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Masaki Sato

Masaki Sato
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Native name 佐藤 優樹
Born (1999-05-07) May 7, 1999 (age 18)
Other names Masaki (まさき)
Māchan (まーちゃん)
Occupation Singer
Musical career
Genres Japanese pop
Years active 2011–present
Labels Zetima
Associated acts
Website www.helloproject.com/morningmusume

Masaki Sato (佐藤 優樹, Satō Masaki, born (1999-05-07)May 7, 1999 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a tenth-generation member of the pop group Morning Musume.

Sato Masaki was born on May 7, 1999 in Hokkaido, Japan. Sato's given name, "Masaki", means great timber tree (優樹; masaki). It's a common masculine and less common feminine Japanese given name. When she auditioned for Morning Musume, Sato was a 6th grade elementary school student. As of April 2016, she is currently attending her second year of high school. She has two younger sisters.

In 2011, Masaki participated in the 10th generation auditions for Morning Musume. Throughout September, she appeared weekly on the TV show Hello Pro! Time in the segment dedicated to the auditions.

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 Sato passed the auditions alongside 3 other girls: Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida, and Haruka Kudo.

On January 11, 2012, Nippon Television started broadcasting the TV weekly drama Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen with Masaki Sato in the role of Rion Miyamasu. The TV series became her acting debut.

On April 18, it was announced that Tanaka Reina and the 9th & 10th Generation members would participate in a new stage play titled Stacey's Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki. The musical ran from June 6–12.

During the last few days of her first concert tour, she cut her hair short.

On May 13, information was released about an event for the 9th and 10th generation members of Morning Musume as well as S/mileage’s 2nd generation members, titled Mosuma FC Event ~Gachi☆Kira~. It took place on June 15, 18, and 20th at Yokohama Blitz.


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