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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
Genres	Japanese pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Zetima

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

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

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.

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.

On July 23, 2013, it was announced that Satō would be a member of the new unit, Jurin, alongside Juice=Juice member Karin Miyamoto.

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.

She graduated from Morning Musume on December 13, 2021, to become a soloist.

Discography

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

Singles

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)

Notes

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

References

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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.
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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.

• Japanese women pop singers
• Living people
• Morning Musume members
• Japanese female idols
• 1999 births
• Singers from Sapporo