*anese actor and singer

Taichi Nishimura (西村太一, Nishimura Taichi, born 24 September 1991), also known as Taichi Saotome (早乙女太一, Saotome Taichi), is a *anese actor and singer. He played young men and onnagata roles of women.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Film
  • 2.2 Television
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

His father is the head of the theatre troupe Gekidan Sujaku. Saotome performed in taishū engeki. A "female impersonator", he has performed onstage. In Zatoichi, he played the child disguising himself as a geisha (Daigoro Tachibana). Though in a different troupe from Tachibana, they frequently practiced and performed together. In Takeshis', Saotome played a young female impersonator and dancer. He played a bishōnen aesthetic, i.e. graceful, beautiful young men. He played Mori Ranmaru in a National Museum event called "Sengoku Fantasy", and played a young Horibe Yasubee in the NHK New Year's jidaigeki play. He created his official fan club in 2006. He said that he misunderstand his appeal, but is happy about his role. He appeared in the variety show D no Gekijō in January 2007. It was arranged he reprised a role, a dance in a flower-decorated kimono at the Taishōkan. The performance ended the next day. Saotome has expressed a desire to play men's roles and to perform in more mainstream or traditional theatre, saying he has less care for female roles. He starred in the stage production of the otome game, Hakuouki in October 2010. He played vice commander, Hijikata Toshizo of Shinsengumi.

Filmography

Film

• Zatoichi (2003), Young O-Sei
• Takeshis' (2005), Unnamed young man
• Shabake (2007), Suzuhiko-hime
• Anmitsu Hime (2008), Sandayu Momoyama
• Crows Explode (2014), Ryohei Kagami
• Road To High&Low (2016), Ryu Tatsuhito
• High&Low The Movie (2016), Ryu Tatsuhito
• High&Low The Red Rain (2016), Ryu Tatsuhito
• Memoirs of a Murderer (2017), Toda
• Bleach (2018), Renji Abarai
• Shottan, The Miracle (2018), Daisuke Katō
• Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019), Kuniemon
• Promare (2019), Lio Fotia (voice)
• Last of the Wolves (2021), Masaru Hanada

Television

• Fūrin Kazan (2007) – Hōjō Ujimasa
• Shinzanmono (2010) – Kazuhiro Uesugi
• Miss Double Faced Teacher (2012) – Tatsuya Sudo
• Nobunaga Concerto (2014) – Danzo
• Futagashira (2015–2016) – Soji
• High＆Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015–2016) – Ryu Tatsuhito
• Nobunaga Moyu (2016) – Nobutada Oda
• Cold Case 2 (2018)
• Boukyaku no Sachiko: A Meal Makes Her Forget (2018) – Shungo
• Tokyo Bachelors (2019) – Ritsuki Itoi
• Come Come Everybody (2021–22) – Tommy

References

• This content is derived largely from the corresponding article on the *anese Wikipedia and on Saotome's official website (Accessed 2 March 2007).

External links

• 早乙女太一 OFFICIAL FAN CLUB
• 早乙女太一 OFFICIAL MOBILE
• Taichi Saotome on Instagram
• 早乙女太一オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba - 早乙女太一公式ブログ
• 早乙女太一 公式ブログ - GREE
• 早乙女太一 電子書籍特設ページ - デジタルブックファクトリー

Actors

• Sho Aoyagi
• Anna Ishii
• Akihisa Shiono
• Elina Mizuno
• Kousei Amano
• Katsuya
• Taichi Saotome
• Shintaro Akiyama
• Yuta Ozawa
• Keita Machida
• Hayato Onozuka
• Nobuyuki Suzuki
• Masayasu Yagi
• Kanta Sato

Athletes

• Hiroyuki Takaya
• Yushin Okami
• Megumi Kurihara

Models

• Kana Oya
• Mayumi Sada

Former artists

• Shunsuke Kiyokiba
• Dream
• Chiharu Muto
• Flower
• ShuuKaRen
• Dance Earth Party
• E-girls
• SudannaYuzuYully
• Yu Hasebe

Related topics

• Rhythm Zone
• Hiroyuki Igarashi
• Afrojack
• Nigo
• High&Low