Kanta Sato

Kanta Sato (佐藤 寛太, Satō Kanta, born 16 June 1996)[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 Japanese movie series "Itazura na Kiss".

Kanta Sato
佐藤寛太
Sato at the opening ceremony of The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival, 2018.
Born (1996-06-16) 16 June 1996
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
AgentLDH
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
WebsiteSato_k

Sato is represented with LDH.

Early life

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.[3] The Rampage from Exile Tribe's Shogo Iwaya and Hokuto Yoshino were his classmates.[4]

Career

Sato aimed for the entertainment industry after watching the movie "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" when he was in Junior high school.[3]

In 2013, he participated at "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 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 was defeated by other contestants yet again.[6] 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 movie "Itazura na Kiss The movie in High School".

Filmography

Movies
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Itazura na Kiss The Movie in High School Naoki Irie Lead Role [9]
Road To High & Low Tettsu
High & Low The Movie
High&Low The Red Rain
2017 Itazura na Kiss The Movie 2: Campus Naoki Irie Lead Role [10]
Itazura na Kiss The Movie 3: Propose Lead Role [11]
High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky Tettsu
High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission
Love and Lies Sosuke Takachiho
2018 Missions of Love Akira Shimotsuki
Ao Natsu Kimi ni Koishita 30 Nichi Izumiya Liquor Store Visitor
DTC -Yukemuri Junjou Hen- from High & Low Tettsu
Run! T High School Basketball Club Koji Makizono [12]
Jam Maejima
Family Story Yudai Watanabe [13]
2019 Kyou mo Iyagarase Bentou Tatsuo Yamashita [14]
Inochi Sketch Ryota Tanaka Lead Role [15]
High&Low The Worst Tettsu
2021 Hanataba mitaina Koi wo shita [16]

TV Dramas
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2015 High&Low:The Story Of S.W.O.R.D. Tettsu / Teppei Kurosaki NTV
2016 High&Low Season 2 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 [17]
Chuzai Keiji Shohei Karube TV Tokyo
High&Low The DTC Tettsu Hulu Lead role
2019 I Give My First Love to You Ritsu Suzuya TV Asahi
Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning season 2 Ren Narahashi TV Tokyo Episode 6 [18]
Da rapper bites and becomes a rapper Takuma Yamanouchi TV Asahi Special Drama [19]
High & Low The Worst Episode.0 Tettsu NTV
2020 Chuzai Keiji Season 2 Shohei Karube TV Tokyo [20]
Hage shiwashiwa tokidoki koi Harunari Umino TV Asahi
Tonari no Masala Tatsuya Sawaki NHK Lead role [21]
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi Tatsuomi Takahashi NTV [22][23]
Hakujitsu no Karasu 2 Kohei Tachibana TV Asahi Special Drama [24]
Ano Ko no Yume wo Mitan Desu Takumi TV Tokyo Episode 4

Web dramas
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2019 I Give My First Love to You Ritsu Suzuya Abema TV, Videopass
Sweet Tai Chi Shun Tsukiyama Youku Chinese internet drama [25]
2021 Himitsu no Ai-chan Reo Amano FOD Lead role [26]

TV Shows
Date Title Network Ref.
March 2019 Oyasumi Ouji NHK Educational TV [27]

Stage
Year Title
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"

Radio drama
Date Title Role Network Ref.
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 [28][29]
October 2016 Saturday Drama House "Beautiful Boy's Theater" Story No. 19 "Dancing in the Nursery" Todo Naoyuki, Sakurai Yui JFN [30]

Advertisements
Year Title
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.＞

Music Videos
Year Artist Title
2018 EXILE Shokichi Futen Boyz
Doberman Infinity You & I

Voice acting
Year Title Role
2017 High & Low g-sword Animation DVD Special Edition Tettsu

Live
Year Title
2016 High & Low The Live

Awards
Year Ceremony Award Result
2019 HIGEMEN AWARDS 2019[31] Won
HAIR OF THE YEAR 4th Grand Prix Male talent section Won
Beauty Week Award Won

References
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  2. "「劇団EXILE」佐藤寛太、結婚観は超堅実！". シネマトゥデイ. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  3. "佐藤寛太 – 映画「イタキス」で初主演。EXILE HIROや仲の良いLDHメンバーについてや、役者にかける思いを劇団EXILEの佐藤寛太が語った". HIGHFLYERS (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  4. "山下健二郎、歌唱褒められ「自分でも薄々気付いてた」 佐藤寛太は吉野北人から週5でコソ練受ける！ 映画『DTC ‐湯けむり純情篇‐from HiGH&LOW』大ヒット御礼舞台挨拶". Astage-アステージ- (in Japanese). 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. "劇団EXILE、新たなる挑戦とHIROへの思いを語る！". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  6. "劇団ＥＸＩＬＥ・佐藤寛太の素顔「言いたいこと言わないと気が済まない」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). December 1, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
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  8. パーソルキャリア株式会社. "佐藤寛太（劇団EXILE） | インタビュー | アルバイトニュース・プラス". アルバイト・バイトの求人情報満載！ | バイト探しはan（アン） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  9. Inc, Natasha. "Happiness「イタズラなKiss THE MOVIE」で初の映画主題歌". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  10. Inc, Natasha. "佐藤寛太×美沙玲奈「イタズラなKiss」キャンパス編のポスター＆予告到着". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  11. Inc, Natasha. "「イタズラなKiss」シリーズ第3弾はプロポーズ編、2017年春に公開". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  12. "志尊淳主演「走れ！T校バスケット部」に早見あかり＆佐藤寛太＆鈴木勝大＆竹中直人＆椎名桔平！ : 映画ニュース". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  13. Inc, Natasha. "岡田将生×鉄拳「家族のはなし」に成海璃子、金子大地、佐藤寛太、和牛水田ら出演". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  14. Inc, Natasha. "篠原涼子主演「今日も嫌がらせ弁当」に佐藤隆太、松井玲奈、佐藤寛太が出演（コメントあり）". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  15. "【Scheduled for nationwide release in the autumn of 2019】The movie "Inochi Sketch" starring Kanta Sato coming soon! | NEWS (ALL) | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  16. "清原果耶＆オダギリジョーら『花束みたいな恋をした』追加キャスト発表". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  17. "片平なぎさ：新ドラマで広瀬アリスの命を狙う"ラスボス"に". MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  18. "Kanta Sato appearing in episode 6 of TV TOKYO's Friday 8pm drama "Shitsuji Saionji no Meisuiri 2", on air from 20:00 today, 5/31 (Fri.)! | NEWS (ALL) | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  19. "【On air from 23:15 for two consecutive nights on 7/12 (Fri.) and 7/13 (Sat.)】Kanta Sato appearing in tv asahi's special drama "Da rapper bites and becomes a rapper"! | NEWS (ALL) | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  20. "Kanta Sato appearing in TV TOKYO's "Chuzai Keiji Season 2", on air from January 2020". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  21. "NHK's drama "Tonari no Masala" starring Kanta Sato to be aired from 19:30 on 2/28/2020 (Fri.)". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  22. "Kanta Sato appearing in NTV's new Sunday drama "Bishoku Tantei Akechi Goro" to be aired from April 2020!". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  23. Inc, Natasha. "「美食探偵 明智五郎」新米エリート刑事・高橋役に東村アキコファンの佐藤寛太（コメントあり）". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  24. "Kanta Sato appearing in TV Asahi's special drama "Hakujitsu no Karasu 2"". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  25. "劇団EXILE佐藤寛太、初の国外ドラマ出演＜お嬢様飄々拳＞ – モデルプレス". モデルプレス – ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  26. Inc, Natasha. "ドラマ「ヒミツのアイちゃん」愛子役は平祐奈、玲欧役は佐藤寛太（コメントあり）". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  27. Inc, Natasha. "3代目"おやすみ王子"眞島秀和、金子大地、佐藤寛太の朗読番組放送、VR動画も". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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  29. "サタデードラマハウス|4月2日（土）「ハジける」第一話". JFN PARK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  30. "サタデードラマハウス|10月の物語「ダンシン・イン・ザ・ナーサリー」". JFN PARK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  31. "劇団EXILE佐藤寛太：ヒゲ姿で初登場 これからは「ワイルドでダンディーな大人の男性に」". 毎日キレイ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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