榊英雄

Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄, Sakaki Hideo) (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films Versus, Battlefield Baseball, and Alive. He is a close friend of director Ryuhei Kitamura and appears in several of his films. On August 24, 2012, during the production of Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower!, Sakaki apprehended a peeping tom in a bookstore in Tokyo and handed him over to the authorities. On March 9, 2022, multiple actresses accused Sakaki of forced intercourse. On March 18, 2022, his wife, singer Izumi Sakaki, released the comment, "I apologize to the women whose heart and body were hurt by Hideo Sakaki in my house. I'm really sorry. I am trying to end our marital relationship".