Masaki Satō

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
Background information
Born	(1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 (age 26) Hokkaido, Japan
Occupations	Singer Model Dancer actor
Musical career
Genres	Japanese pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2011–present
Labels	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
			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	JPN: 16,165[14]
	"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	JPN: 12,851[15]
	"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)

Notes

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]