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Masaki Satō

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Masaki Satō
佐藤優樹
Background information
Born (1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 (age 25)
Hokkaido, Japan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Model
  • Dancer
  • actor
Musical career
GenresJapanese pop
InstrumentVocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsZetima

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.

Early life

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Masaki Satō was born on May 7, 1999, in Hokkaido, Japan.[1]

Career

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2011–present: Debut with Morning Musume

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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

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For Masaki Satō's releases with Morning Musume, see Morning Musume discography.

Singles

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No. Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Sales Album
JPN Oricon
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JPN Hot 100
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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)
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1 "Ding Dong" 2023 4 42
"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
"Kachō Fūgetsu Shunka Shūtō" (花鳥風月 春夏秋冬)

Bibliography

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Photobooks

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  • Sankaku no Glass (三角の硝子) (October 6, 2018, Odyssey Books and Wani Books, ISBN 978-4-8470-8156-9)

Filmography

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Television

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Miss Henkan! !",[9] "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa",[10] "Ding Dong",[11] "Arashi no Number".[12]
  2. ^ Charted at number 49 on the Download Songs chart .[13]

References

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  1. ^ "【注目の新成人】モーニング娘。'20佐藤優樹「自分の生きたいように生きて」". Model Press. January 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "モーニング娘。10期メンバー4人発表 明日卒業の高橋愛は「進化」に期待". Oricon News. September 29, 2011.
  3. ^ "アップフロントの「SATOYAMA movement」からGREEN FIELDSとハーベストが誕生。全4組でCDデビューも決定". Barks. October 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "【Kawaii girl Japan】モーニング娘。佐藤優樹とJuice=Juice宮本佳林、SATOYAMA movementで最終秘密兵器タッグ「ジュリン」結成". Barks. July 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "SATOYAMA新ユニット3組「ひなフェス」でお披露目". Natalie. March 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "ニュース詳細|ハロー!プロジェクト オフィシャルサイト". www.helloproject.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "Masaki Satō | Oricon Style". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 Charts". Billboard (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2017/05/24". Billboard (in Japanese). May 24, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2021/12/22". Billboard (in Japanese). December 22, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2023/04/05". Billboard (in Japanese). April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2024/11/13". Billboard (in Japanese). November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ^ "Download Songs". Billboard (in Japanese). August 24, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  14. ^ オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2023年03月27日~2023年04月02日 [Oricon Weekly Single Ranking March 27, 2023 to April 2, 2023] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  15. ^ オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2024年11月04日~2024年11月10日 [Oricon Weekly Single Ranking November 4, 2024 – November 10, 2024] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.