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

No.TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
JPN OriconJPN Hot 100
Digital 1"Miss Henkan! !"(Miss変換! !) (with Haruka Kudo)201782Non-album singles
Digital 2"Egao no Kimi wa Taiyō sa"(笑顔の君は太陽さ)202136
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"2023442JPN: 16,165
"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)2024392JPN: 12,851
"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

Notes