Jiro Sato
Acting Born May 7, 1969 Aichi, Japan 188 credits
Biography
Jiro Sato is a Japanese actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was born on May 7, 1969, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and grew up in Togo, Aichi District. He graduated from Shinshu University Faculty of Economics. Professionally represented by From First Production, his stage name is Sato Jiro, and he is also known by alternative romanizations and spellings including Jiro Sato, Jirou Satou, Jiro Satoh, and the Japanese characters Sato Jiro. With a career primarily recognized for acting, he holds 181 known credits according to database records. His personal and professional background encompasses roles across film and television as an artist originating from the Aichi region of Japan.
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Career overview
Jiro Sato is a Japanese actor, screenwriter, and film director who was born on May 7, 1969, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He grew up in Togo, which is located in the Aichi District. For his education, he attended and graduated from Shinshu University, where he studied in the Faculty of Economics.
Professionally, he is represented with From First Production. His primary professional focus is on acting, and he has accumulated 181 known credits in the industry according to database records. Throughout his career, he has been recognized under several alternative romanizations and spellings of his name, including Jiro Sato, Jiro Satoh, and Jirou Satou, as well as his Japanese stage name.
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Career timeline
Surname ConfidentialTokyo MPD PR Unit 2Sakamoto DaysSgt. FrogNameless
True Beauty: The Movie - Part 2True Beauty: The Movie - Part 1Under NinjaSuzuki=BakudanThe Killer Goldfish
A Conviction of MarriageSaint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~A Girl Named AnnA Strange HouseThree Way Battle of Japanese New Era
Once Upon a CrimeTokumei!Revolver Lily
The 13 Lords of the ShogunRun for the MoneyMissingThe Violence ActionBlack Night Parade
History DetectiveHistory Detective · CreatorKaguya-sama: Love Is War - MiniHikikomori SenseiThe Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
MachiscopeFrom Today, It's My Turn!!: The MovieWotakoi: Love is Hard for OtakuSuper Radical Gag FamilyDaddy Is My Classmate
Angel SignBrothers in BrothelBrothers in Brothel · DirectorBrothers in Brothel · ScreenplayThe Fable
From Today, It's My Turn!!The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committeeblank13The Murder of KuroidoGintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Mary and The Witch's FlowerGintamaPsychic KusuoOverprotected KahokoBlack Revenge
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience StoreBrave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven PeopleA Loving HusbandThe Man with God's TongueSanada 10 Braves
Death NoteFake MarriageWelcome to Our HomeTemisu no KyuukeiAkegarasu
The Files of Young Kindaichi NeoDr. DMATRose Color's BukoJossy'sLingering Spirits
Ghostly GirlHK: Forbidden Super Hero裁判長っ！おなか空きました！Ghost Negotiator TenmaOnna Nobunaga
Summer RescueTug of War!Afro TanakaMameshiba Ichiro 3DMy Daddy Is an Idol!
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'The Full Throttle Girl犬飼さんちの犬Shonan☆Natsukoi MonogatariShikei Kijun
NeckPro Golfer HanaBECKTumblingRinco's Restaurant
JinMission To KillRescue: Pride of Orange幼獣マメシバChasing My Girl
MemoMemo · DirectorMemo · ScreenplayThe Quiz Show33 Minutes Detective
Our TextbookMop GirlSmileTales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 1Ikiru
Regatta: Kimi to ita eienSugar & SpiceSurvive GirlsDensha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade
Sayonara Midori-chanAfter the Rains and DreamsDangerous SisterShining Boy and Little RandyEgg
Swing GirlsPerfect Education 5: Amazing StoryKeitai Deka Zenigata Rui
Keitai Deka Zenigata MaiCollage of Our LivesMarusa!!
GokusenPing Pong
Handoku!!!Hush!
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Full Filmography
188 titles- Surname Confidential (2026) as Yomoda Makoto
- Tokyo MPD PR Unit 2 (2026)
- Sakamoto Days (2026) as Rambo-Style Hitman
- Sgt. Frog (2026) as Buddha (voice)
- Nameless (2026) as Taro Yamada
- Nameless (2026) Screenplay
- Nameless (2026) Original Story
- The Brightest Sun (2026)
- Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. (2026) as Akira Sashikata
- True Beauty: The Movie - Part 2 (2025)
- True Beauty: The Movie - Part 1 (2025)
- Under Ninja (2025) as Akikazu Yoshida
- Suzuki=Bakudan (2025) as Tagosaku Suzuki
- The Killer Goldfish (2025)
- New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period (2025) as Takamori Saiga
- A Conviction of Marriage (2024) as Shingo Fujita
- Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ (2024) as Battle Hermit
- A Girl Named Ann (2024)
- A Strange House (2024) as Kurihara
- Three Way Battle of Japanese New Era (2024)
- Once Upon a Crime (2023) as King Bovell
- Tokumei! (2023) as Suga Ango
- Revolver Lily (2023) as Hiraoka
- The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) as Yoshikazu Hiki
- Run for the Money (2022) as game master
- Missing (2022) as Satoshi Harada
- The Violence Action (2022) as Sandaime
- Black Night Parade (2022) as Yoshikawa Akira
- truth: 1 Night, 1 Room, 3 Baddest Bitches (2022)
- History Detective (2021) as MC
- History Detective (2021) Creator
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Mini (2021) as Tanuma Shozo
- Hikikomori Sensei (2021) as Uwashima Youhei
- The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021) as Takoda
- 森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」 (2021)
- Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War (2021) as Dr. Shozo Tanuma
- Machiscope (2020)
- From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie (2020) as Tetsuo Akasaka
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020) as The boss
- Super Radical Gag Family (2020) as Osawagi Daitetsu
- Daddy Is My Classmate (2020) as Gorō Yamamoto
- PANDA Judges the World (2020) as Mr. No Compliance
- And Then, Yuriko Was Alone (2020) as 学校の校務員
- And Then, Yuriko Was Alone (2020) Creative Consultant
- The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms -Side Story- (2020)
- 翔べ!工業高校マーチングバンド部〜泣き虫先生が僕らに教えてくれたこと〜 (2020)
- Peep Time (2020)
- Death Come True (2020) as Kenichi Minou
- The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020) as Dong Zhuo
- Eiga Neko Neko Nihonshi: Ryouma no Hachamecha Time Travel ze yo! (2020) as 平賀源内
- From Today, It’s My Turn!!: Special (2020)
- Angel Sign (2019) as [Father]
- Brothers in Brothel (2019) as Mashiba Tetsuo
- Brothers in Brothel (2019) Director
- Brothers in Brothel (2019) Screenplay
- The Fable (2019) as Takoda
- Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning (2019) as Manaka [Teacher]
- You Are Marked for Death! (2019)
- The Return (2019)
- Shiba Park (2019) as Jiro Shiba
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019) as Shozo Tanuma / Narrator
- From Miyamoto to You (2019) as Heihachiro Ono
- Saint Young Men 2nd Century (2019) as 医者
- From Today, It's My Turn!! (2018) as Tetsuo Akasaka
- The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee (2018) as Nojima Yuzuru
- blank13 (2018) as Taro Okamune
- The Murder of Kuroido (2018)
- Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken (2018) as Henpeita Takechi
- Saint Young Men (2018) as Doctor
- 50 First Kisses (2018) as Kenta Fujishima
- Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream (2018) as Kunimura Mamoru
- The Ninety-Nine Walls (2018)
- Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017) as Flanagan (voice)
- Gintama (2017) as Henpeita Takechi
- Psychic Kusuo (2017) as Pinsuke Kanda
- Overprotected Kahoko (2017) as Mamoru Namiki
- Black Revenge (2017) as Isao Fukushima
- Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017) as Hachibei
- Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (2016) as Manager
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People (2016) as 仏
- A Loving Husband (2016) as Koji Igarashi
- The Man with God's Tongue (2016) as 宫泽宽治
- Sanada 10 Braves (2016) as Matabee Goto
- Kofuku no Alibi: Picture (2016)
- Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue (2016) as Kanji Miyazawa
- COLOR? - THE Jailbreak Survival (2016)
- Death Note (2015) as Kanzo Mogi
- Fake Marriage (2015) as Tenjin Goroda
- Welcome to Our Home (2015) as Shutaro Kanie
- Temisu no Kyuukei (2015)
- Akegarasu (2015) as Goro
- The Big Bee (2015)
- The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo (2014) as Kei Tomori
- Dr. DMAT (2014) as Tatsuya Kozone
- Rose Color's Buko (2014) as Suicidal Man
- Jossy's (2014) as Charles
- Lingering Spirits (2014)
- Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer (2014) as Isao Yamaoka
- Ghostly Girl (2013) as Yoshioka-san
- HK: Forbidden Super Hero (2013) as Very Serious Mask
- 裁判長っ！おなか空きました！ (2013) as 审判长
- Ghost Negotiator Tenma (2013) as 法界天童
- Onna Nobunaga (2013) as 足利义昭
- I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow (2013) as fortune-teller
- Kid's Police (2013)
- No Con Kid (2013) as Masashi Watanabe
- Meshibana Keiji Tachibana (2013) as 立花警部
- The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians (2013) as Nakayama
- We Want to be Delivered (2013) as Hasebe
- OLカナのおじさん観察日記。 (2013) as 佐藤和也
- 眩しくて見えなかったから長い瞬きを繰り返した (2013)
- Judge (2013) as Fox
- Mameshiba Ichirô fûten no shibajirô (2013)
- Daily Lives of High School Boys (2013) as Teacher Muramatsu
- Summer Rescue (2012) as Satoshi Takai
- Tug of War! (2012) as mayor's secretary
- Afro Tanaka (2012) as MC at wedding
- Mameshiba Ichiro 3D (2012) as Jiiro Shiba
- My Daddy Is an Idol! (2012) as Kariya Takahiro
- マメシバ一郎 (2012) as 시바 지로
- マリッジ (2012)
- The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011) as Buddha
- The Full Throttle Girl (2011) as Morice Sakota
- 犬飼さんちの犬 (2011) as 芝二郎
- Shonan☆Natsukoi Monogatari (2011)
- Shikei Kijun (2011) as Takeshi Hoshino
- Shita-Machi Rocket -Engineer vs. Elite- (2011) as 三田公康
- Rock: Wanko no Shima (2011)
- Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog (2011)
- Love Come (2011)
- Black Angels (2011)
- 私は屈しない〜特捜検察と戦った女性官僚と家族の465日 (2011)
- Neck (2010) as Professor Jun
- Pro Golfer Hana (2010) as Tsuyoshi Nogi
- BECK (2010)
- Tumbling (2010) as Tashiro Shigeo
- Rinco's Restaurant (2010) as Minamoto san
- Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle (2010)
- Tennessee Waltz (2010)
- Help of God (2010) as Ryuji Fujimoto
- Jin (2009)
- Mission To Kill (2009)
- Rescue: Pride of Orange (2009) as Chen-san
- 幼獣マメシバ (2009) as Jiro Shiba
- Chasing My Girl (2009)
- Be Sure to Share (2009) as Nōkanshi
- Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009) as Jiro Shiba
- Abashiri Family The Movie (2009)
- An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009) as Matsushita
- Saikin rettō (2009)
- Kyo Kara Hitman (2009)
- Memo (2008) as Junpei Motohashi
- Memo (2008) Director
- Memo (2008) Screenplay
- The Quiz Show (2008) as Smaily-Kitajima
- 33 Minutes Detective (2008)
- Mirai koshi Meguru (2008) as Yakunaka
- All Around Us (2008)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special (2008)
- GACHI-BAN (2008)
- GACHI-BAN II (2008)
- Our Textbook (2007) as Shigeichi Kumazawa
- Mop Girl (2007) as Higashi Shigeo
- Smile (2007) as Mr Serisawa (teacher)
- Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 1 (2007)
- Ikiru (2007)
- Regatta: Kimi to ita eien (2006)
- Sugar & Spice (2006) as Toyoda
- Survive Girls (2006)
- Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade (2006)
- Sayonara Midori-chan (2005)
- After the Rains and Dreams (2005) as Seiichi Umezu [His house burnt down]
- Dangerous Sister (2005) as Jun Madarame
- Shining Boy and Little Randy (2005) as High School Teacher
- Egg (2005)
- The Tragedy of M (2005)
- IKUSA (2005)
- Swing Girls (2004) as Bus Driver
- Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story (2004)
- Keitai Deka Zenigata Rui (2004)
- Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai (2003) as Mystery Man
- Collage of Our Lives (2003) as Doctor
- Marusa!! (2003) as Nobuo Yasuda
- Gokusen (2002) as Hosaku Yajima
- Ping Pong (2002) as Staff Member
- Handoku!!! (2001)
- Hush! (2001) as Hirose
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995) as Kei Tomori
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Jiro Sato best known for?
Jiro Sato is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Sgt. Frog (2026), Nameless (2026), Nameless (2026), Nameless (2026).
When and where was Jiro Sato born?
Jiro Sato was born on May 7, 1969 in Aichi, Japan.
How many credits does Jiro Sato have?
Jiro Sato has accumulated over 188 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1995 to 2026.
What is Jiro Sato's background in cinema and television?
Jiro Sato is a Japanese actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was born on May 7, 1969, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and grew up in Togo, Aichi District. He graduated from Shinshu University Faculty of Economics. Professionally represented by From First Production, his stage name is Sato Jiro, and he is also known b...
Jiro Sato by the numbers
188credits
117films
71TV series
1995–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- True Beauty: The Movie - Part 2 (2025) — aged about 56
- Gokusen (2002) as Hosaku Yajima — aged about 33
- From Today, It's My Turn!! (2018) as Tetsuo Akasaka — aged about 49
- Jin (2009) — aged about 40
- Swing Girls (2004) as Bus Driver — aged about 35
- The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo (2014) as Kei Tomori — aged about 45
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