Masaki Satō
Japanese singer, dancer and actress
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Masaki Satō (佐藤優樹, Satō Masaki) (born May 7, 1999, in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a former tenth-generation member of the pop group Morning Musume.
Masaki Satō 佐藤優樹 | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 7, 1999 Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | Japanese pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Label | Zetima |
Early life
Masaki Satō was born on May 7, 1999, in Hokkaido, Japan.[1]
Career
2011–present: Debut with Morning Musume
On September 29, 2011, at a concert at Nippon Budokan, which was part of Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Aki Ai Believe: Takahashi Ai Sotsugyō Kinen Special, it was announced that Masaki Satō passed the auditions alongside three other girls: Haruna Īkubo, Ayumi Ishida and Haruka Kudō, and would join Morning Musume.[2]
On October 10, 2012, it was announced that Satō would be a member of the new unit, Harvest, alongside Erina Ikuta, Ayumi Ishida and Akari Takeuchi.[3]
On July 23, 2013, it was announced that Satō would be a member of the new unit, Jurin, alongside Juice=Juice member Karin Miyamoto.[4]
On March 13, 2014, it was announced that Satō would be a member of a newly formed Satoyama movement unit, Sato no Akari, alongside Rina Katsuta, and Akari Uemura.[5]
She graduated from Morning Musume on December 13, 2021, to become a soloist.[6]
Discography
For Masaki Satō's releases with Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.
Singles
| No. | Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album | |
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| JPN Oricon [7] |
JPN Hot 100 [8][a] | |||||
| Digital 1 | "Miss Henkan! !" (Miss変換! !) (with Haruka Kudo) |
2017 | — | 82 | Non-album singles | |
| Digital 2 | "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyō sa" (笑顔の君は太陽さ) | 2021 | — | 36 | ||
| Digital 3 | "Summer Night Town" (サマーナイトタウン) (with Reina Tanaka) |
2022 | — | — | ||
| Digital 4 | "Hotarumatsuri no Hi" (ほたる祭りの日) (with Karin Miyamoto) |
— | —[b] | |||
| 1 | "Ding Dong" | 2023 | 4 | 42 |
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| "Romantic Nante Gara ja Nai" (ロマンティックなんてガラじゃない) | — | |||||
| 2 | "Arashi no Number" (嵐のナンバー) | 2024 | 3 | 92 |
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| "Kachō Fūgetsu Shunka Shūtō" (花鳥風月 春夏秋冬) | — | |||||
Bibliography
Photobooks
- Sankaku no Glass (三角の硝子) (October 6, 2018, Odyssey Books and Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8156-9)
Filmography
Television
- Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園) (NTV, 2012)