Nagisa Saitō

In this Japanese name, the surname is Saitō.

Nagisa Saito (齊藤なぎさ, Saitō Nagisa; born July 6, 2003), is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2017 to 2023, she was a member of the idol girl group =Love, which was produced by former AKB48 and HKT48 member Rino Sashihara that is signed under Sacra Music. In 2023, she departed the group to focus on her acting career.^[1] She is also a regular model for the women's fashion magazine LARME.^[2]

Nagisa Saito
Saito in September 2020
Born	(2003-07-06) July 6, 2003 (age 22) Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2017–present
Agent	Asia Cross
Height	151 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2017–2023
Labels	Sacra Music
Formerly of	=Love
Japanese name
Kanji	齊藤なぎさ
Hiragana	さいとう なぎさ
Transcriptions Romanization Saitō Nagisa
Website	saitonagisa-fc.jp

Early life

Saitō was born on July 6, 2003, in Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. She has one older sister three years her senior.^[3]

In 2018, Saitō revealed in an interview that she was bullied when she was in the third grade of elementary school and the first and second grades of junior high school. And that because of these experience's she wanted to become an idol, she recalled:

When I was in my first year of junior high school, the seniors would say all sorts of things to me... At that time, AKB48 was on TV a lot, and watching them really cheered me up, and the lyrics of their songs really encouraged me. The lyrics were about situations similar to the one I was in, and they really hit home, and I realized I'm not the only one going through this kind of pain. I was saved in so many ways by idols, so I wanted to become an idol who could give energy to everyone.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning, and Spring Wind	Yumi Tanaka	Lead role; anthology film	[5]
2023	Our Secret Diary	Yuko Hayashi		[6]
2024	We Don't Know Love Yet	Koharu Fujimura		[7]
	You Are Mine!	Mitsuki Taniguchi		[8][9]
	Oshi no Ko: The Final Act	Ruby Hoshino		[10][11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	One Room of Happiness	Miyajima		[12]
2022	What If There Were A High School for “Ikemen” Only?	Hana Katagiri		[13]
	If This Feeling Is Called Love...	Karin Misaki		[14]
	Cinderella Again	Mao	Episode 2	[15]
	Metropolitan Police Department Research Division 1	Madoka Saito	Episode 9	[16]
2022–23	Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend	Yua Takahashi	2 seasons	[17][18]
2023	The Best Student: The Last Dance with One Year Left to Live	Shino Miyama	Web series	[19]
	The Greatest Teacher	Shino Miyama	Episodes 1 and 5	[20]
2024	The Reason We Fall in Love	Kyo Ozu		[21]
	My Undead Yokai Girlfriend	Misa Inukai	Web drama	[22]
	Oshi no Ko	Ruby Hoshino		[10]
2025	Himitsu no AiPri: Ring-hen	Wako Sensei	TV Anime	[23]
	Captured Broadcasting Station	Seira Okino		[24]

Music video appearances

Year	Artist	Song	Notes	Ref.
2023	Atarayo [ja]	If I Could Just Say I Love You	ft. KERENMI [ja]	[25]

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Year	Company	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
2020	RICAFROSH	"Rag Thomas Kit"	Model	[26]
2021	Kimono Rental VASARA	—	Visual model	[27]
	Mel cinna	—		[28]
	Evelyn	2021 Summer Collection
		2021 Autumn Collection
		2021 Winter Collection	Visual model	[29]
2022		2022 SS Collection		[30]
		2022 Summer Collection		[31]
		2022 Autumn Collection		[32]
		2022 Winter Collection		[33]
2023		2023 Spring Collection
2024	&tint	—	Image model	[34]

Discography

For Nagisa Saito's discography with =Love, see =Love Discography

Bibliography

Magazine

• LARME [ja] (January 2020, Tokuma Shoten)- regular model^[2]
• VOCE [ja] May issue (March 22, 2024)^[35]

Photobooks

• B.L.T. SUMMER CANDY 2021 (August 2021, Tokyo News Service )^[36]
• Nagisa (Published on July 13, 2023, Takarajimasha) ISBN 9784299044174^[37]