Takaya Sakoda

Acting

Takaya Sakoda

Born 1977-04-06 · Kagoshima, Japan

Takaya Sakoda was born on April 6, 1977 in Kagoshima, Japan. He is an actor, known for Jûken sentai Gekirenjâ (2007), Shiti Hanta (2024) and Noizu (2022).

Acting credits

City Hunter poster
6.5

An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.

City Hunter

2024

Tokyo Taxi poster
7.3

One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa. Sumire asks Koji to make some detours. Gradually opening up to her, Sumire begins to tell the story of her grand past...

Tokyo Taxi

2025

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale poster
7.7

In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games…

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

2017

The Magic Hour poster
7.5

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.

The Magic Hour

2008

Sham poster
7.0

When a young student shows signs of trauma, his parents act swiftly against his middle school teacher. But all may not be as it seems, leading the scales of justice to tip in fascinating, heartbreaking ways.

Sham

2025

大川と小川の時短捜査 poster
NR

The president of an IT company is found dead. The cause of death is believed to be an overdose of medication for a chronic illness, but the possibility of murder emerges since potassium and other substances were found in the body. Ogawa, unfamiliar with the investigation, asks for help from Okawa, a former detective who now works for the police department. The "large-and-small duo", who are uneven in appearance and personality, take on the challenge of getting to the bottom of a difficult case.

大川と小川の時短捜査

2022

It's a Flickering Life poster
6.4

The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.

It's a Flickering Life

2021

Hit Me Anyone One More Time poster
6.9

Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.

Hit Me Anyone One More Time

2019

大川と小川の休日捜査 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

大川と小川の休日捜査

2024

Noise poster
5.9

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.

Noise

2022

The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, The Man Who Created Heroes poster
NR

This story follows the semi-autobiographical account of manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, author of the original Kamen Rider, Cyborg 009, and Super Sentai.

The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, The Man Who Created Heroes

2018

Three Ghosts poster
NR

The show is scheduled to be performed at PARCO Theatre in October 2026! (Performances also scheduled in Osaka, Fukuoka, Aichi, Okayama, and Miyazaki in November-December)

Three Ghosts

2026

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special poster
6.0

An omnibus special comprised of four segments and a prologue.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special

2016

Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen poster
NR

Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.

Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen

2018

Switch poster
3.0

Prosecutor Komazuki Nao from the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office’s Minato Mirai branch and lawyer Tsutaya Madoka (Matsu Takako) from the law firm Yokohama Gold dated for seven years since the time they were in school. Even after they broke up, they have continued to be hopelessly linked to each other.

Switch

2020

Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor poster
NR

An adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" tells the story of Dr. Jekyll, who wants to invent a drug to separate good and evil in human.

Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor

2014