Akihiro Macieira Sato (born September 12, 1983) is a

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model.

Early life

Akihiro Sato was born on September 12, 1983 to Ichiro Sato and Clea Maceda Andrade in

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. His mother is a Brazilian of Portuguese, African, and Indigenous descent, while his father is

. He has an older brother and an older sister.

Career

Modeling and acting

Sato started modeling in Brazil and

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. He appeared in a Filipino movie called ''Handumanan''. He is one of the most popular models in the Philippines as of 2009. He joined '' Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown'' and made it all the way to the end, Day 36 with Ervic Vijandre, Solenn Heussaff, and

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as the shows "Final Four". In the live finals, he was named as the "1st Celebrity Sole Survivor". Sato also appeared in

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shows like ''

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: Moshi Moshi I Love You'', with

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as his leading lady; in '' Darna'' as Vladimir the Vampire, one of Darna's enemies; and in ''

Panday Kids ''Carlo J. Caparas's Panday Kids'' (), or simply ''Panday Kids'', is a 2010 Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is a television sequel to the 2009 film '' Ang Panday''. Directed by Mike Tuviera and Dom ...

'' as Oswaldo. In 2011, Sato played the role of Tommy in the movie ''

My Valentine Girls ''My Valentine Girls'' is a romantic comedy film directed by Dominic Zapata, Andoy Ranay and Chris Martinez, starring Richard Gutierrez, Rhian Ramos, Solenn Heussaff, Lovi Poe and Eugene Domingo. The film was released in 2011. The film was prod ...

''. He appeared in ''

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'' as Bruno. When his contract with

expired, Sato moved to

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due to lack of TV shows. Sato appeared in '' Trip na Trip'' as a new host.

Football

Sato signed up to play for

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of the now-defunct United Football League for the 2011 season. He played with actor models,

Daniel Matsunaga Daniel Kenji Silva Matsunaga (born November 28, 1988) is a Brazilian model, actor, professional footballer, host and businessman. He became known in the Philippines by appearing in ''Cosmopolitan Philippines''’ September 2009 "Cosmo Men" supp ...

and

Fabio Ide Fabio Ide (born December 26, 1983) is a Brazilian actor and model in Philippines. Ide is in at D'Survivors with Akihiro Sato and Daniel Matsunaga. Early life A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Fabio Ide was born on 26 December 1983 to Ana Maria I ...

Personal life

Sato studied the

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in the

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. He is good friends with his fellow

model-turned-actors

and

. Sato is now based in Brazil, where he lives with his girlfriend. Their daughter, Mayumi, was born on January 28, 2013.

Television

Film

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Akihiro Brazilian male models Brazilian male film actors 1983 births Living people Brazilian people of Japanese descent Brazilian people of Lithuanian descent Brazilian people of Russian-Jewish descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Survivor (franchise) winners Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Brazilian male television actors 21st-century Brazilian male actors GMA Network personalities ABS-CBN personalities Participants in Philippine reality television series Survivor Philippines contestants Team Socceroo F.C. players Male actors of Japanese descent Association footballers not categorized by position Footballers from São Paulo