Eisuke Sasai
- Date of Birth：
- December 15, 1958
- Height：
- 172㎝
In 1984, he joined the Hanagumi Theater, a neo-kabuki troupe which has only male actors, and has become popular as a leading female role(onnagata). Currently he acts not only as a female role but also as a versatile actor who can play neutral and villainous roles. He is also a master of the Fujima school of Nihon-buyou which is Japanese traditional performing art, and is known as Kanchie Fujima. [Awards] The 58th Kinokuniya-theatre-awards for Individual Award (2023) The 29th Golden Arrow Award for Best Newcomer to the Theater (1992)
WORKS
| 【MOVIE/TV】 | |||
| 2024 | FX drama series "SHOGUN" (role: Load ITO) | ||
| 2023 | "Tsugaru Lacquer Girl" / Bakanuri no Musume | ||
| 2022 | TV series "Hatsukoi no Akuma" (role:Daijiro Mabuchi) | ||
| TV series "Yangotonaki Ichizoku" (role:Takashi Tachibana) | |||
| 2021 | "Masquerade Night" (role:Ozaki) | ||
| TV series "Ichikei no Karasu" (role:Kouzou Tanoue) | |||
| 2020-2021 | TV series "Meiji Kaika:Shinjuro Tanteicho" (role:Toshimichi Okubo) | ||
| 2020 | TV series "Cop Seven"/ Keiji Shichinin (role:Hisashi Kamamoto) | ||
| TV series "A Pub from a Different World" / Iseki Izakaya Nobu | |||
| "Fukushima 50" (role:Hideki Onodera) | |||
| TV series "Things You Do Not Need to Know" / Shiranakute ii Koto (role:Mimiko Kondo) | |||
| 2019 | TV series "Sherlock" (role:Yamashita) | ||
| TV series "Nippon Noir" (role:Yuzuru Honjo) | |||
| TV series "Keishicho 0 Gakari:Seikatsu anzenka nandemo sodanshitsu" (role:Souichi Kakurai) | |||
| TV series "Sign" (role:Tatsuzo Ogasawara) | |||
| TV series "Trace: Kasouken no Otoko" (role:Kiyoshi Enami) | |||
| TV series "Innocence, Fight Against False Charges" (role:Rokuro Hirougami) | |||
| "Masquerade Hotel" (role:Ozaki) | |||
| 2018 | TV series "Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju" (role:Matsuda) | ||
| TV series "Tokyo MPD - From ZERO to HERO" (role:Shinzo Kodai) | |||
| TV series "99.9: Criminal Lawyer" (role:Kenji Himura) | |||
| 2017 | "The Last Shot in the Bar" / Tantei wa Bar ni iru 3 (role:Furora) | ||
| 2014-2017 | TV series "Emergency Interrogation Room" / Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu (role:Kenji Himura) | ||
| 2016 | TV series "IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius" / IQ246 Kareinaru Jikembo (role:Bunroku Tanada) | ||
| TV series "The Man with God's Tongue" (role:Keiji Higuchi) | |||
| 2015 | "Watashi ga ai suru Nihonjin e: Donald Keene bungô to no 70nen (role:Yasunari Kawabata) | ||
| NHK TV series "MARE" (role:Kouichi Kuramoto) | |||
| TV series "Saikyo no Futari: Kyoto fukei tokubetsu sousahan" (role:Ryosuke Saito) | |||
| "Hand in the Glove" (role:Hide) | |||
| TV series "Shoku no Gunshi" (role:Koumei Shokatsuryo) | |||
| 2014 | TV series "Sailor Fuku to Alien: Chikyu ni Nokotta Saigo no 11 nin" | ||
| TV series "Gokuaku Gambo" (role:Kenji Shirasaki) | |||
| 2013 | TV series "A Swinging Single" / Dokushin Kizoku (role:Seiji Kobayashi) | ||
| TV series "Doctors: Saikyo no Meii" (role:Moroboshi) | |||
| NHK TV series "YAE no SAKURA" (role:Sanetomi Sanjo) | |||
| "Sengoku: Bloody Agent" (role:Kato) | |||
| 2012 | "The Little Maestro" (role:Iwao Ono) | ||
| "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" / Gyakuten Saiban (role:Yukio Namakura / Robert Hammond) | |||
| 2009 | "Way of writing" / Sho no mici (role:Akira) | ||
| TV series "Real Clothes" (role:Fukuda) | |||
| TV series "The Woman of S.R.I." / Kasouken no Onna | |||
| "Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship" (role:Kuchihiko, Kamen Rider Gold) | |||
| 2008-2009 | TV series "Absolute Boyfriend" (role:Yuki Shirasagi) | ||
| 2008 | TV series "Hokaben" (role:Masato Zaitsu) | ||
| TV series "Kurama Tengu" | |||
| 2007 | "Aoi hitomi to nyuajyu" | ||
| "Closed Note" (role:Segawa) | |||
| TV series "Sushi Ouji!" (role:Shougetsu Asahina) | |||
| TV series "Sexy Voice and Robo" | |||
| 2006 | "Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page" | ||
| "Eko Eko Azarak: R-Page" | |||
| NHK TV series "Komyo ga tsuji" (role:Naomasa Ii) | |||
| "Nobunaga's Coffin" | |||
| "Damejin" | |||
| 2005 | "Nagurimono: Love & Kill" | ||
| "Princess Raccoon" (role:Yasuke) | |||
| "Chateau de Roses" (role:Yuki) | |||
| 2004 | TV Mini series "Fantasma: Noroi no yakata" (role:Antique Store Owner) | ||
| "Cutie Honey" (role:Sister Jill) | |||
| 2003 | "Tokyo 10+01" / Tokyo Eleven (role:Mr.K) | ||
| "Get Up!" / Geroppa!(role:Mitsu/Tatsu) | |||
| "Yuga na akuji 2: Kyoto kadou iemoto renzoku satsujin" | |||
| 2002 | TV series "Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo" (role:Tsuyoshi Morishima) | ||
| "Tasogare ryuuseigun hoshi no retaurant" | |||
| "The Choice of Hercules" / Totsunyuseyo! 'Asama Sanso' jiken! (role:Hyodo) | |||
| 1999 | NHK TV series "Genroku ryoran" (role:Takamitsu) | ||
| 1998 | TV series "GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka" (role:Todo Shinjin) | ||
| TV series "Twinkle" / Kira kira hikaru (role:Hideki Tsujimoto) | |||
| "Nara e iku made" | |||
| 1997 | TV series "Souri to yobanaide" (role:Caretaker) | ||
| "Yonimo kimyo na monogatari: '97 haru no tokubetsu hen" (segment "Kanzen chiryo hou") | |||
| 1996 | "Misty" (role:Akabori) | ||