# Asuka Saitō

| Asuka Saitō |
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| Saito di Taipei Arena pada Januari 2019 |
| Nama asal | 齋藤 飛鳥 |
| Lahir | 10 Agustus 1998 Tokyo, Jepang |
| Kebangsaan | Jepang |
| Pekerjaan | * Penyanyi
* Aktris
* Model fashion
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| Tahun aktif | 2007– |
| Dikenal atas | Nogizaka46 (2011–2023) |
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**Asuka Saito** (齋藤 飛鳥code: ja is deprecated , *Saitō Asuka*, lahir 10 Agustus 1998
) adalah seorang idola Jepang, aktris, model fashion dan mantan pemeran cilik. Ia adalah anggota generasi pertama dari grup vokal perempuan Jepang Nogizaka46, dan seorang model reguler untuk majalah fashion *sweet* dan mantan model eksklusif untuk *CUTiE*. Peran utamanya sebagai aktris termasuk Mana Hayase dalam film remake Jepang You Are the Apple of My Eye, dan Midori Asakusa dalam adaptasi film dan TV Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

## Kehidupan Awal

Saitō lahir pada 10 Agustus 1998 di Tokyo. Ibunya dari Myanmar dan ayahnya dari Jepang. Saitō memulai debutnya sebagai aktris pada tahun 2007 di film *Sakuran*, berperan sebagai protagonis sebagai seorang anak.

## Karier

Pada tahun 2011, didorong oleh ibunya, dia berhasil lolos audisi untuk generasi pertama grup idola Nogizaka46, memulai debutnya sebagai idola di single pertama grup tersebut "Guruguru Curtain" pada Februari 2012. Saitō menjadi anggota tengah di single ke-15 Nogizaka46, "Hadashi de Summer", pada tahun 2016.

Saito aktif sebagai aktris dan model di luar Nogizaka46. Dia telah memainkan peran utama dalam remake Jepang dari film Taiwan *You Are the Apple of My Eye* dan drama horor NTV *Zambi*. Pada 2015, Saitō menjadi model eksklusif untuk majalah mode *CUTiE* terbitan Takarajimasha, yang berhenti terbit pada tahun yang sama. Saitō kemudian menjadi model reguler untuk majalah mode lain dari penerbit yang sama, *sweet*, sebagai model majalah termuda sejak diterbitkan.

Pada 2017, Gentosha menerbitkan *photobook* pertama Saitō. Berjudul *Shiosai*, buku foto tersebut terjual 58.215 eksemplar di minggu pertama. Hingga Desember 2018, photobook tersebut telah terjual lebih dari 200 ribu eksemplar.

Saitō mengumumkan kelulusannya dari Nogizaka46 pada 4 November 2022. Dia akan tetap di grup hingga akhir tahun 2022 dan merencanakan konser kelulusan pada tahun 2023. Dia adalah anggota generasi pertama kedua dari belakang, yang meninggalkan grup.

## Diskografi

### Single dengan Nogizaka46

| Year | No. | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 1 | "Guruguru Curtain" | A-side | Debuted as a 1st Generation member; Also sang on "Nogizaka no Uta", "Aitakatta Kamoshirenai", "Ushinaitakunai kara" and "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte" |
| 2 | "Oide Shampoo" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Ōkami ni Kuchibue o" as Under Member |
| 3 | "Hashire! Bicycle" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Kairyū no Shima yo" as Under Member |
| 4 | "Seifuku no Mannequin" | A-side | Also sang on "Yubi Bōenkyō" and "Yasashisa Nara Ma ni Atteru" |
| 2013 | 5 | "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Shakiism" and "13nichi no Kinyobi" as Under Member |
| 6 | "Girl's Rule" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Senpūki" as Under Member and "Ningen to Iu Gakki" |
| 7 | "Barrette" | A-side | Also sang on "Tsuki no Ōkisa" and "Sonna Baka na…" |
| 2014 | 8 | "Kizuitara Kataomoi" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Toiki no Method" and "Umareta Mama de" as Under Member |
| 9 | "Natsu no Free & Easy" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Koko ni Iru Riyū" as Under Member |
| 10 | "Nandome no Aozora ka?" | B-side | Does not sing on title track. Sang on "Watashi, Okiru" and "Ano Hi Boku wa Tossa ni Uso o Tsuita" as Under Member |
| 2015 | 11 | "Inochi wa Utsukushii" | A-side | Also sang on "Arakajime Katarareru Romance" |
| 12 | "Taiyō Nokku" | A-side | Also sang on "Hane no Kioku" and "Seifuku o Nuide Sayonara o…" |
| 13 | "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru" | A-side | Also sang on "Popipappapā" and "Kanashimi no Wasurekata" |
| 2016 | 14 | "Harujion ga Sakukoro" | A-side | Also sang on "Harukanaru Bhutan" |
| 15 | "Hadashi de Summer" | A-side, center | Also sang on "Boku Dake no Hikari" |
| 16 | "Sayonara no Imi" | A-side | Also sang on "Kodoku na Aozora" and "Ano Kyōshitsu" |
| 2017 | 17 | "Influencer" | A-side | Also sang on "Another Ghost" |
| 18 | "Nigemizu" | A-side | Also sang on "Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai", "Hito Natsu no Nagasa Yori…" and "Naitatte Iijanaika?" |
| 19 | "Itsuka Dekiru kara Kyō Dekiru" | A-side, center | Shared center position with Nanase Nishino; Also sang on "Fuminshō" |
| 2018 | 20 | "Synchronicity" | A-side | Also sang on "Against" as 1st Generation member |
| 21 | "Jikochū de Ikō!" | A-side, center | Also sang on "Chikyū ga Maruinara " and "Anna ni Sukidatta no ni…" |
| 22 | "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru" | A-side | Also sang on "Caravan wa Nemuranai" and "Shiritai Koto " |
| 2019 | 23 | "Sing Out!" | A-side, center | Also sang on "No Yō na Sonzai" |
| 24 | "Yoake Made Tsuyogaranakutemoii" | A-side | Also sang on "Boku no Koto, Shitteru?", "Romendensha no Machi" and "Boku no Omoikomi" |
| 2020 | 25 | "Shiawase no Hogoshoku" | A-side | Also sang on "Sayonara Stay With Me", "Romendensha no Machi" and "Fantastic Sanshoku Pan" |
| — | "Sekaijū no Rinjin yo" | — | Charity song during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| — | "Route 246" | Center |  |
| 2021 | 26 | "Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" | A-side | Also sang on "Ashita ga Aru Riyū" and "Wilderness World" |
| 27 | "Gomen ne Fingers Crossed" | A-side | Also sang on "Zenbu Yume no Mama" |
| 28 | "Kimi ni Shikarareta" | A-side | Also sang on "Dorodarake" and "Tanin no Sora ni" |
| — | "Saigo no Tight Hug" | A-side |  |
| 2022 | 29 | "Actually..." | Center | Shared center position with Mizuki Yamashita; Also sang on "Fukayomi" and "Suki ni Nattemita" |
| 30 | "Suki to Iu no wa Rock da ze!" | A-side |  |
| 31 | "Koko ni wa Nai Mono" | Center | Last single to participate |

### Album dengan Nogizaka46

| Year | No. | Title | Praticipated song |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 1 | *Tōmei na Iro* | * "Nazo no Rakugaki"
* "Jiyū no Kanata "
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| 2016 | 2 | *Sorezore no Isu* | * "Kikkake"
* "Taiyō ni Kudokarete"
* "Threefold Choice"
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| 2017 | 3 | *Umarete Kara Hajimete Mita Yume* | * "Skydiving"
* "Settei Ondo"
* "Katai Kara no Yō ni Dakishimetai" (Solo)
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| 2019 | 4 | *Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made* | * "Arigachi na Ren'ai"
* "Mosugu ~Zambi Densetsu~"
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### Lagu Lainnya

| Year | Artist | Title | Albums / Singles |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | AKB48 | "Dare no Koto o Ichiban Aishiteru" | "Shoot Sign" |
| Mondo Grosso | "Wakusei Tantra" | *Nando Demo Atarashiku Umareru* |
| 2018 | AKB48 | "Kokkyo no Nai Jidai" | "Jabaja" |
| 2019 | "Hitsuzensei" | "Jiwaru Days" |
| 2021 | Nogizaka46 | "Hard to Say" | "Time Flies" |
| 2022 | Mondo Grosso | "Stranger" | *Big World* |

## Filmografi

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | *Sakuran* | Tomeki |  |  |
| 2018 | *You Are the Apple of My Eye* | Mana Hayase | Lead role |  |
| 2020 | *Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! The Movie* | Midori Asakusa | Lead role |  |

### Televisi

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref(s) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | *Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!* | Midori Asakusa | MBS | Lead role |  |

## Bibliografi

### Photobooks

*Kikan Nogizaka vol.3 Ryōshū* (4 September 2014, Tokyo News Service) ISBN 9784863364264

*Shiosai* (25 January 2017, Gentosha) ISBN 9784344030534

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

* Nogizaka46 - Official Profile