Naoki Sato
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
![Blue Moment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gsHZ9kCUFCZTfriUSh4qNZLj2zg.jpg)
Blue Moment
![The Yin-Yang Master Zero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/smIWi40yY1nzX1TjG6N4sNYFQHN.jpg)
The Yin-Yang Master Zero
![Magic Candies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yEnr95mviCchL2uyXS4wRODzM6f.jpg)
Magic Candies
![Godzilla Minus One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hkxxMIGaiCTmrEArK7J56JTKUlB.jpg)
Godzilla Minus One
![Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gc4RWy87vSo1wX8h4quCUqk0n1K.jpg)
Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~
![Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dizt74h55byxyWIW2LRAGzOVGW3.jpg)
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
![THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yDICFxmkSD5hHXMRFTWx7k5YTg0.jpg)
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
![Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pi0iZOEHeA3ih4p1IwAG4x2DZNH.jpg)
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
![Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vtTSvyjgfgQ6ASiiwxHgmC2LrmV.jpg)
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
![Godzilla the Ride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lIQbilDdZ8E6yrapwpdWFsXZ696.jpg)
Godzilla the Ride
![Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rODS466qSdrwMlGdbUwPENhDN2c.jpg)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
![Rurouni Kenshin: The Final](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eYZ9yOBXlkMmorvurGnQHQW3Zvu.jpg)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
![Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4tamMD24KVrqvs7vnXsPH42sZCk.jpg)
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later
![Stand by Me Doraemon 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vBv8iOFPLnXmtELUjcFc7OKHsR4.jpg)
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
![The Great War of Archimedes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yGr0s6i9GSgUEd5C1gyaePibZ5W.jpg)
The Great War of Archimedes
![Mistress](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pUSCs1cEoGsUClxqnH5o0kJw0LZ.jpg)
Mistress
![Masquerade Hotel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kZ4duJJ7fhL4tmMRV2hxAwZv8li.jpg)
Masquerade Hotel
![Crescent Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ULLMdeX8VExPhN0Ur1HagObQSX.jpg)
Crescent Moon
![Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h2F3eBFxrjuM5tFmBPiTiIkfaFr.jpg)
Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
![Code Blue: The Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5SqrJEFW5UJigAR3GRaryA3Zk66.jpg)
Code Blue: The Movie
![Over Drive](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xoF7zjiHcWUmdHSktqiI4LTpg0.jpg)
Over Drive
![Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h7FFTr5zUvOuiZmyYOMSMcedJ87.jpg)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
![Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/twDgeuiSxIWcNuPGvGOaLxv1mK0.jpg)
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
![A Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z28Ne2FGZn3Y79W2zANlORvySWs.jpg)
A Life
![Honnouji Hotel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6e7VleMQsybqtOae2w1xWNgAwyJ.jpg)
Honnouji Hotel
![Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/awEmPHKexpX08lJdyyW8CrL45Ws.jpg)
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
![Koro-sensei Q!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ywtsHHAveCvtDMz0ypnxfYtEHKj.jpg)
Koro-sensei Q!
![Rudolf the Black Cat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/54qg3GgKYUM8vdFSUbkdrNo7czt.jpg)
Rudolf the Black Cat
![Assassination Classroom: Graduation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/77fTE8nJY5ZMm7b4Nk8ntBC6ccf.jpg)
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
![Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8hKwuo8NhBwIvDyYRfFH09OMeJP.jpg)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
![Persona Non Grata](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5MhX9z9ZsByU9vtOAozqNRdXiO6.jpg)
Persona Non Grata
![Parasyte: Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qO8zQ9dSADWiwRnR7oCOsPDuOom.jpg)
Parasyte: Part 2
![Assassination Classroom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h752DXxIvf4diBtnVd6JRQCm0OV.jpg)
Assassination Classroom
![Assassination Classroom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qf0l0nQ2t06Es3cSXflqx6l6vsJ.jpg)
Assassination Classroom
![Parasyte: Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lNzCFguC8wEyJWP89ewQYK8d2nJ.jpg)
Parasyte: Part 1
![Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Xq7xmYZwNJfSODpec6OzYaxaA3.jpg)
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
![Stand by Me Doraemon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wc7XQbfx6EIQqCuvmBMt3aisb2Y.jpg)
Stand by Me Doraemon
![Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gI2xYpJPQOsmFblvowkW2IgEHkC.jpg)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
![A Bolt from the Blue](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h0cx15wPUXAbtEyAx5WGkxRQkvZ.jpg)
A Bolt from the Blue
![Kano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kLfN2cggfhXAdYQ7GckKWujBUtG.jpg)
Kano
![The Fighter Pilot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vvjRSt5UerDz6YpiwA9ubtsqo1u.jpg)
The Fighter Pilot
![Onna to Otoko no Nettai](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/palioZ5WjnTOz4lcQbWNSmUOKDj.jpg)
Onna to Otoko no Nettai
![Until the Break of Dawn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uDq70Ghbl6k467J4UfuOwB8GQoy.jpg)
Until the Break of Dawn
![Priceless](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gbdhasVQLWdNCY9qUf8NlMnIRbU.jpg)
Priceless
![Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/icIocMORqayBXRdIca4Lq5DPDfU.jpg)
Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter
![Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v9znzqtCXhx1pkPa6ucU5w3LOik.jpg)
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
![Brave Hearts: Umizaru](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ob7AWMy97e1ITayQDnSofHanMLq.jpg)
Brave Hearts: Umizaru
![Blood-C: The Last Dark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nGGjseakR3l4SoevlvNWvVjmf3A.jpg)
Blood-C: The Last Dark
![Always: Sunset on Third Street '64](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cG0TkrVqm0Cn0U1pckybS0KYNM5.jpg)
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
![Friends: Naki on Monster Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Oiyu5tdrJHYUwXm6Z1TQlm3RZd.jpg)
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
![Carnation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j0vtSx6dzAn1ULEUXLbREeNtPgK.jpg)
Carnation
![Dog × Police: The K-9 Force](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wC94j7D6wK6twNsKUE7thjnVy94.jpg)
Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
![Blood-C](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oFegavhxI30ISV0jSD6qAvuson1.jpg)
Blood-C
![Girls' Compass](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ePv36TBYTzZFwTQDLsyD2W6FLg0.jpg)
Girls' Compass
![Peak: The Rescuers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4ge2Paneh5pGC5T9E953tjBE50r.jpg)
Peak: The Rescuers
![Space Battleship Yamato](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rcpMcrJ2NE2g3aGzBFfpkAEOjhP.jpg)
Space Battleship Yamato
![Ballad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/11uyb0tsOSyYMdpOHpNCzHhYKNt.jpg)
Ballad
![The Vulture](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/px9IFfqknULlPyPfDEjA9Ed0meN.jpg)
The Vulture
![Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5RJWM2pW9M2obSN6zHUI8K26zW3.jpg)
Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
![Oppai Volleyball](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p6V8AZar0SAEm3VyTM24kfvB4rP.jpg)
Oppai Volleyball
![Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d8qMD7S7JJ8bboY7epCTccj4BTI.jpg)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together
![The Triumphant Return of General Rouge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hxh2mfJhBaizMU2rsgroztBQFBl.jpg)
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
![K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5nKwJS82UlBlwTO6enluFsqpikv.jpg)
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
![Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5EjdYXWkZ4tgzcIWsUSdutgfTBt.jpg)
Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets
![Code Blue](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rBzW9ugeSJ0PvfqD1jkSkNaeKQh.jpg)
Code Blue
![The Last Princess](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7InHi5EsxYP4wsf7BSI9uBFtSY1.jpg)
The Last Princess
![Pandora](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tqBz0MeQdPEfVg7kNj5RVynFkkC.jpg)
Pandora
![The Glorious Team Batista](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sAz0oeMFeocP4Jg1XkP3pacufaF.jpg)
The Glorious Team Batista
![Little DJ](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2VY0J3OUHFS1oJwZzLs5X4GE0Sw.jpg)
Little DJ
![Always: Sunset on Third Street 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wVAEuIDMtRLrt26L7R4aJoBlHVe.jpg)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
![Black Belt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/idWqTc6DSpeNWSmREKh9xGc71N0.jpg)
Black Belt
![Sword of the Stranger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lMsUYZq5ITW3rAqF3tB7v74KEnH.jpg)
Sword of the Stranger
![Barefoot Gen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gkEtHT3vdVbl5uIoLu5QcOC6nBi.jpg)
Barefoot Gen
![Kisaragi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1K5Sz9GBbAyytWPC6xXWX426Pue.jpg)
Kisaragi
![For Those We Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k602Yndns4nXusXvBfJpWZztvGy.jpg)
For Those We Love
![Heroic Age](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hz8zrcfXtYCcKWzAV2I3m69Ob04.jpg)
Heroic Age
![ハゲタカ](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hoASuY0XrpTfa20Is3bLJ3AcZI0.jpg)
ハゲタカ
![Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4LNhz62BIwfDwQ5xoSWwz8EUJEq.jpg)
Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!
![The Letters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qc3fRCPYVgGn3vsu50AODK1wYSL.jpg)
The Letters
![Limit of Love: Umizaru](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aHvDwjLDd5hGPyKNfe0k73wyJD3.jpg)
Limit of Love: Umizaru
![Simsons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7h0KmrnsPsEKj62Un1xtPSOs1AQ.jpg)
Simsons
![Pretty Cure Splash☆Star](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w0NwNDmoE3Yt4S1jYAm58ZFtvxd.jpg)
Pretty Cure Splash☆Star
![Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ciuC92VU3osf8TdgHYU2lRSogEW.jpg)
Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora
![Always - Sunset on Third Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/20lchzT4J5v8VwEIud6CicAwBoZ.jpg)
Always - Sunset on Third Street
![Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tXOicosGwKr8MVGIzuAVw5bgspQ.jpg)
Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie
![Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lN8trAma7Ce7gTaVDUNvH36IaSC.jpg)
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
![H2: The Days with You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/72BVZxbvOcnSUWhBGjFVsDXJ6jA.jpg)
H2: The Days with You
![Water Boys 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6nLA04bMLowAM68tMXDiguY0fk8.jpg)
Water Boys 2
![Renai Shousetsu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/molfwCk5dbevwvLoQXLtBXBtz77.jpg)
Renai Shousetsu
![Sea Monkey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mmSMapLoQwbwNoNukCZwXJzVwY4.jpg)
Sea Monkey
![Orange Days](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xHzNdqZy86631c6cRo8OeOP4meA.jpg)
Orange Days
![Fire Boys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ayNMdFtDBwv8233OPzMLD9AgujP.jpg)
Fire Boys
![Water Boys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sU5nQwaxqDJ0560g5iDctcFQxb7.jpg)
Water Boys
![Mouse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r5RJRhGPop5PwOF3xBHeM07wkhf.jpg)
Mouse
![X](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mblTlK6XNGBrnrK3ftEIv1antZP.jpg)
X
![X: An Omen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8l8aQYxRYWkauZCtFNCo2jdqmTj.jpg)
X: An Omen
![Catnapped!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/81lzNbQfq3s2t1UYYUOWXTxZykK.jpg)
Catnapped!
Sound
Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
as.job job.Original Music Composer.he
Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together
as.job job.Original Music Composer.he
Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets
as.job job.Original Music Composer.he
2006
Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!
as.job job.Original Music Composer.he