Masaki Sato

About Masaki Sato

Masaki Sato (佐藤優樹) is a Japanese pop singer and former idol under Hello! Project. She joined as a 10th-generation member of Morning Musume and was also a member of the SATOYAMA movement units Harvest, Jurin, and Sato no Akari.

She graduated from both Morning Musume and Hello! Project on December 13, 2021, due to health issues.

Her hobbies include playing the drums and horseback riding, while her special skills are ballet and piano. Her favorite foods are soba, udon, and plum sheets, and her favorite colors are yellow and green. She also lists Disneyland as her favorite place.

Her personal philosophy is to always be smiling. She considers her eyelashes to be her charm point, and her motto is “Don’t be noisy.” Her favorite word is “deshou,” and her favorite English phrase is “Thank you!”

Among her favorite Morning Musume songs are Maji Desu ka Ska!, Fantasy ga Hajimaru, and Iroppoi Jirettai.

Her past favorite song was Butterfly by Kaela Kimura. More recently, she has cited Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo by Momoiro Clover Z, Kokuhaku by Ken Hirai, and Robo Kiss among her favorite songs.

She has said that she looks up to Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, Maki Goto, and Reina Tanaka.