, is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer who came to prominence as a member of the idol group =Love from 2017 to 2023.
Early life Saitō was born in the Asao-ku ward of Kawasaki on July 6, 2003. She has one older sister. Saitō was bullied in elementary and junior high school, which she later said inspired her to become an idol so that she could give others in similar situations the strength that she got from the music of AKB48 during that time.
Career As a singer, Saitō became known as a member of the idol group =Love from 2017 until 2023, when she left the group to focus on her acting career. She is also a regular model for the women's fashion magazine Larme.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2019Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning, and Spring WindYumi TanakaLead role; anthology film2023Our Secret DiaryYuko Hayashi2024Koi o Shiranai Bokutachi waKoharu FujimuraAtashi no!Mitsuki TaniguchiOshi no Ko: The Final ActRuby Hoshino2026Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.Akane Sunaga
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2018One Room of HappinessMiyajima2022Moshi Ike?Hana KatagiriMoshi KoiKarin MisakiCinderella AgainMaoEpisode 2Metropolitan Police Department Research Division 1Madoka SaitoEpisode 92022–23Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's GirlfriendYua Takahashi2 seasons2023The Best Student: The Last Dance with One Year Left to LiveShino MiyamaWeb seriesThe Greatest TeacherShino MiyamaEpisodes 1 and 52024The Reason We Fall in LoveKyo OzuMy Undead Yokai GirlfriendMisa InukaiWeb dramaOshi no KoRuby Hoshino2025Himitsu no AiPri: Ring-henWako SenseiTV AnimeNotice: What Happens at the Haunted PropertyAnne ShinonomeParallel Couple: The Truth About My Dead Wife and IRiko TsujiCaptured Broadcasting StationSeira Okino2026Junji Ito's Strange Tales That Keep You Up at NightYuriEpisode 9; short dramaMasamune-kun Wants to Be HappyXX-ko
Music video appearances Year Artist SongNotes2023If I Could Just Say I Love Youft.
Advertisement Year Company Title Notes 2020RICAFROSH"Rag Thomas Kit" Model2021Kimono Rental VasaraVisual modelMel cinnaEvelyn2021 Summer Collection2021 Autumn Collection2021 Winter CollectionVisual model20222022 SS Collection2022 Summer Collection2022 Autumn Collection2022 Winter Collection20232023 Spring Collection2024&tintImage model
Discography
Bibliography Magazine (January 2020, Tokuma Shoten)- regular model May issue (March 22, 2024)
Photobooks B.L.T. SUMMER CANDY 2021 (August 2021, Tokyo News Service ) Nagisa (Published on July 13, 2023, Takarajimasha)
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