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Masaaki Sakai


Masaaki Sakai

Birthday:

08/06/1946

Biography:

Born the son of Shunji Sakai, a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1962, was popular throughout the 1960s; they spawned several hit songs as well as thirteen situation comedy films featuring their music. He took the title role of Songoku (Monkey) in the 1970s Japanese TV program Saiyūki. This gained him fame in many English-speaking countries in the early 1980s when it was dubbed by the BBC and retitled Monkey. Due to his fame playing the mythical character Songoku, Sakai created a dance called "the Monkey" which became a craze in Japan. Sakai went on to a successful solo career after The Spiders disbanded, and continued acting in films and on television. In 1999, he formed the band Sans Filtre with two former Spiders, Hiroshi Kamayatsu and Takayuki Inoue. They released their first album Yei Yei in 2000. Sakai is known in Japan as a car enthusiast and regularly took part in the annual Mille Miglia race in Italy with his wife as a co-driver. He won a similar Japanese road race on October 18, 2000 driving a 1947 Cisitalia 202 MM with Inoue Takayuki (the guitarist from Sans Filtre) as co-driver. Due to business commitments he gave up racing in 2002 and gave his Alfa Romeo race car to Masahiko Kondō who is also a singer and race enthusiast. He is also a hobby archer. Sakai has been married and divorced twice, and has two daughters. He is an active supporter of AIDS charities. His show-business nickname is "Machaaki".


Credits

Yōkai - le monde des esprits (2025)
as Yuzo Nobusawa
大奥 ～永遠～ [右衛門佐・綱吉篇] (2012)
as
任侠ヘルパー (2012)
as Yuzo Tsutai
恐れを知らぬ川上音二郎一座 (2007)
as
ロング・ウェディングロード!〜東京VS大阪ワケアリ婚物語 (2007)
as
夕凪の街 桜の国 (2007)
as Asahi Ishikawa (Old)
寝ずの番 (2005)
as Boss
機関車先生 (2004)
as
ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅸ (1994)
as Kinai
ご存知！旗本退屈男７ (1993)
as
ご存知！旗本退屈男Ⅱ 薩摩に倒幕の謀反！ (1988)
as Sasao Kinai
トリナクリア PORSCHE 959 (1987)
as
キネマの天地 (1986)
as
トラック野郎　男一匹桃次郎 (1977)
as
にっぽん美女物語 (1974)
as
街の灯 (1974)
as Chiyomatsu Sakanoshita
としごろ (1973)
as Okabe
喜劇 右向けェ左！ (1970)
as
喜劇 ドッキリ大逃走 (1970)
as
ザ・テンプターズ 涙のあとに微笑みを (1969)
as
ザ・スパイダース　にっぽん親不孝時代 (1968)
as
ザ・スパイダースのバリ島珍道中 (1968)
as Masaaki Sakai
ザ・スパイダースの大騒動 (1968)
as
思い出の指輪 (1968)
as
ザ・スパイダースの大進撃 (1968)
as Masaaki Sakai
君は恋人 (1967)
as
ザ・スパイダースのゴーゴー・向う見ず作戦 (1967)
as Masaaki
喜劇 一発勝負 (1967)
as
夕陽が泣いている (1967)
as
青春ア・ゴーゴー (1966)
as
高原のお嬢さん (1965)
as Sabu
東京は恋する (1965)
as
花咲く乙女たち (1965)
as Sabu
幸せなら手をたたこう (1964)
as
続高校三年生 (1964)
as
夢のハワイで盆踊り (1964)
as Masaya Matsui
君たちがいて僕がいた (1964)
as Akira Tanaka
仲間たち (1964)
as
学園広場 (1963)
as Matsubara
高校三年生 (1963)
as
ハワイ珍道中 (1954)
as