is a Japanese dancer, model and actress. She is a former member of

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and

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and exclusive model for the Japanese fashion magazine ''Ray''. Sato is represented with LDH.

Early life

Harumi Sato was born on June 8, 1995 in

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, Japan. Prior to auditioning to LDH, Sato took dance classes at ''Dance Studio MPF'' from the second grade of elementary school to second grade of junior high school. Afterwards, she was a student at ''Dance Studio ViVid'' in

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Career

On July 26, 2011, it was revealed during an ''E-Girls SHOW'' event at SHIBUYA-AX that Sato was one of the winners in the dance section of the ''VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3'' and thus would be added to

as a performer alongside Nozomi Bando. On the same day, she was also added as a performer of

, being a member of both groups at the same time. On October 12, Flower debuted with the single "Still". In March 2012, Sato made her modeling debut by participating in the

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. On July 22, 2013, it was announced that she would be working as an exclusive model of the fashion magazine ''Ray'' starting from its September issue. In January 2014, she debuted as an actress in the TV drama ''

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''. In January 2017, she appeared on the cover of ''Ray'''s March issue, being her first solo magazine cover in her career as a model. On August 29 in the same year, she released her first photobook titled ''Harumiiro (ハルミイロ)''. Furthermore, Sato was appointed as

' leader in late October after the group's reformulation. On August 3, 2018, she participated as a special performer in the ''DANCE ALIVE WORLD CUP 2018'' at

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. There, she performed together with ''Fabulous Sisters'', a dance team of her former dance school ''Dance Studio ViVid.'' On September 6, 2019, she was invited to attend the runway show of the ''

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'' collection during

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, being her first international fashion event. On September 30,

disbanded and Sato remained as member of E-girls. On December 22, with the announcement of E-girls' disbandment set for around the end of 2020, it was revealed that she would focus on acting and modeling activities afterwards.

Personal life

Sato is the tallest member of

and

(173 cm, 5 ft 8 in). Together with Kaede, second tallest E-girls member and tallest member of

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(168 cm, 5 ft 6 in), she forms the model duo ''Twin Tower''. The duo started as a nickname from fans but became official soon after. Together, they have appeared in several magazines and commercials such as '' GQ Japan'', ''

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'', and '' VOGUE GIRL''.

Filmography

Films

TV Dramas

Stage

Commercials

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Harumi Japanese female dancers Japanese female models 21st-century Japanese actresses People from Yamagata Prefecture 1995 births Living people LDH (company) artists Models from Yamagata Prefecture