Portrait of Toshiya Sakai

Acting

Toshiya Sakai

Career

Active from 1981 to 2022, with a break from 1982 to 2008, busiest in 2013 and 2015 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Evergreen Love
Evergreen Love
GoodWatch score66/100

Characters

2

The characters Toshiya Sakai played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Toshiya Sakai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.5, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    2.1, average 2.8
  • Scare
    2.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 72
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Susumu Someda

A Suffocatingly Lonely Death
A Suffocatingly Lonely Death (2024)

TV show · as タクシー運転手

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case
Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case (2023)

TV show · as Tanaba

Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (2022)

TV show · as Rokuro Eto

2010s

12 titles · average score 66
I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!
I Will Not Work Overtime, Period! (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Tomoyuki Shinohara

School Meals Time
School Meals Time (2019)

TV show

Evergreen Love
Evergreen Love (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as shop customer

Osoi Shiawase
Osoi Shiawase (2015)

as 辰蔵

Gohan Japan
Gohan Japan (2015)

TV show

A Woman's Hole
A Woman's Hole (2014)

as Teacher Murata

Eve in Love
Eve in Love (2013)

as minister

SPEC: Zero
SPEC: Zero (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

as Toshi

お先にどうぞ
お先にどうぞ (2013)

TV show

The Citizen Police 69
The Citizen Police 69 (2011)

as Hoichi Hikojiro

Oba: The Last Samurai
Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
GoodWatch score 61

as Akio Baba

Jazz G Men
Jazz G Men (2011)

as Yoshio Kawamoto

2000s

14 titles · average score 70
Untouchable
Untouchable (2009)

TV show · as Jin Jonouchi

The Fantastic Deer-Man
The Fantastic Deer-Man (2008)

TV show · as Ryoichi Natori

Sushi Ōji!
Sushi Ōji! (2007)

TV show

GARO
GARO (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Mizuno (Saki's dad)

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger (2003)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Teruhiko Imanaka

Stand Up!!
Stand Up!! (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Udagawa Nobuhito

Gokusen
Gokusen (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Taichi Inuzuka

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Hero
Hero (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Tamura

Kaza-hana
Kaza-hana (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

as Young Man at the Hot Spring Inn

As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By (2000)

TV show · as Tanaka

1990s

7 titles · average score 69
Naguru Onna
Naguru Onna (1998)

TV show

Swallowtail Butterfly
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
GoodWatch score 80

as Lolita Store Manager

San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku (1996)

TV show

Love Letter
Love Letter (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as Taxi Driver

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mr. Yasu

Fried Dragon Fish
Fried Dragon Fish (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

as Head of Aida Detective Agency

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

1980s

6 titles · average score 68
The Yen Family
The Yen Family (1988)

as Hirono

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)

as Okayama

A Tale of Young Elopement
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)

as Chef

Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chikai

Fall Guy
Fall Guy (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

as Makoto

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Akira