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Naoki Satō
佐藤 直紀
Born (1970-05-02) May 2, 1970 (age 54)
OriginChiba, Japan
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, 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 [27]


References

  1. ^ a b c d "佐藤直紀 / Naoki Sato". Face Music (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  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.
  6. ^ a b "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". japan-academy-prize.jp. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  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.
  9. ^ a b "アニメ / メディア芸術データベース – 佐藤直紀" [Anime / Media Arts Database (search results) – Naoki Sato]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  10. ^ "Live - Sound Decision - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. January 29, 2004. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  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.
  21. ^ "O.S.T.(NAOKI SATO) - RUROUNI KENSHIN KYOTO TAIKA HEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - Amazon.com Music". amazon.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  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.
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