Fanime - B: The Beginning - Satomi Satō Interview

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Satomi Satō (佐藤 聡美 Satō Satomi, born May 8, 1986) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. She is affiliated with Aoni Production's Junior Talent. She is a graduate of Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College. She is also known as Sugar (しゅがぁ Shugā), as "satō" (砂糖) means "sugar" in Japanese. She is best known for her role as Ritsu Tainaka in K-On! and Wendy Marvell in Fairy Tail.

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Satomi Satō is an actress, known for K-On! (2009), Fairy Tail: The Movie - Dragon Cry(2017) and Tales of Berseria (2016). She has been married to Takuma Terashima since 2017.

Satomi Satō quickly rose to fame with popular roles such as Ritsu “Ricchan” Tainaka from K-ON!, Wendy Marvell from FAIRY TAIL, Eru Chitanda from HYOUKA, and Manami Tamara from OREIMO. Her vocal talents can also be heard in ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM, SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL, SKET DANCE, THE IRREGULAR AT MAGIC HIGH SCHOOL, IS THE ORDER A RABBIT, and many other series.

B: The Beginning - In this anime series, scientists hope "new humans" will create universal peace, but they're kidnapped by an evil group with very different plans.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection is a movie starring Satomi Sato, Yukari Tamura, and Haruka Tomatsu. While Nanoha attends 5th grade, a planet is slowly dying.

Director: Takayuki Hamana
Writer: Masaki Tsuzuki
Stars: Satomi Sato, Yukari Tamura, Haruka Tomatsu 

Fairy Tail: The Movie - Dragon Cry - In the new film, based on the Hiro Mashima's manga, Natsu Dragneel and his friends travel to the island Kingdom of Stella, where they will reveal dark secrets, fight the new enemies and once again save the world from destruction.

K-ON is about 5 high school girls who become friends through the Light Music Club. Yui the lead guitarist, Tsumugi the keyboardist, Mio the bassist, Azusa the rhythm guitarist, and Ritsu the drummer. K-ON is the story of 5 aspiring musicians and their journey through high school together.

Stars: Aki Toyosaki, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Sato

Satomi Satō with JBN Journalist Joseph Flores

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THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH SATOMI SATO
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JOURNALIST: JOSEPH FLORES
LOCATION: FANIME, SAN JOSE, CA

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