Masaki Satō

Masaki Satō
佐藤優樹
Background information
Born May 7, 1999
Hokkaido, Japan
Occupation(s)
Musical career
Genres Japanese pop
Instrument(s) 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, in order to become a soloist.

Discography

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

Singles

No. Title Year Peak
chart
positions 		Sales Album
JPN Oricon
 JPN Hot 100
Digital 1 Miss Henkan! ! (Miss変換! !)
(with Haruka Kudo) 		2017 — 82 TBA
Digital 2 Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou 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) 		— —
1 Ding Dong 2023 4 42
  • JPN: 16,165
Romantic Nante Gara ja Nai (ロマンティックなんてガラじゃない) —

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