Kenji Sakaguchi (actor)
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Kenji Sakaguchi | |
|---|---|
坂口憲二 | |
| Born | 8 November 1975 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active |
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| Agent | Black Tree |
| Spouse |
Unknown (m. 2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Family |
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| Website | officeblacktree |
Kenji Sakaguchi (坂口憲二, Sakaguchi Kenji; born 8 November 1975) is a Japanese actor.[1] He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2000. He is the son of former professional wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi and the brother of current professional wrestler Yukio.[2]
Family
His father, Seiji Sakaguchi, was a former professional wrestler and judoka known as the "Great Sakaguchi". Kenji himself is well-versed in martial arts, having attained a second-degree black belt in judo. His older brother, Yukio, was a self-employed mixed martial artist and professional wrestler.
Relationships and marriage
Sakaguchi dated actress Koyuki, with whom he co-starred in the 2002 television drama Serchin' for my Polestar, until 2005.[3] In 2009, weekly magazines reported that he was dating model Yumi Sakurai.[4] They dated for four years until their relationship ended in 2013.[4]
A year later, on March 18, 2014, he married a non-celebrity woman who was reportedly in her early 30s and is from Kyoto.[5] He revealed that they began dating in the summer of the previous year.[6] The couple has three children together. A son was born on September 20, 2014,[7] their second son on May 29, 2016,[8] and their third child, a daughter, was born in 2018.[9]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Silent Big Man | Seigo Yoshioka | Lead role | [10] |
| 2006 | Memories of Tomorrow | Naoya Ito | [11] | |
| 2026 | Kyojo: Reunion | Kōji Yanagisawa | [12] | |
| Kingdom 5 | Huan Yi | [13] | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Yamai (Doberman) | [14] | |
| 2003 | The Always the Two of Us | Kenta Morinaga | Lead role | [15] |
| Song of the Canefields | Isamu Hirayama | Television film | [16] | |
| 2004 | Pride | Yamato Hotta | [17] | |
| Younger Brother | Tetsuya Watari | [18] | ||
| 2006–14 | Iryū: Team Medical Dragon | Ryutaro Asada | Lead role; 4 seasons | [19] |
| 2012–25 | Second to Last Love | Shinpei Nagakura | 3 seasons | [20] |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero | Kōji Yanagisawa | [17] | |
