, formerly known as , is a Japanese actress, singer and
gravure idol
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thou ...
.
Biography
Sato was born in
Fukushima
may refer to:
Japan
* Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture
** Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
***Fukushima University, national university in Japan
*** Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushim ...
but grew up in
Kanagawa
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagaw ...
.
In 2002, Sato made her acting debut in the low budget horror movie ''Scare'' and began a career as a gravure idol. Much of her work was published in Japanese men's magazines such as
Sabra
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Arts and entertainment
* Sabra (comics), a fictional Israeli female superhero in the Marvel Comics universe
* Sabra (magazine), a Japanese magazine for men
* '' Sabra Command'' the original title of the film ''Warhead''
* "Sab ...
and
Weekly Playboy
, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an adult mag ...
. Between 2002 and 2008, she starred in a number of idol movies released on DVD.
In 2004, Sato played a role in the low budget movie ''
Cursed''.
In 2005, Sato released a single called ''Can't Hide'', which was released under the Girls Record label.
In 2007, Sato appeared in a photobook called ''Portrait'' that was photographed in Fukushima by Japanese photographer
Yoshihisa Marutani.
In 2008, Sato announced on her blog that she was no longer doing gravure modelling and would instead focus on drama and acting.
Sato's most popular movie role to date was in the acclaimed 2010 drama, ヌードの夜/愛は惜しみなく奪う, known in English as A Night in Nude -Salvation.
Sato works for
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
Radio in Japan as a co-host of the radio bookstore program ''Talking With Matsuo Hall'' with host Takashi Matsuo. She is managed by the Beside agency in Tokyo.
On April 9, 2018, she announced on her Instagram page that she had changed her stage name to Memeco Sakata.
Works
Television
*
Madan Senki Ryukendo
is a Japanese superhero-genre tokusatsu television series. It was Takara and We've Inc's first attempt at a tokusatsu series. This series aired at 7:00 JST on TV Aichi from January 8 to December 31, 2006. It is also a partial prequel to the Tomi ...
(2006):
Kaori Nose
*
Kamen Rider Decade
is the title of the first installment of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu dramas. ''Decade'', as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider special anniversary Series, having begun with ''Kamen Rider ...
(2009):
Ai Yashiro (Episodes 2–3),
Toko Yashiro (Episodes 12–13)
*
Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono (2013):
Enhou
DVDs
* First Touch (2002)
* Peek A Boo! (2002)
* Pure Smile (2003)
* Lily White (2003)
* Himitsu (2004)
* H2O (2004)
* Lover's Eyes (2004)
* Gekkan Sato Hiroko (2004)
* Sato Hiroko Premium (2004)
* Shouwa Nostalgia (2005)
* Truth (2005)
* Real B Face (2005)
* Move in Diosa (2005)
* Tooru Maboroshi Kagami (2005)
* Hiroko to Panda to Shanghai de (2006)
* Hold Nothing (2007)
Photobooks
* Peek A Boo! (2002)
* Suimitsutou (2003)
* Fine (2003)
* Koibumi – Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2003)
* Himitsu (2003)
* H2O (2004)
* Sato Hiroko Young Sunday Special Graphic Vol. 5 (2004)
* Hiroko Mix (2004)
* Gekkan Sato Hiroko Shincho Mook (2004)
* WPB-Net Remix DVD Sato Hiroko Anniversary (2004)
* Jounetsu (2004)
* Diosa (2005)
Singles
* Can't Hide (2005)
Compilations
* Girl's Box ~Best Hits Compilation Winter~ (2005)
* Very Merry X'mas (with Isoyama Sayaka and Hoshino Aki, 2005)
References
External links
Official blog*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakata, Memeco
1985 births
Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture
Japanese television personalities
Japanese gravure idols
Living people
Models from Kanagawa Prefecture
Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture