is a Filipino actress and singer of Japanese-Brazilian descent and a member of

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girl group

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. She was born in

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and was raised in

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and the

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Career

Saito was an intro-acting student at

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Workshops before. Saito attended an acting workshop with celebrated director and coach

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. She had mixed feelings about the experience but ultimately feels blessed to be trained by the veteran. Saito started her acting career in #ParangNormal Activity, a horror-comedy show by TV5. She was paired with her first loveteam onscreen Ryle Paolo Tan. Saito appeared as Allyson in Ismol Family, a weekly Filipino situational comedy of

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. She appeared as a love triangle between

Miguel Tanfelix Miguel Torrejos Tanfelix (born September 21, 1998) is a Filipino actor. Tanfelix played young Pagaspas in the fantasy series '' Mulawin'' (2004); he gained prominence after playing the role of Niño Inocente, a mentally challenged boy in the s ...

(Tan Tan) and

Bianca Umali Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali (; born March 2, 2000) is a Filipino actress, television host, singer, and dancer. Early and personal life Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali was born on March 2, 2000 in Parañaque, Philippines. She is the on ...

(Yumi). Saito played Suzanne "Sushie" Silang in

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a family comedy drama series broadcast by

, where she worked with Ryzza Mae Dizon,

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and her loveteam

Kenneth Medrano Kenneth Earl Gesulga Medrano (born May 9, 1991) also known as Bae Kenneth, KEM or popularly known as Kenneth Medrano as his screen name is a Filipino television personality, model, dancer and actor. He is best known for his viral Dubsmash video ...

. The program premiered on June 13, 2016 and was aired worldwide on

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. Saito is also known for being one of the lead stars in

Trops ''Trops'' () is a Philippine television drama romance comedy series, broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Linnet Zurbano, it stars Kenneth Medrano, Miggy Tolentino, Joel Palencia, Jon Timmons, Tommy Peñaflor, Kim Last and Taki Saito. It ...

, the late morning/early noontime show of

which aired on October 24, 2016 where she played the role of Martha Kiera "Taki" Masson. The show tackled the issues faced by the youth of today — peer pressure, friendship, rivalry, generation gap, and of course, romance. The love triangle of Kenneth Medrano, Miggy Tolentino and Taki Saito was one of the show’s highlights. But Kenneth Medrano still remained as her loveteam in the show. On October 14, 2017 Saito returns on CMSI MUSIC TV For The show namely as Ready Set MORe! On December 20, 2018 it was announced that Taki was a new member of the

girl union "

Personal life

Saito was born in

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. The family then moved to

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, France, where they remained until Taki was 13 years old. The family then moved to

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, Philippines where they have remained ever since. She is now currently living in

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, Japan, since Oct 2018. Taki’s mother is half-

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and

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/ Filipino, while her biological father is of Brazilian and Japanese descent, whom she never met personally. Even though she grew up abroad, she is fluent in speaking Tagalog because instead of studying in an international school, she studied in Colegio San Agustin - Southwoods for her to be familiar with the Filipino language. She also studied at Brent International School.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Taki Living people 2000 births Avex Group artists Filipino child actresses Filipino television actresses Filipino television variety show hosts TV5 Network people GMA Network (company) people Japanese women pop singers Japanese female dancers Japanese dancers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers J-pop singers Filipino people of Japanese descent Filipino people of Brazilian descent Actresses from Fukuoka Prefecture