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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. ==Career== Satoh was scouted by an agent from Amuse, Inc. in Harajuku in Tokyo when he was in senior high school,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20130531/peo1305310709000-n1.htm )〕 and made his debut in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ir.amuse.co.jp/english/company/history.html )〕 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'' (Kentarō 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. Following the success and popularity of ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' and a further two films, in spring 2008, Satoh starred in the award-winning TBS drama ''Rookies'' as Yuya Okada. Okada belongs to a group of delinquents in a baseball club who are suspended from playing due to a previous violent match. Under their new teacher's guidance, the wayward club members rediscover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. 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 (Takeru Festival 2009 ) (2009-03-21). Retrieved on 2009-04-27.〕 This was due to the fact that ''Rookies'' reached a much larger audience than any of his previous works as the drama was shown on prime time television. Satoh also featured in the special episode of ''Rookies'' and 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. This was Satoh's last time playing Ryotaro. During the same month, he starred in the drama ''Bloody Monday'', based on the manga with the same name. He played Otoya Kujo, the best friend of main protagonist Fujimaru Takagi, who is played by fellow Amuse member and real life good friend Haruma Miura.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/ )〕 In early 2009, Satoh starred in ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' as Kento Shibata. His character decides to enroll in a butler school so that he can stay close to childhood friend Mei Shinonome, who attends St. Lucia Girls' Academy, where all the students have butlers. His role in this drama is a firm favorite with fans. He starred in the film ''Goemon'' in summer 2009, and also guest-starred on TV shows, ''Mr. Brain'', ''True Horror Stories'' and ''MW Dai-0-sho''. In 2010, he played Okada Izō in his first Taiga drama ''Ryōmaden'' and had a major supporting role in the film ''Beck'' co-starring Hiro Mizushima and Osamu Mukai, both of them being his co-stars from Mei-chan no Shitsuji. Following the release of the film, Satoh 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''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Rurouni Kenshin" to get film adaptation starring Satoh Takeru! )〕 Released in August 2012, the film grossed a total of 3.01 billion yen at the domestic box office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/kenshin-sequel-heats-up-japan-box-office )〕 Satoh made his stage debut as Romeo with 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'', 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''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】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/ )〕 He reprised the role of Kenshin in two sequel films of the Rurouni Kenshin live action franchise, ''Kyoto Inferno'' and ''The Legend Ends'', both of which were released in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/japanese-box-office-rurouni-kenshin-the-legend-ends-1201306802/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201402100051 )〕 He has completed filming the films ''Bakuman'' and ''If Cats Disappeared from the World'' (working title), with scheduled release dates in 2015 and 2016 respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/filmart/filmart-2015-hot-titles-japan/5085532.article )〕 He, alongside Rurouni Kenshin co-stars Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki, and director Keishi Otomo was appointed as "Cultural Friendship Ambassador" to the Philippines by the Makati City council on 7 August 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Takeru Satoh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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