Naoki Satō

Naoki Satō
佐藤 直紀
Born (1970-05-02) May 2, 1970 (age 54)
Chiba, Japan
Alma materTokyo College of Music
OccupationComposer

Naoki Satō (佐藤 直紀, Satō Naoki, born May 2, 1970 in Chiba, Japan)[1] is a Japanese composer. He has provided the music for several popular anime series and films, including the first five Pretty Cure series, X, Eureka Seven, Sword of the Stranger, Assassination Classroom, and Blood-C.

He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in 1993.[1] 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).[2] 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[3][4] and Parasyte live-action film series.[5] 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.[7] He composed the music for victory ceremonies at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[8]

Filmography

Anime

Year Title Crew role Notes Source[9][1]
2001–02 X Music OVA and TV [2][10][11]
2003 Machine Robo Rescue Music
2004–09 Pretty Cure series Music Also Max Heart, Splash Star, Yes PreCure5, GoGo, specials [12]
2005 Sukisho Music
2005–06 Eureka Seven Music [13][2]
2007 Heroic Age Music
2007 Sword of the Stranger Music [2]
2007 Moyashimon Music
2009–11 Pretty Cure All Stars DX films Music 3 films
2009–11 Eureka Seven: good night, sleep tight, young lovers Music
2011 Blood-C Music [14][15]
2011 Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki Music Feature film
2012 Blood-C: The Last Dark Music Feature film
2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Music [12]
2014 Stand By Me Doraemon Music
2015 Assassination Classroom Music Also Episode 0 preview in 2014
2020 Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Music
2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Music Feature film [16]

Live-action

Year Title Crew role Notes Source[9][1]
2003 Good Luck!! Music TV drama
2003 Water Boys Music TV drama
Also 2 and 2005 Natsu
2004 Orange Days Music
2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean Music
2005 H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi Music TV drama
2005 Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Music film
28th Japan Academy Prize for Best Score
[2][17][18]
2006 Limit of Love: Umizaru Music [19]
2007 Barefoot Gen Music TV drama
2007 Black Belt (Kuro Obi) Music Film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki
2008 Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess Music 2008 remake [20]
2008 428: Shibuya Scramble Music FMV video game
Co-composed with Hideki Sakamoto
2009 Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta Music live-action film
2010 Ryōmaden Music TV drama (Taiga drama)
2010 Space Battleship Yamato Music
2012 Rurouni Kenshin Music [3][4][5]
2012 Brave Hearts: Umizaru Music
2013 The Eternal Zero Music Nominated – 38th Japan Academy Prize for Best Score [6]
2014 Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Music [21]
2014 Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Music [22]
2014 Parasyte: Part 1 Music [5]
2015 Parasyte: Part 2 Music [5]
2016 Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Music [23]
2017 Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Music [24]
2018 Over Drive Music
2019 The Great War of Archimedes Music
2019 Masquerade Hotel Music
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Music TV drama (Taiga drama)
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Music
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Music
2023 Yudō Music [25]
2023 The Legend and Butterfly Music [26]
2023 Godzilla Minus One Music Nominated – 47th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Score [27]
2024 6 Lying University Students Music [28]


References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Sword of the Stranger to Begin LA/NYC Run on July 18". Anime News Network. July 11, 2008. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "CDJapan : "Ruroni Kenshin" Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack (Music by Naoki Sato) CD Album". CDJapan. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Young, Deborah (October 6, 2012). "Rurouni Kenshin: Busan Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "Bump of Chicken to Perform Last Live-Action Parasyte Film's Ending Song". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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  7. ^ "'The Eternal Zero' scoops Japanese Academy Awards, 'Frozen' recognized". Yahoo News. February 27, 2015. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  8. ^ "SATO Naoki: Meet the composer of the Tokyo 2020 Games victory ceremony music". Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
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  11. ^ "X #2 - Sound Decision - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. January 29, 2004. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Square Enix's Gyrozetter Card Game Gets 2012 TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  13. ^ Shida, Hidekuni et al. "Eureka Seven". (January 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 36-39.
  14. ^ "CLAMP's Blood-C to Be Made as Both TV Series & Film". Anime News Network. April 8, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  15. ^ "Blood-C's Promo Streamed, Premiere Date Announced". Anime News Network. May 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  16. ^ "ドラゴンボール超 スーパーヒーロー:神谷浩史、宮野真守がガンマ1号、2号の声優に 2022年4月22日公開". Mantan Web (in Japanese). December 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  17. ^ "Always: Sunset on Third Street Gets 3rd Film in 3D". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  18. ^ Galbraith 2008, p. 439
  19. ^ Galbraith 2008, p. 442
  20. ^ "HIDDEN FORTRESS: THE LAST PRINCESS". SciFi Japan. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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  22. ^ "CDJapan : Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Densetsu no Saigo Hen) Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack CD Album". CDJapan. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  23. ^ 海賊とよばれた男. eiga.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  24. ^ "DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり". eiga.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  25. ^ "湯道". eiga.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  26. ^ "レジェンド&バタフライ". eiga.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  27. ^ "ゴジラ-1.0 : 作品情報". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  28. ^ "六人の嘘つきな大学生". eiga.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
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