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Shiori Sato (born November 16, 1996 [Heisei 8]) is a Japanese artist, writer, dancer, and TV personality.[3] She is a former member of the female idol group Keyakizaka46 (now Sakurazaka46). She graduated from Musashino Art University.[6][7]

Early life and education
Born on November 16, 1996 in Tokyo,[9] she studied classical ballet from the age of 4 to 15,[10] and was a prize winner in a national competition,[11][12] but gave up ballet[13] due to an ankle injury. Later, after watching the TV drama "Supplement" (Fuji Television), she became fascinated with art because she longed to be an art director at an advertising agency[13][14] and her junior high school art teacher invited her to join the art club, and she decided to go to art college and entered an art high school[13][15]. During her high school years, she attended an art prep school after school and on weekends[13].

She studied calligraphy from the age of 5 to 16 and holds the rank of 8th dan [3][12][81].

On April 6, 2015, she entered Musashino Art University [3].

Keyakizaka46
A senior who met her as a member of the university's open campus committee recommended that she audition for Zelkova 46, thinking that it would be a good summer vacation memory for a first-year university student. and so she took the audition with a casual feeling [14]. On August 21, 2015, she passed the audition for the first term of Keyakizaka 46 [1].

She is a member of the group unit "Goninbayashi," and sings "Shoujo ni Nigai ni Nai (I Can't Go Back to Being a Girl)" [82], a song from their first album, "Pure White Things Become Dirty," and "Eventually, I Can Only Say 'Bye Bye'" [83], a song from their fifth single "Kaze ni Fukarete Mo".

She is admittedly a "long talker."[84] She has been given catchphrases such as "Talking foot-long star," "Foot-long dull tangled art student," and "There is no red light in my story" by the members in a project in her crown program,[85][86] and she is also a member of the "Talking foot-long star," "Foot-long dull tangled art student," and "There is no red light in my story.

She is a favorite of second-term student Takemoto Yui,[87][88][Note 2] and in a project to decide the pair location members in a crown program, they became the love of their lives[89] and later went on location in Asakusa[90]. They went out privately after that,[91] and Takemoto nominated Sato as his true love in a Valentine's Day project in a crown program[92][93].

On October 17, 2016, she was selected for the first time as a front-row performer in Keyakizaka46's 3rd single main track "Futari Saison".[16]

On August 12, 2018, on the first day of the Fukuoka performance of the "Summer National Arena Tour 2018" held the day before, she aggravated the condition of her left foot, which had been injured since "Keyaki Republic 2018," and did not perform on the second day of the Fukuoka performance[24]. However, she performed in all subsequent performances[25][26][27]. On September 5 of the same year, he was selected for the "Small Graphic D Division" at the 103rd Nika Exhibition, winning for the second year in a row[28][29].

On January 28, 2019, she was selected as a front member of Keyakizaka 46's 8th single "Black Sheep" for the second time[30].

On January 23, 2020, she announced on her official website that she would temporarily suspend her activities to study abroad[32][33][34]. However, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, they decided to postpone their study abroad and on May 2 of the same year, it was announced on their official website that they would temporarily participate in group activities[35][36][37][Note 1]. On October 9 of the same year, they announced on their official website that they would graduate from Zelkova 46 after "The LAST LIVE" on October 13[40][2][41][42]. On October 13 of the same year, she graduated from Keyakizaka 46[43][44] after the second day performance of "The LAST LIVE", a non-participant live streaming event held at Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium.

On October 31 of the same year, the official blog and profile page on the official website of Zelkova 46 were closed[45].

On November 20 of the same year, she announced that she would participate in the "Online Meet & Greet (individual talk session)," a two-day event (December 13 and December 20 of the same year) as a replacement for the individual handshake session for Zelkova 46's 8th single "Black Sheep"[46][47].

Artist
On May 16, 2017, she attended the "Lotte 'Xylitol Gum' 20th Anniversary Project Presentation" alone, showing off the new gum product package she designed and an outfit using the package design [17][18][19]. On September 6 of the same year, he received his first Honorable Mention[20] and his first Encouragement Award[21][22][23] in the "Free Theme: Multi-Graphic Division (D Division)" at the 102nd Nika Exhibition.

On March 17 2019, she reported on her blog[6][7] her graduation from Musashino Art University's Department of Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Art and Design. On October 28 of the same year, he served as a final judge for the Campus Art Award 2019 organized by KOKUYO[31].

On January 8, 2021, he opened Twitter and Instagram accounts[48]. On March 12 of the same year, he launched his official YouTube channel, SHIORism[49][50]. On April 15 of the same year, she participated in the "BE TRUE arT" project for the hair care brand "Diane Be True" developed by Nature Labo Inc. and released the self-produced video work "Be true to yourself"[51][52].

On May 1 of the same year, she opened the official fan community "SHIOReal"[3][53]. On May 14 of the same year, she announced the release of collaborative items with Village Vanguard, designed using photos taken in Shimokitazawa[54][55][56]. On June 3 of the same year, she launched the radio channel "SHIORadio" on the audio distribution application "stand.fm"[57][58].

On June 11 of the same year, she announced the start of a collaborative painting project with Ashizawa Muneto[59] and was appointed as "ELLESTYLE INSIDER" for the women's fashion magazine Elle Online (Hearst Fujingaho)[60][61].

On July 2 of the same year, she announced that she was appearing in the music video for Dean Fujioka's song "Runaway"[62].

On July 17 of the same year, she appeared as a dancer in DEAN FUJIOKA's performance of "Runaway" on TBS TV's "Music Day 2021"[63].

Influences
The artist he admires is Tsuguharu Foujita [72]. Her favorite designer is Vivienne Westwood [72].

He started taking photographs because he was impressed by the photographs of Tsuyoshi Kando[80] and became interested in digital cameras[72]. He also got into film cameras after encountering the film photographs of Yoshiyuki Okuyama[72].

Personal life
She has an older sister[66]. Her motto is "Hard work never lies.

Sato enjoys classical ballet, visiting museums, and collecting vintage clothings.

Painting[66][75][76], classical ballet[66], cooking[66], visiting museums[76], collecting vintage clothing[67], photography (camera)[12][66][77][78][79].

She has a voice fetish, and lists Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr. Children as her favorite male voice, and Rina Matsuda, a member of Keyakizaka 46 and a second-term student, as the owner of the voice of her dreams. In addition, she has an arm fetish, and in her TV show "Keyaki-te, Shokunai? (TV Tokyo), she actually looked for her ideal arm (moderately muscular arm) among the show's staff[73]. He has listed Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr. Children and Kazuki Himeno of the Japanese national rugby team as having ideal arms[74].