Naoki Sato
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- May 2, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Chiba, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Godzilla Minus One
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Assassination Classroom
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Stand by Me Doraemon
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Sword of the Stranger
Parasyte: Part 1
Space Battleship Yamato
Filmography
Kyojo: Reunion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kyojo Requiem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Godzilla Minus Zero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Magic Candies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Black Showman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hero's Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Six Lying University Students
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blue Moment
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Godzilla Minus One
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Programmer, Music Arranger
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yudo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ghost Book
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Master Plan
Movie · Music
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
TV · Original Music Composer · 41 eps
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Voice of Sin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kyojo
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Masquerade Hotel
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Great War of Archimedes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crescent Moon
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Mistress
TV · Sound · 10 eps
Over Drive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
Movie · Original Music Composer
Code Blue: The Movie
Movie · Music
You, I Love
Movie · Music
Honnouji Hotel
Movie · Music
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
Movie · Original Music Composer
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Life: A Love
TV · Music · 10 eps
Rudolf the Black Cat
Movie · Music
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Movie · Original Music Composer
Koro-sensei Q!
Movie · Music
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
TV · Original Music Composer · 22 eps
The Unbroken
TV · Original Music Composer · 20 eps
Persona Non Grata
Movie · Music
Parasyte: Part 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Assassination Classroom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Assassination Classroom
TV · Music · 47 eps
The Sunset Sky
Movie · Music
KANO
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stand by Me Doraemon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Movie · Music
Parasyte: Part 1
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Movie · Music Programmer, Original Music Composer
A Bolt from the Blue
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Eternal Zero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Onna to Otoko no Nettai
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Brave Hearts: Umizaru
Movie · Music
Until the Break of Dawn
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Movie · Music
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blood-C: The Last Dark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Priceless
TV · Music · 10 eps
Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter
TV · Original Music Composer · 51 eps
Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
Movie · Music
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Peak: The Rescuers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Girls' Compass
Movie · Original Music Composer
Carnation
TV · Music · 151 eps
BLOOD-C
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
CO: Transplant Coordinator
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Space Battleship Yamato
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Music Programmer
Ryōmaden
TV · Original Music Composer · 48 eps
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
The Vulture
Movie · Music
Ballad
Movie · Music
Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together
Movie · Original Music Composer
Oppai Volleyball
Movie · Original Music Composer
Guardian Angel
Movie · Music
The Flying Tire
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
The Glorious Team Batista
Movie · Music
The Last Princess
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets
Movie · Original Music Composer
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pandora
TV · Music · 8 eps
Code Blue
TV · Music · 32 eps
Little DJ
Movie · Original Music Composer
For Those We Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sword of the Stranger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Black Belt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kisaragi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Barefoot Gen
TV · Music · 2 eps
Heroic Age
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Yes! PreCure 5
TV · Original Music Composer · 97 eps
Moyashimon
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Simsons
Movie · Music
Limit of Love: Umizaru
Movie · Music
Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Letters
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mammals Vs. Dinos
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
PreCure Splash Star
TV · Original Music Composer · 49 eps
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Movie · Original Music Composer
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Movie · Original Music Composer
Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora
Movie · Original Music Composer
H2: The Days with You
TV · Music · 11 eps
Renai Shousetsu
Movie · Music
Sea Monkey
Movie · Music
Fire Boys
TV · Music · 11 eps
Orange Days
TV · Music · 11 eps
Water Boys
TV · Music · 23 eps
Mouse
TV · Music · 12 eps
X: An Omen
Movie · Music
X
TV · Music · 24 eps
Emergency Room 24 Hours
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Catnapped!
Movie · Music