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Naoki Sato

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Naoki Sato

JA, EN cinema · 85 credits

Born

2 May 1970 (age 56)

Birthplace

Chiba, Japan

Also known as Naoki Satô · Naoki Satō · 佐藤 直紀 · Naoki Satou · Naoki Satoh

Naoki Sato (佐藤 直紀 Satō Naoki) is a Japanese composer who has provided the music for several popular anime series including the first five Pretty Cure series, X, Eureka Seven, Sword of the Stranger, and Blood-C. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in 1993. At the 29th Japan Academy Prize in 2006, he won the Best Music prize for his work on the film  Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (Always Sunset on Third Street). He also composed music for anime films such as Pretty Cure All Stars DX trilogy, Stand By Me Doraemon. In live-action dramas, he provided music and soundtracks for TV dramas Good Luck!! Water Boys, H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi and Ryōmaden. He provided the music for the Space Battleship Yamato film, as well as the Rurouni Kenshin and Parasyte live-action film series. For the 38th Japan Academy Prize in 2015, he was nominated in the Best Score category for his work in The Eternal Zero.[6] While he did not win the award, The Eternal Zero won several awards including Best Picture, and Stand By Me Doraemon won for Best Animated Film.

Known for

Filmography

Kyojo: Reunion poster

Kyojo: Reunion

JA · 20265.3

Original Music Composer

Kyojo Requiem poster

Kyojo Requiem

JA · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Godzilla Minus Zero poster

Godzilla Minus Zero

JA · 20269.5

Original Music Composer

Magic Candies poster

Magic Candies

JA · 20256.8

Original Music Composer

Black Showman poster

Black Showman

JA · 20256.7

Original Music Composer

Hero's Island poster

Hero's Island

JA · 20258.0

Original Music Composer

The Yin Yang Master Zero poster

The Yin Yang Master Zero

JA · 20246.2

Original Music Composer

Six Lying University Students poster

Six Lying University Students

JA · 20246.1

Original Music Composer

Godzilla Minus One poster

Godzilla Minus One

JA · 20237.6

Original Music Composer, Music Programmer, Music Arranger

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY poster

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

JA · 20236.6

Original Music Composer

Yudo poster

Yudo

JA · 20237.2

Original Music Composer

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero poster

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

JA · 20227.9

Original Music Composer

Ghost Book poster

Ghost Book

JA · 20226.1

Original Music Composer

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning poster

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

JA · 20217.7

Original Music Composer

Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution poster

Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

JA · 20217.0

Original Music Composer

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final poster

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

JA · 20217.7

Original Music Composer

The Master Plan poster

The Master Plan

JA · 20217.6

Music

Stand by Me Doraemon 2 poster

Stand by Me Doraemon 2

JA · 20207.8

Original Music Composer

The Voice of Sin poster

The Voice of Sin

JA · 20207.3

Original Music Composer

Masquerade Hotel poster

Masquerade Hotel

JA · 20196.7

Original Music Composer

The Great War of Archimedes poster

The Great War of Archimedes

JA · 20196.7

Original Music Composer

Over Drive poster

Over Drive

JA · 20186.8

Original Music Composer

Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution poster

Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

JA · 20187.6

Original Music Composer

Code Blue: The Movie poster

Code Blue: The Movie

JA · 20186.5

Music

You, I Love poster

You, I Love

JA · 20186.2

Music

Honnouji Hotel poster

Honnouji Hotel

JA · 20176.2

Music

Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1 poster

Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1

JA · 20176.3

Original Music Composer

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura poster

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

JA · 20177.5

Original Music Composer

Rudolf the Black Cat poster

Rudolf the Black Cat

JA · 20166.5

Music

Assassination Classroom: Graduation poster

Assassination Classroom: Graduation

JA · 20167.1

Original Music Composer

Koro-sensei Q! poster

Koro-sensei Q!

JA · 20165.6

Music

The Top Secret: Murder in Mind poster

The Top Secret: Murder in Mind

JA · 20165.6

Original Music Composer

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" poster

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

JA · 20167.8

Original Music Composer

Persona Non Grata poster

Persona Non Grata

JA · 20156.8

Music

Parasyte: Part 2 poster

Parasyte: Part 2

JA · 20157.0

Original Music Composer

Assassination Classroom poster

Assassination Classroom

JA · 20157.2

Original Music Composer

The Sunset Sky

2014

The Sunset Sky

EN · 2014Not rated

Music

KANO poster

KANO

JA · 20147.0

Original Music Composer, Music

Stand by Me Doraemon poster

Stand by Me Doraemon

JA · 20147.5

Original Music Composer

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

JA · 20147.6

Music

Parasyte: Part 1 poster

Parasyte: Part 1

JA · 20147.1

Original Music Composer

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

JA · 20147.7

Music Programmer, Original Music Composer

A Bolt from the Blue poster

A Bolt from the Blue

JA · 20147.2

Original Music Composer

The Eternal Zero poster

The Eternal Zero

JA · 20137.0

Original Music Composer

Brave Hearts: Umizaru poster

Brave Hearts: Umizaru

JA · 20126.1

Music

Until the Break of Dawn poster

Until the Break of Dawn

JA · 20126.6

Original Music Composer

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

JA · 20127.5

Music

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

JA · 20127.2

Original Music Composer

Blood-C: The Last Dark poster

Blood-C: The Last Dark

JA · 20127.1

Original Music Composer

Dog × Police: The K-9 Force poster

Dog × Police: The K-9 Force

JA · 20116.6

Music

Friends: Naki on Monster Island poster

Friends: Naki on Monster Island

JA · 20117.1

Original Music Composer

Peak: The Rescuers poster

Peak: The Rescuers

JA · 20116.3

Original Music Composer

Girls' Compass poster

Girls' Compass

JA · 20114.2

Original Music Composer

Space Battleship Yamato poster

Space Battleship Yamato

JA · 20106.4

Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Music Programmer

The Triumphant Return of General Rouge poster

The Triumphant Return of General Rouge

JA · 20096.7

Music, Original Music Composer

The Vulture poster

The Vulture

JA · 20097.8

Music

Ballad poster

Ballad

JA · 20095.4

Music

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers poster

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers

JA · 20096.3

Original Music Composer

Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together poster

Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together

JA · 20096.6

Original Music Composer

Oppai Volleyball poster

Oppai Volleyball

JA · 20096.2

Original Music Composer

Guardian Angel poster

Guardian Angel

JA · 2009Not rated

Music

The Glorious Team Batista poster

The Glorious Team Batista

JA · 20086.8

Music

The Last Princess poster

The Last Princess

JA · 20085.9

Original Music Composer

Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets poster

Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets

JA · 20086.8

Original Music Composer

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces poster

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

JA · 20086.1

Original Music Composer

Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory poster

Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory

JA · 20087.5

Original Music Composer

Little DJ poster

Little DJ

JA · 20076.5

Original Music Composer

For Those We Love poster

For Those We Love

JA · 20076.1

Original Music Composer

Sword of the Stranger poster

Sword of the Stranger

JA · 20077.6

Original Music Composer

Black Belt poster

Black Belt

JA · 20076.7

Original Music Composer

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

JA · 20077.1

Original Music Composer

Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors poster

Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors

JA · 20076.3

Original Music Composer

Kisaragi poster

Kisaragi

JA · 20076.9

Original Music Composer

Simsons poster

Simsons

JA · 20067.0

Music

Limit of Love: Umizaru poster

Limit of Love: Umizaru

JA · 20065.4

Music

Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! poster

Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!

JA · 20066.6

Original Music Composer

The Letters poster

The Letters

JA · 20066.5

Original Music Composer

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean poster

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

JA · 20056.3

Original Music Composer

Always - Sunset on Third Street poster

Always - Sunset on Third Street

JA · 20057.7

Original Music Composer

Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie poster

Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie

JA · 20055.9

Original Music Composer

Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora poster

Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora

JA · 20057.1

Original Music Composer

Renai Shousetsu poster

Renai Shousetsu

JA · 20049.5

Music

Sea Monkey poster

Sea Monkey

JA · 20046.4

Music

X: An Omen poster

X: An Omen

JA · 20016.9

Music

Catnapped! poster

Catnapped!

JA · 19986.3

Music