Aiko Sato (actress)

Aiko Sato
Aiko Sato
佐藤藍子
Born	September 26, 1977 (age 47); Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Education	Hiji Women Gakuen High School
Occupation(s)	Actress, tarento
Years active	1993–present
Agent	Oscar Promotion
Spouse	Takuma Numata (m. 2007)

Aiko Sato (佐藤藍子, Satō Aiko, born 26 September 1977)^[1] is a Japanese actress and tarento.

Biography

Career

Sato was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan and graduated from Hiji Women Gakuen High School.

She won the 6th Japan Bishōjo Contest Grand Prize with Ryoko Yonekura in 1992. Despite sluggish in her debut, Sato co-starred in Seifuku Kojo Iinkai unit Icebox for a period of time. In 1996 she played a male character in the drama Hen.

Personality

Sato had a wide range of activities, such as presenting the Fuji Television series Unbelievable and playing a nurse in the NHK asadora Chura-san, and had the same level of popularity with the Japan Bishōjo Contest Grand Prize winner Yonekura.

Private life

Her husband, Takuma Numata is a riding instructor. He knew her when she was in a riding club, and during her 30th birthday on 26 September 2007, Sato later announced that she married him.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!		Direct-to-video
1995	Budōha Deka 2: Heart Crash	Kaoru
1996	Shonan Junai Gumi
1997	Time Leap	Shoka Ikeuchi	Lead role
1998	Pokémon: The First Movie	Sweet (voice)
1998	Pikachu no Natsuyasumi		Narration
1999	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Kiara	Japanese dub
2006	Stone Age	Junko Watanabe
	Haru no Ibasho	Mieko Casio (ten years after)
	Sun Scarred	Mayumi Takizawa
2008	Namidatsubo	Shushi
2008	Haihai Satsujin	Kuniko Miyazaki
2024	The Dancing Okami		^[3]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1993	Twins Kyōshi	Miyuki Doi	TV Asahi	Debut
1994	Tobenai Otome no Jugyō-chū		Fuji TV	Lead role
1995	Kagami no Chōsho: Tenshi ga Machi ni Yattekita		NHK	Lead role
1996	Klein no Tsubo	Chimei Makabe	NHK
	Hen	Yūki Satō	TV Asahi	Lead role
	Mahiru no Tsuki	Chika Togashi	TBS
	Itazura na Kiss	Kotoko Aihara	TV Asahi	Lead role
1997	Sōri to Yobanai de	Premier's daughter	Fuji TV
1997	Kenshui Nanako	Nanako Sugisaka	TV Asahi	Lead role
1999	Naomi	Naomi Yashiro	Fuji TV
	Tokkyū Shashō Haruka Nagase no Jiken-bo	Haruka Nagase	TV Asahi	Lead role
	Uranai Tantei Maiko Kansai no Kaiun Jiken-bo	Maiko	TBS	Lead role
2000	Brand	Yuri Moriyama	Fuji TV
	Jidō Gyakutai Chōsakan Natsuki Momose no Jiken File	Natsuki Momose	Fuji TV	Lead role
	Dial 119	Kyoko Kano	NTV	Lead role
2001	Chura-san	Nanako Sasaki	NHK
2001	Josi Ana	Midori Fujishima	Fuji TV
2002	Hon'nin Soshō	Yuko Ukai	TBS	Lead role
	Koi Cejo Otome	Nanako Machida	NHK
	Toshiie to Matsu: Kaga Hyakumangoku Monogatari	Asakuma	NHK
	Bara no Jūjika	Masami Hirayama	Fuji TV
2003	Chura-san 2	Kanako Kohagura	NHK
	OL Zenidō	Kyoka Osaki	TV Asahi
	Anata no Tonari ni Dare ka Iru	Satomi Kashiwagi	Fuji TV
	Office no Okashina-mei Tantei	Shuen	Fuji TV	Lead role
2004	Motto Koi Cejo Otome	Nanako Machida	NHK
	Kochira Hon Ikegami-sho	Tomoe Takasugi	TBS
	Chura-san 3	Kanako Kohagura	NHK
	Sky High	Shizuka Minagawa	TV Asahi
2006	Brest: Mesukōsei, 10 Oku-en no Kake!	Kazumi Mihara	TV Asahi	Lead role
2006	Totsukawa Keibu Series	Kyoko Hagiwara	TBS
2007	Keishichō Sōsa File: Sakura-sho no On'na-tachi	Rei Numabukuro	TV Asahi	Episode 2
2007	'Haihai Satsujin	Kuniko Miyazaki	WOWOW
2008	Atsuhime	Onojima	NHK	Taiga drama^[4]
	Yagyuu Ichizoku no Inbō	Akane Yagyu	TV Asahi
	Judge II: Shima no Saibankan Funtō-ki	Kanako Kobayashi	NHK	Episode 1
2010	Tetsudō Sōsa-kan	Miyako Nakai	TV Asahi
2011	Mito Kōmon Part 42	Oito	TBS	Episode 19
	She's a steely woman!	Masako Nomoto	TV Asahi
	Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery	Eriko Mochizuki	TV Asahi
	Kasouken no Onna	Ayumi Seta	TV Asahi
2012	Onsen (Hi) Dai Sakusen	Masako Tatsumura	TV Asahi, ABC
	Case Closed	Chizuru Tachikawa	YTV
	Kari ya Chichi Musume	Mariko Higuchi	TV Asahi
	Kodoku no Gourmet	Saionji	TV Tokyo	Episode 21
2013	Ofukuro Sensei no Shinryō Nikki	Natsuko Sotoura	MBS, TBS
	Keishichō Minamidaira Han: Shichinin no Keiji	Reika Seo	TBS
	Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo	Nurse Aihara	Fuji TV Two	Episode 10
	Sai Sōsa Deka Yusuke Kataoka	Ai Shimamura	TV Asahi
2014	Aibō Season 12	Ryo Katsuragi	TV Asahi	Episode 13
2015	Wakaretara Sukinahito	Shiho Ezawa	THK
2015	Bar Lemon Heart		BS Fuji	Episode 5
2016	The Lion Guard	Kiara	Disney Channel (Japan)	Japanese dub

Informational series

Title	Network	Notes
Ōsu Pappa-ya	NBN	Wednesday MC
BS' Style	NHK-BS1, NHK-BS2, NHK BS Hi-Vision	MC
Style Plus	THK	Occasional appearances

Cultural series

Year	Title	Network
	Geijutsu Gekijō	NHK E TV
2015	Shumi Doki!	NHK E TV

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Romeo and Juliet		Lead role
	Chissai Ossan Matsuri	Shirayukihime
2013	Mito Kōmon
2014	Joanne D'Arc	Marie of Anjou

Direct-to-video

Year	Title
1993	Oshare Seifuku Zukan (Natsufuku-ban)
1993	Oshare Seifuku Zukan (Fuyufuku-ban)
2007	Ai Love

Bibliography

Photo albums

Year	Title
1997	Aiko Sato first photo diary – Live 1997
1998	La vérité – Aiko Satoh
2004	Ai – Aiko Sato Shashin-shū
2006	Ai Ai – Aiko Sato Shashin-shū

Other

Year	Title
1999	Aiko Sato: Harunatsu Sawayaka Knit
1999	Aiko Sato to Tanoshimu: Scarf no Oshare Tech 110

Awards

Hatachi no Pearl Best Dresser 1998
6th Japan Bishōjo Contest Grand Prix

References

^ "佐藤藍子". be amie (in Japanese). Oscar Promotion. Retrieved 12 Sep 2016.
^ "佐藤藍子が乗馬での出会いで結婚". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shinbun. 27 Sep 2007. Retrieved 12 Sep 2016.
^ "レディ加賀". eiga.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
^ "篤姫の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

External links

be amie profile (in Japanese)

[1] "佐藤藍子". be amie (in Japanese). Oscar Promotion. Retrieved 12 Sep 2016.

[2] "佐藤藍子が乗馬での出会いで結婚". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shinbun. 27 Sep 2007. Retrieved 12 Sep 2016.

[3] "レディ加賀". eiga.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.

[4] "篤姫の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

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