Kanta Sato | |
Native Name: | 佐藤寛太 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1996 |
Birth Place: | Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 2015–present |
Agent: | LDH |
Height Cm: | 181 |
Website: | Sato_k |
[1] is a Japanese actor, he is a member of EXILE's theater company (Gekidan EXILE). He is best known for his role as Naoki Irie in the 2016 film Itazura no Kiss the Movie: High School.
Sato is represented with LDH.
Kanta Sato was born on June 16, 1996, in Tsushima (Fukuoka Prefecture), Japan, where he lived until the age of 7.[2] He has two brothers and used to play baseball from his first year in elementary school to the 3rd year of Junior high school. The Rampage from Exile Tribe's Shogo Iwaya and Hokuto Yoshino were his classmates in high school.[3]
Sato aimed for the entertainment industry after watching the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close when he was in Junior high school.[4]
In 2013, he participated in the EXPG National Academy Audition in the model department of the Fukuoka branch and passed, which led him to learn dancing.[5] In the same year, he participated in the Exile vocal audition Vocal Battle Audition 4 but failed during the first screening.[6]
In 2014, he participated in Exile Performer Battle Audition and made it to the second screening but ultimately did not pass. In the same year, he became a trainee of Exile's theater company after passing the "Gekidan Exile audition".[7]
In January 2015, Sato officially joined Gekidan Exile and started his activities as an actor.[8] He made his acting debut in the drama High & Low The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.
In 2016, he played his first lead role in the film Itazura no Kiss the Movie: High School.
On 16 June 2021, he released his first personal book titled "Next Break", with one of the four photographers involved being his actor friend Takumi Kitamura.[9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2016 | Itazura no Kiss the Movie: High School | Naoki Irie | Lead role | [10] |
Road To High & Low | Tettsu | |||
High&Low The Red Rain | ||||
2017 | Itazura na Kiss The Movie 2: Campus | Naoki Irie | Lead role | [11] |
Itazura na Kiss The Movie 3: Propose | Lead role | [12] | ||
High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky | Tettsu | |||
High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission | ||||
Love and Lies | Sosuke Takachiho | [13] | ||
2018 | Missions of Love | Akira Shimotsuki | [14] | |
Ao-Natsu | Izumiya Liquor Store Visitor | [15] | ||
Tettsu | ||||
Run! T High School Basketball Club | Koji Makizono | [16] | ||
Jam | Maejima | |||
Family Story | Yudai Watanabe | [17] | ||
2019 | High&Low The Worst | Tettsu | ||
Bento Harassment | Tatsuo Yamashita | [18] | ||
The Sketch of Life | Ryota Tanaka | Lead role | [19] | |
2021 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Shoma Tominokoji | [20] | |
Gunkan Shōnen | Kaisei Sakamoto | Lead role | [21] | |
2023 | (Ab)normal Desire | Daiya Morohashi | [22] | |
2024 | Undead Lovers | Jun Kōno | [23] | |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | |
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2015–2016 | Tettsu / Teppei Kurosaki | NTV | |||
2017 | The Smartphone Guy | Adachi | YTV | Episodes 5 & 11 | |
Minshu no Teki / The Public Enemy | Watanabe | Fuji TV | |||
2018 | Koujin | Young Danjo Soya | NHK BS Premium | ||
Missions of Love | Akira Shimotsuki | MBS / TBS | |||
The Detective is Way Ahead | Tsubasa Jonouchi | NTV / YTV | [24] | ||
Chuzai Keiji | Shohei Karube | TV Tokyo | |||
Tettsu | Hulu | Lead role | |||
2019 | Secret Unrequited Love | Ritsu Suzuya | TV Asahi | ||
Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning season 2 | Ren Narahashi | TV Tokyo | Episode 6 | [25] | |
Da rapper bites and becomes a rapper | Takuma Yamanouchi | TV Asahi | Special drama | [26] | |
High & Low The Worst Episode.0 | Tettsu | NTV | |||
2020 | Chuzai Keiji Season 2 | Shohei Karube | TV Tokyo | [27] | |
Hage shiwashiwa tokidoki koi | Harunari Umino | TV Asahi | |||
Tonari no Masala | Tatsuya Sawaki | NHK | Lead role | [28] | |
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi | Tatsuomi Takahashi | NTV | [29] [30] | ||
Hakujitsu no Karasu 2 | Kohei Tachibana | TV Asahi | Special Drama | [31] | |
Ano Ko no Yume wo Mitan Desu | Takumi | TV Tokyo | Episode 4 | ||
Home Sweet Tokyo Season 4 | Sho | NHK WORLD JAPAN, NHK BS Premium | Episode 3 | ||
2021 | 6 from HiGH & Low The Worst | Tettsu | NTV | Episode 6 | |
Chuzai Keiji Special 2021 | Shohei Karube | TV Tokyo | Special drama | ||
Chef wa Meitantei | Daisuke Ogura | TV Tokyo | [32] | ||
Tokyo Mer: Mobile Emergency Room | Haruto Fukasawa | TBS | |||
2022 | Chuzai Keiji Season 3 | Shohei Karube | TV Tokyo | [33] | |
Sweat and Soap | Kotaro Natori | MBS | [34] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | |
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2019 | I Give My First Love to You | Ritsu Suzuya | Abema TV, Videopass | ||
Sweet Tai Chi | Shun Tsukiyama | Youku | Chinese internet drama | [35] | |
2021 | Himitsu no Ai-chan | Reo Amano | FOD | Lead role | [36] |
TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room | Haruto Fukasawa | Paravi | [37] | ||
JAM -the drama- | Leslie Cheung Cheung | Abema TV | [38] |
Year | Title |
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2014 | GEKIDAN EXILE "Sore ike ko gekijō" |
2015 | GEKIDAN EXILE "Tomorrow Never Dies~Yattekonai Ashita wa nai~" |
2018 | Reading drama "Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu 10th letter" |
2020 | GEKIDAN EXILE "Yusha no Tame ni Kane wa Naru / The Bell Rings for the Brave" |
Reading drama Book Act "Geinin koukan nikki" | |
Musical "Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru 2020" | |
2021 | Murder Mystery play "The Price Of Acting" |
GEKIDAN EXILE "JAM -The Recital-" |
Date | Title | Role | Network | ||
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April 2016 | Saturday Drama house "Beautiful Boy's Theater" Story No. 16 "Hajikeru otoko" | Shimotsuki, a clerk of a video shop, a guest of a movie theater | JFN | [40] [41] | |
October 2016 | Saturday Drama House "Beautiful Boy's Theater" Story No. 19 "Dancing in the Nursery" | Todo Naoyuki, Sakurai Yui | JFN | [42] |
Year | Title | |
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2015 | Aoyama Tailor 4th commercial "Evolution of heat proof function" | |
2016 | "JSBC SNOWTOWN" | |
2018 | Ezaki glico "Pocky (couple version)" | |
Nissin Foods "CUP NOODLE": Yabai. Nanka Atsui. SNS Sengoku Jidai ver. | ||
2019 | Seiko Watch "Seiko Lukia" |
Year | Artist | Title |
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2018 | EXILE Shokichi | Futen Boyz |
Doberman Infinity | You & I |
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | |
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2019 | HIGEMEN AWARDS 2019 | [44] | ||
HAIR OF THE YEAR 4th Grand Prix | Male talent section | |||
Beauty Week Award |