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.
Early life Kanta Sato was born on June 16, 1996, in Tsushima (Fukuoka Prefecture), Japan, where he lived until the age of 7. 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.
Career Sato aimed for the entertainment industry after watching the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close when he was in Junior high school.
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. In the same year, he participated in the Exile vocal audition Vocal Battle Audition 4 but failed during the first screening.
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".
In January 2015, Sato officially joined Gekidan Exile and started his activities as an actor. 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.
Filmography
Movies YearTitleRoleNotes2016Itazura no Kiss the Movie: High SchoolNaoki IrieLead roleRoad To High & LowTettsuHigh & Low: The MovieTettsuHigh&Low The Red RainTettsu2017Itazura na Kiss The Movie 2: CampusNaoki IrieLead roleItazura na Kiss The Movie 3: ProposeNaoki IrieLead roleHigh&Low The Movie 2 / End of SkyTettsuHigh&Low The Movie 3 / Final MissionTettsuLove and LiesSosuke Takachiho2018Missions of Love Akira Shimotsuki Ao-NatsuIzumiya Liquor Store VisitorDTC: Yukemuri Junjo Hen from High & LowTettsuRun! T High School Basketball ClubKoji Makizono JamMaejimaFamily Story Yudai Watanabe2019High&Low The WorstTettsuBento HarassmentTatsuo Yamashita The Sketch of LifeRyota TanakaLead role2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetShoma TominokojiGunkan ShōnenKaisei SakamotoLead role2023(Ab)normal DesireDaiya Morohashi 2024Undead LoversJun Kōno2025Meets the World
TV dramas YearTitleRoleNotes2018The Detective is Way Ahead Tsubasa Jonouchi2019Sweet Tai ChiShun TsukiyamaChinese internet dramaButler Saionji's Great Reasoning season 2Ren NarahashiEpisode 6Da rapper bites and becomes a rapperTakuma Yamanouchi Special drama 2020Chuzai Keiji Season 2Shohei Karube Tonari no MasalaTatsuya SawakiLead roleGourmet Detective Goro Akechi Tatsuomi Takahashi Hakujitsu no Karasu 2Kohei TachibanaSpecial drama2021Himitsu no Ai-chanReo AmanoLead roleJAM -the drama-Leslie Cheung CheungChef wa MeitanteiDaisuke OguraTokyo MER: Mobile Emergency RoomHaruto Fukasawa2022Chuzai Keiji Season 3Shohei KarubeSweat and SoapKotaro Natori2024Chaser Game WAoyama Wataru2025In Lilac Bloom, The Path to a VeterinarianKazuma KaseMiniseries
TV shows DateTitleNotes2019Oyasumi Ouji
Radio drama DateTitleRole2016Saturday Drama house "Beautiful Boy's Theater" Story No. 16 "Hajikeru otoko"Shimotsuki/ a clerk of a video shop /a guest of a movie theater Saturday Drama House "Beautiful Boy's Theater" Story No. 19 "Dancing in the Nursery" Todo Naoyuki, Sakurai Yui
Bibliography
Personal Book YearTitle2021NEXT BREAK
References
External links Gekidan EXILE Official Site Kanta Sato Official Weibo @Kantasato