Masanobu Sakata: Japanese Actor and Television Personality

Masanobu Sakata (阪田マサノブ) is a Japanese actor born on March 13, 1965, in Japan. Throughout his extensive career in the Japanese entertainment industry, he has appeared in a wide array of feature films, television dramas, and special television productions, frequently taking on supporting and guest character roles.

Portrait of Masanobu Sakata — Masanobu Sakata

Career Overview

Sakata has established a prolific presence in Japanese television and film since the 1990s. His work encompasses recurring roles in high-profile television series across major broadcasting networks such as NHK, Fuji TV, NTV, and TV Tokyo, as well as streaming platforms. Notable television appearances include performances in long-running procedural dramas like Aibou, historical taiga dramas such as Ryomaden and Scarlet, and mystery-thriller series like Your Turn to Kill.

Selected Filmography

Films

Blonde (2025) - Kurihara
Thorns of Beauty (2023)
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021) - Masashi Enomoto
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016) - Nagahide Niwa
GANTZ (2011)
GANTZ Perfect Answer (2011)
Uneasy Encounters (1996) - editor

Television Dramas

It Is My Husband (Fuji TV-KTV, 2026) - CEO Inashiro
Escape (NTV, 2025) - Ebihara
Captured Hospital (NTV, 2023) - Minoru Sawatari
Your Turn to Kill (NTV, 2019) - Masashi Enomoto
Scarlet (NHK, 2019–2020) - Hideo Kumagai
Nobunaga Concerto (Fuji TV, 2014) - Nagahide Niwa