Naoki Satô
Composer · Born May 2, 1970 (56) · Chiba, Japan
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 2, 1970 (56)
- Chiba, Japan
- Composer
- 61 on MovieCove · 126 credits in all
Known for
What are Naoki Satô's films like?
Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 45
A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 12 · Dark 16
Grounded 6 · Stylized 31 · Heightened 9
Gentle 3 · Charged 26 · Intense 17
Steady 20 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 3
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 2
Casual 12 · Engaged 27 · Full focus 7
Easy watch 14 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 13
Resolved 36 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy17
- Bittersweet28
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Naoki Satô's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (12).
- Godzilla Minus One (2023) · composer
- Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020) · composer
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) · composer
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) · composer
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021) · composer
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · composer
- Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) · composer
- Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021) · composer
- Assassination Classroom (2013) · composer
- Orange Days (2004) · composer
- Good Luck!! (2003) · composer
- A Life: A Love (2017) · composer
- Crunchyroll
- Sword of the Stranger (2007) · composer
- Assassination Classroom (2013) · composer
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) · composer
- Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) · composer
- X (2001) · composer
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006) · composer
- Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2018) · composer
- Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2021) · composer
- Tales of Agriculture (2007) · composer
- Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 (2017) · composer
- Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom (2023) · composer
Subscription and free streaming for Naoki Satô's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
126 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page.
Godzilla Minus Zero(2026)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Kyojo Requiem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Kyojo Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Hero's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Black Showman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Magic Candies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Six Lying University Students (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Blue Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Yin Yang Master Zero(2024)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Godzilla Minus One(2023)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Legend & Butterfly(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Ghost Book(2022)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Re: The End of the Tiny World - Half a Year Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Master Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Masquerade Night(2021)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Stand by Me Doraemon 2(2020)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Voice of Sin(2020)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Kyojo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Masquerade Hotel(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Crescent Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
You, I Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Code Blue: The Movie(2018)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Over Drive(2018)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
A Life: A Love(2017)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Honnouji Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Koro-sensei Q! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Rudolf the Black Cat(2016)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Unbroken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Moribito(2016)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Persona Non Grata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Parasyte: Part 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Assassination Classroom(2015)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Assassination Classroom(2013)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Parasyte: Part 1(2014)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Stand by Me Doraemon(2014)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Sunset Sky(2009)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Bolt from the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Kano(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Fighter Pilot(2013)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Onna to Otoko no Nettai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Until the Break of Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Priceless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Brave Hearts: Umizaru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Blood-C: The Last Dark(2012)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Carnation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Dog × Police: The K-9 Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
BLOOD-C (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Girls' Compass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Peak: The Rescuers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
CO: Transplant Coordinator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World(2011)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Space Battleship Yamato(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Ryōmaden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Ballad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Guardian Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Vulture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Oppai Volleyball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Flying Tire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Code Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Last Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Pandora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Gachi Boy: Wrestling with a Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Glorious Team Batista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Little DJ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Black Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Tales of Agriculture(2007)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Sword of the Stranger(2007)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Barefoot Gen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Kisaragi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
For Those We Love(2007)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Heroic Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Yes! PreCure 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Mammals Vs. Dinos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Limit of Love: Umizaru(2006)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Simsons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
H2: The Days with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Renai Shousetsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Sea Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Orange Days(2004)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Fire Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Water Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Good Luck!!(2003)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
X(2001)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
X: An Omen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Catnapped! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 121 titles, 120 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Naoki Satô's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 52; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 61 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved10
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic7
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed22
Reviewers score the sound and music 68/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Naoki Satô's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films and sex & nudity and profanity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Naoki Satô work with?
People who share at least 2 of Naoki Satô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takashi Yamazaki shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Takashi YamazakiShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Ghost Book (2022), Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Friends: Naki on the Monster Island (2011), Space Battleship Yamato (2010) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Takashi Yamazaki
- Keishi OtomoShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Keishi Otomo
- Eiichirô HasumiShared titles: Over Drive (2018), Assassination Classroom: The Graduation (2016), Assassination Classroom (2015), Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010), Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Eiichirô Hasumi
- Tomoki KyôdaShared titles: Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2021), Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2018), Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 (2017), Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Tomoki Kyôda
Writers
- Ryôta KosawaShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)See all 6 shared titles with Ryôta Kosawa
- Izumi TôdôShared titles: Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom (2023), Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World (2011), Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu! (2006), Eiga futari wa purikyua max heart 2: Yuki-zora no tomodati (2005), Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Izumi Tôdô
- Yoshimi NaritaShared titles: Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom (2023), Yes! Pretty Cure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken! (2007), Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006), Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu! (2006), Eiga futari wa purikyua max heart 2: Yuki-zora no tomodati (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Yoshimi Narita
- Nobuhiro WatsukiShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Nobuhiro Watsuki
Actors
- Fumiyo KohinataShared titles: Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2022), Masquerade Night (2021), Masquerade Hotel (2019), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Orange Days (2004)See all 7 shared titles with Fumiyo Kohinata
- Takuya KimuraShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Masquerade Night (2021), Masquerade Hotel (2019), A Life: A Love (2017), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Good Luck!! (2003)See all 6 shared titles with Takuya Kimura
- Shin'ichi TsutsumiShared titles: Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Good Luck!! (2003)See all 6 shared titles with Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
- Munetaka AokiShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Munetaka Aoki
Cinematographers and editors
- Kôzô ShibasakiShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Ghost Book (2022), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)See all 9 shared titles with Kôzô Shibasaki
- Ryûji MiyajimaShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Ghost Book (2022), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)See all 7 shared titles with Ryûji Miyajima
- Tsuyoshi ImaiShared titles: The Legend & Butterfly (2023), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Tsuyoshi Imai
- Takuro IshizakaShared titles: Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021), Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Takuro Ishizaka
Producers
- Takaaki KabutoShared titles: Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), Over Drive (2018), Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017), Assassination Classroom: The Graduation (2016), Assassination Classroom (2015), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Friends: Naki on the Monster Island (2011), Space Battleship Yamato (2010) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Takaaki Kabuto
- Keiichiro MoriyaShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Ghost Book (2022), Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Friends: Naki on the Monster Island (2011), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)See all 10 shared titles with Keiichiro Moriya
- Shûji AbeShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Ghost Book (2022), Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), The Fighter Pilot (2013), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)See all 10 shared titles with Shûji Abe
- Minami IchikawaShared titles: Godzilla Minus One (2023), Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), Masquerade Hotel (2019), Rudolf the Black Cat (2016), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Minami Ichikawa
