 Saotome also plays young male roles, particularly those with a "bishōnen" aesthetic, i.e.graceful, beautiful young men.In 2005, he played the role of Mori Ranmaru in a National Museum event called "Sengoku Fantasy", and on New Year's 2007, he played a young Horibe Yasubee in the NHK New Year's "jidaigeki" play.