako
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Season 5 2021 TV Asahi Hirai Makoto
Kotodamasō 2021 TV Asahi Iwato Shima
Youtuber ni Musume wa Yaran 2022 TV Tokyo Mieko Taira
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Season 6 2022 TV Asahi Hirai Makoto
Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno? 2022 Kansai TV Nagamine Mayumi
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers 2023 NHK Lady Kasuga[12]
Fixer 2023 Wowow Kyōko Watanabe[13]
Giver Taker 2023 Wowow Marie Kishi[14]
Dr. Chocolate 2023 NTV Unagi[15]

Films[edit]

Title Year Role
Yuki no Danshō: Jōnetsu 1986 Iori Natsuki
Koisuru Onnatachi 1987 Takako Yoshioka
Rakko Monogatari 1987 voice over
Totto Channel 1987 Tetsuko Shibuyanagi (modelled after Tetsuko Kuroyanagi)
"Sayonara" no Onnatachi 1988 Ikuko Adachi
Yūshun Oracion 1988 Kumiko Wagu
Kimi wa Boku o Suki ni Naru 1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 not credited
Hong Kong Paradise 1990
Oishii Kekkon 1991
Watashi no Kokoro wa Papa no Mono 1992
Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō: Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari 1996
June Bride: 6/19 no Hanayome 1998
A, Haru 1999
Zeitaku na Fune 2001
Inochi 2002
Aoi Uta: Nodo Jiman Seishun Hen 2006
Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki 2006
Kids 2008
Baby! Baby! Baby! 2009
Ballad: Na mo Naki Koi no Uta 2009
Bandage 2010
Graffreeter Toki 2012
The Third Murder 2017
Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets 2017
Inuyashiki 2018
Fortuna's Eye 2019
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki 2019
Hit Me Anyone One More Time 2019
The First Supper 2019
Listen to the Universe 2019
Extro 2020
One Summer Story 2021 [16]
Matched 2024 Setsuko[17]
The Floor Plan 2024 [18]

Dubbing[edit]

Title Year Role
Paddington 2014 Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins)[19]

Theatre[edit]

  • Les Misérables (1987) (Cosette)
  • Kara Sawagi (1990)
  • 5-ji no Koibito (1992)
  • Nijūyon no Hitomi (1994)
  • Kimi to Naru: Nobody Else But You (1995)
  • Ningen Kazaguruma (2000)
  • Sora no Kaa-sama (2001)
  • Friends (2001)
  • Nikui Anchi Kushō (2002) (Kosode)
  • Claudia kara no Tegami (2006)
  • Zebra (2009)
  • Saitō Sachiko (2009)
  • Kiseki no Melody: Watanabe Hamako Monogatari (2010)
  • Our Town (2011)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 東宝芸能 オフィシャルサイト 女性俳優 :: プロフィール :: 斉藤 由貴 [Toho Entertainment Official Site Female Actors - Profile - Yuki Saito] (in Japanese). Toho Entertainment. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "斉藤由貴のプロフィール・ヒストリーならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" [Yuki Saito Profile and History from the Oricon Entertainment Encyclopedia Oricon Style] (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Yuki Saito". LDS Films. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c d 斉藤由貴「仕事より礼拝」…宗教上“制約”多く [Yuki Saito: "Beliefs come before work"...Religious taboos are many] (in Japanese). Zakzak via Sankei Digital. May 17, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  5. ^ a b 斉藤由貴さん（女優）が語る [A talk with actress Yuki Saito] (in Japanese). Kanagawa Prefectural Government. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "NHK朝の連続テレビ小説" [NHK Morning TV Novel Series] (in Japanese). Video Research. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  7. ^ 【1989年5月】夢の中へ／あの独特な振り付けで斉藤由貴最大のヒット曲に [May 1989 - "Yume no Naka e" / Yuki Saito's hit song due to unusual choreography] (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex via Sports Nippon Newspapers. May 10, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  8. ^ 【斉藤由貴】母が道ならぬ恋「子供たちは早く寝かせたほうがいいかも」。 [Yuki Saito - Mom had an illicit love affair "Perhaps it would be good to put the kids to bed early"] (in Japanese). Zakzak via Sankei Digital. April 21, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  9. ^ "やな家のプロフィール・ヒストリーならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" [Yanake Profile and History from the Oricon Entertainment Encyclopedia Oricon Style] (in Japanese). Oricon Style. 13 June 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  10. ^ "斉藤由貴 25th Anniversaryコンサート ～何もかも変わるとしても～" [Yuki Saito 25th Anniversary Concert: Even if we changed almost everything] (in Japanese). Parco Play. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  11. ^ "What is the Word of Wisdom that Mormons talk about?". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  12. ^ "堀田真由、『大奥』家光役は「代表作になると確信している」福士蒼汰との共闘を明かす". Real Sound. 17 January 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "「連続ドラマW フィクサー」ビジュアル＆予告、唐沢寿明が政界を舞台に暗躍". Natalie. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  14. ^ "https://www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/givertaker/". WOWOW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-28. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  15. ^ 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "キャスト・スタッフ｜【公式】日本テレビ2023年4月期土曜ドラマ『Dr.チョコレート』". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  16. ^ "子供はわかってあげない". eiga.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "マッチング". eiga.com. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  18. ^ "変な家". eiga.com. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  19. ^ "パディントン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 25, 2021.

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