Naoki Satô
b. 1970 (age 56)
Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Composer
Soundtrack
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
Filmography
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Godzilla Minus Zero
2026 Composer
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First Light
2025 Composer
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★ 7.1
Magic Candies
2024 Composer
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★ 6.1
Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei
2024 Composer
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★ 7.7
Godzilla Minus One
2023 Composer
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★ 6.5
The Legend & Butterfly
2023 Composer
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★ 7.1
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2022 Composer
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★ 6.7
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2022 Composer
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★ 5.8
Ghost Book
2022 Composer
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★ 7.4
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning
2021 Composer
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★ 7.2
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final
2021 Composer
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★ 6.2
Masquerade Night
2021 Composer
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★ 6.8
Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll
2021 Composer
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★ 6.8
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
2021 Composer
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★ 7.5
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
2020 Composer
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★ 6.6
The Voice of Sin
2020 Composer
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★ 6.9
Kyojo
2020 Composer
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★ 6.4
Masquerade Hotel
2019 Composer
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★ 6.7
The Great War of Archimedes
2019 Composer
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★ 5.9
Over Drive
2018 Composer
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★ 7.2
Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
2018 Composer
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★ 6.6
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 Composer
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★ 6.2
Honnouji Hotel
2017 Composer
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★ 5.2
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1
2017 Composer
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Kagerô no Tsuji Finale: Inemuri Iwane Edo Zôshi
2017 Composer
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★ 5.8
Assassination Classroom: The Graduation
2016 Composer
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★ 6.6
Rudolf the Black Cat
2016 Composer
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★ 5.5
Assassination Classroom: 365 Days
2016 Composer
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★ 6.2
Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate'
2016 Composer
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★ 5.5
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind
2016 Composer
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★ 6.5
Parasyte: Part 2
2015 Composer
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★ 6.1
Assassination Classroom
2015 Composer
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★ 6.5
Persona Non Grata
2015 Composer
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★ 7.5
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 Composer
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★ 7.5
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
2014 Composer
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★ 7.4
Stand by Me Doraemon
2014 Composer
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★ 6.8
Parasyte: Part 1
2014 Composer
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★ 7.7
Kano
2014 Composer
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★ 6.5
A Bolt from the Blue
2014 Composer
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★ 8.2
Tokyo Phoenix: 100 Years of Destruction and Rebirth in Color
2014 Composer
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★ 7.3
The Fighter Pilot
2013 Composer
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Paint Your Teeth: An Introduction to the Tokyo Underground
2013 Composer
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Aji ichi monme
2013 Composer
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★ 7.4
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 Composer
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★ 6.0
Blood-C: The Last Dark
2012 Composer
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★ 7.1
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 Composer
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★ 6.5
Brave Hearts: Umizaru
2012 Composer
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★ 6.4
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 Composer
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★ 7.5
Eureka Seven: Episode 51: New Order
2012 Composer
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★ 6.3
Friends: Naki on the Monster Island
2011 Composer
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★ 6.1
Peak: The Rescuers
2011 Composer
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★ 6.1
Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
2011 Composer
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★ 6.2
Girls' Compass
2011 Composer
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★ 8.1
Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World
2011 Composer
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Aji ichi monme
2011 Composer
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★ 6.0
Space Battleship Yamato
2010 Composer
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★ 5.9
Umizaru 3: The Last Message
2010 Composer
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★ 7.5
La relève du dinosaure
2010 Composer
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★ 6.2
Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
2009 Composer
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★ 6.1
Oppai Volleyball
2009 Composer
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★ 5.6
Ballad
2009 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009 Composer
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★ 6.7
The Vulture
2009 Composer
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★ 6.5
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008 Composer
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★ 5.8
Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess
2008 Composer
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★ 6.0
The Glory of Team Batista
2008 Composer
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★ 6.9
Wrestling with a Memory
2008 Composer
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★ 5.9
Silver Season
2008 Composer
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★ 7.7
Sword of the Stranger
2007 Composer
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★ 6.9
Black Belt
2007 Composer
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★ 7.2
Kisaragi
2007 Composer
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★ 7.4
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 Composer
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★ 5.8
For Those We Love
2007 Composer
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★ 7.2
Little DJ
2007 Composer
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★ 6.8
The Letters
2006 Composer
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★ 5.9
Limit of Love: Umizaru
2006 Composer
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★ 7.2
Simsons
2006 Composer
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★ 7.2
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu!
2006 Composer
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★ 7.7
Always: Sunset on Third Street
2005 Composer
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★ 5.2
Lorelei
2005 Composer
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★ 6.4
The All-Out Nine: Field of Nightmares
2005 Composer
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★ 6.6
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie
2005 Composer
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★ 7.0
Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky
2005 Composer
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Eureka Seven Navigation ray=out
2005 Composer
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★ 6.1
Umizaru
2004 Composer
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★ 6.9
Ren'ai-shousetsu
2004 Composer
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Dragon Ball Super: Monkerising
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