is a Japanese

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and a former member of the

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girl group

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. In AKB48, she was originally a fourth generation trainee, then in Team A, in Team B, and finally in Team K. Amina Sato was also a member of a pop group named No Name, which consisted of several AKB48 members voice acting in the animation series ''

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''.

Career

AKB48

Sato joined the

group

as a 4th generation trainee. In April 2008 she was promoted to Team A. In the first AKB48 general election in 2009, she placed eighth overall and was part of the group's A-side single. On August 23, 2009, at an AKB48 concert it was announced that in October she would be transferred from Team A to Team B. The transfer finally came into effect on May 21, 2010. In summer 2010 she placed 18th in the second general election, earning a place on the A-side of AKB48's 17th single "

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". In the third general election in 2011, she placed 18th, winning a spot on the A-side for the single "

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". In December 2011 she passed an audition to voice act in AKB48's animated TV series ''

''. Broadcast from April 2012, it featured her voice as one of the main characters Yūka Ichijō. She also participated in the two

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released by the associated pop unit No Name, composed of AKB48 members who were voice acting in the anime series. She reprised the role of Yuka in ''AKB0048s second season. In 2012, she placed 21st in AKB48's fourth general election, and performed on the B-side track "Nante Bohemian" as part of Under Girls for the single "

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". In 2013, she placed 33rd on the fifth general election. The election rank made her the choreography center of the group Next Girls (formed of those who placed 33 to 48) which performed a B-side track for the single "

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". On November 1, 2012, as part of a mass group shuffle announced on August 24 (on the first day of the AKB48

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concert series), she was transferred from AKB48's Team B to Team K. On December 22, 2013, at an AKB48 Team K's stage performance in Tokyo, Sato announced her ''graduation'' from AKB48. In her statement she expressed her intention to pursue her dream of becoming a voice actress. She graduated at a performance in the AKB48 Theater on January 15, 2014.

Post-AKB48

In July 2016 Sato released a single as Arisu Tachibana, the character she voices in '' The Idolmaster'' anime series. The single reached number 8 on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart. In December 2016 it was announced that Sato would lend her voice to a new character that was being added to anime ''

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'', a 17-year-old girl named Nanami Sakuragaoka.

Discography

Solo singles

Singles and other songs with AKB48

Songs on AKB48 singles

=A-sides

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=B-sides

= *" Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara" *" Nusumareta Kuchibiru" *" Nakeru Basho" *"

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" *" Hito no Chikara" *"Gondola Lift" *" Yobisute Fantasy" *" Hitsujikai no Tabi" *" Mitsu no Namida" *" Nante Bohemian" *" Scrap & Build" *" Yūhi Marie" *"How Come?" *" Kondo Koso Ecstasy"

Original songs on AKB48 albums

*"Ningyo no Vacances" (on the album ''

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'')

Appearances

: ''See 佐藤亜美菜#出演 in the Japanese Wikipedia.

TV dramas

* ''

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'' (2010) * ''Sakura Kara no Tegami'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011)

Stage plays

* ''Dump Show!'' (2011) * ''SEMPO'' ( ja) (musical, 2013) * (original musical, on stage since 26 July 2014)

Radio shows

* ''AKB48 no All Night Nippon''

Voice acting

Anime

* ''

'' (2012) — Yūka Ichijō (

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) * '' AKB0048: Next Stage'' (2013) — Yūka Ichijō (main) * '' Jewelpet: Magical Change'' — Nene ( supporting) * '' Morita-san wa Mukuchi'' — girl with glasses (supporting) * ''

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'' — Mariko (supporting) * '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season'' — Arisu Tachibana (supporting) * ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Anytime, Anywhere with Cinderella'' — Arisu Tachibana (supporting) * ''

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'' — Oriha Nashida (main) * ''Triage X: Recollection XOXO'' — Oriha Nashida (supporting) * ''

'' — Nanami Sakuragaoka (supporting) * '' Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale'' — Natura (supporting) * ''

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'' — Mayuri Nakamura (supporting)

Video games

* ''

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'' — Arisu Tachibana * Counter:Side — Lycoris

Dubbing

= Live-action

= * ''

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References

External links

Official agency profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Amina 1990 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo Japanese television personalities Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese idols AKB48 members