Eriko Sato

This article is about the actress. For the footballer, see Eriko Sato (footballer).

Eriko Sato (佐藤 江梨子, Satō Eriko; born December 19, 1981) is a Japanese actress.^[1] She is also a former gravure idol and made her debut in 1998.

Eriko Sato
Born	(1981-12-19) December 19, 1981 (age 43) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	unknown ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Modeling information
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Early life

Sato was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and raised in Tokyo.^[2]

Career

Sato starred in Hideaki Anno's 2004 comedy film Cutie Honey^[3] and Koji Shiraishi's 2007 horror film Carved.^[4]

She has also appeared in films such as Daihachi Yoshida's 2007 black comedy film Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!,^[5] Kazuya Konaka's 2010 science fiction film Nanase Futatabi^[6] and Junji Sakamoto's 2010 mystery film Strangers in the City.^[7]

She co-starred in Tsuyoshi Inoue's 2010 drama film The Town's Children with Mirai Moriyama.^[8]

Filmography

Film

• Samurai Girl 21 (2002)
• Cutie Honey (2004)
• Japan Sinks (2006)
• Silver Season (2007)
• Carved (2007)
• Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
• Aki Fukaki (2008)
• The Setting Sun (2009)
• Goemon (2009), Yoshino Dayu
• All to the Sea (2010)
• Nanase Futatabi (2010)
• Strangers in the City (2010)
• The Town's Children (2010)
• Night People (2013)
• R100 (2013)
• Ringside Story (2017)
• Laplace's Witch (2018)
• Diner (2019)^[9]
• Fancy (2020)
• Midnight Swan (2020)
• Kisaragi Station (2022)^[10]
• Break in the Clouds (2022), Ageha^[11]
• Re: Kisaragi Station (2025)^[12]

Television

• Churasan (2001)
• The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine (2002)
• Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari (2002)
• Orange Days (2004)
• Tokyo Wankei (2004)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• Koi ni Ochitara (2005)
• Densha Otoko DX: Saigo no Seizen (2006)
• CA to Oyobi! (2006)
• Shin Ningen Kosaten (2006)
• Sengoku Jietai: Sekigahara no Tatakai (2006)
• Tenka Souran: Tokugawa Sandai no Inbo (2006)
• Kikujiro to Saki (2007)
• Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (2010)
• Welcome to the El-Palacio (2011)
• Koi Suru Nihongo (2012)
• Boys on the Run (2012)
• Last Hope (2013)
• Magical x Heroine MagimajoPures (2018)
• Hanbun, Aoi (2018)
• Ultraman Arc (2024)

Awards

2008: Yokohama Film Festival - Best Actress^[13]