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Naoki Sato
Composer, Additional CreditsBorn May 2, 1970 (55 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2026 | Godzilla Minus Zero · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | Hero's Island · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | Black Showman · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Magic Candies · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2024 | Blue Moment (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Blue Moment (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Godzilla Minus One · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | ONE DAY (JP) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2023 | Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~ (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2023 | The Legend & Butterfly · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Yudo: The Way of the Bath · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Ghost Book · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Masquerade Night · as Composer |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Stand by Me Doraemon 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | The Voice of Sin · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution Zero (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2020 | Kyojo (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Kyojo · as Composer |
| 2019 | The Great War of Archimedes · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Mikazuki (crescent moon) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Masquerade Hotel · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Pandora IV: AI War (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2018 | Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Over Drive · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | The Angry German Kid Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2017 | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | A LIFE (TV Series) |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate' · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Assassination Classroom: 365 Days · as Composer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Top Secret: Murder in Mind · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Unbroken (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Assassination Classroom: The Graduation · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Keiseisaimin no otoko (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2015 | Parasyte: Part 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | Assassination Classroom · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Parasyte: Part 1 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Stand by Me Doraemon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | A Bolt from the Blue · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Kano · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Assassination Classroom (TV Series) |
| 2013 | The Fighter Pilot · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | PRICELESS (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Until the Break of Dawn · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Blood-C: The Last Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Friends: Naki on the Monster Island · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Carnation (TV Series) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Blood-C (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Peak: The Rescuers · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | The CO: Transplant Coordinator (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Space Battleship Yamato · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Umizaru 3: The Last Message · as Composer |
| 2010 | Ryomaden (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Oppai Volleyball · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Soratobu Taiya (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!: Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Code Blue (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Wrestling with a Memory · as Composer |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2008 | Silver Season · as Composer |
| 2007 | Little DJ · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Yes! Pretty Cure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Black Belt · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Moyashimon (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Rental Magica (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2007 | Sword of the Stranger · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Barefoot Gen (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Kisaragi · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | For Those We Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Jodan ja nai! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2007 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2007 | Heroic Age (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | ハゲタカ (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Yes! PreCure 5 (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | The Letters · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Mammals vs. Dinos (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2006 | Top Caster (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash☆Star (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Always: Sunset on Third Street · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares · as Composer |
| 2005 | Eureka Seven (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2005 | Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Lorelei · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Total Drama Adventure (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2005 | H2 (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Naked Science (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Orange Days (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Pretty Cure (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | Diamond Daydreams (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | Fire Boys (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Manhattan Love Story (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2003 | Water Boys (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Good Luck!! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2003 | Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2003 | Mouse (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2001 | X (TV Series) |
| 2001 | |
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