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Leo Sato
Born in Oita.Prefecture in 1981. Composer.
He received his Master in Cultural and Creative Studies from Aoyama Gakuin University. He founded his private office "Sound+Light" when he was in university and started releasing original works featuring "music that blends into life".
In 2009, he founded a sound design team "ETUDE LLP".
He composes, arranges and produces music for TV commercials, TV programs and movies.
His main works include "Lottery" (2003), "au design project" (2006), "ISSEY MIYAKE Xmas" (2006), "LOUIS VUITTON" (2008), "SHU UEMURA" (2009), "Dentsu Good Innovation" (2009), "The 12th Venice Biennale" Japan pavilion announcement video (2010), "YOHJI YAMAMOTO Exhibition" (2011), "The Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group" (2012), "GODIVA LOVE & HUG PROJECT" (2013), Movie "Princess Sakura" (2013), Movie "Radio Love" (2013), NHK "COSMIC FRONT" (2014), Movie "Cinema Angel" (2015), "BINGO5" (2017), Movie "Dancing in her Dreams" (2019), "Cartier Crystallization of Time" (2019), Movie "Haruka no Sue" (2020), "JOC - Ganbare! Nippon! Zenin Danketsu Project" (2020) and many others.
Leo Sato Acoustic Architect / Composer Visiting Associate Professor, Osaka University of Arts Leo Sato is a Tokyo-based acoustic architect and composer working across film, fashion, and spatial design. He approaches sound not as decoration, but as a structural element that shapes time, space, and perception. Through a minimal and cinematic language, his work explores the relationship between sound, memory, and silence designing experiences that operate beyond conscious listening. He has collaborated with global brands including LOUIS VUITTON, ISSEY MIYAKE, YOHJI YAMAMOTO, Cartier, Shu Uemura, and General Electric, contributing to projects across moving image, fashion, and spatial environments. His work on projects related to Wim Wenders has been recognized at international festivals including Cannes Lions, D&AD Awards, ADC Awards, and New York Festivals. He also designed the sound for a public awareness campaign by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Japanese Paralympic Committee (JPC), addressing online harassment. In this project, sound was conceived as a structure of time and perception, shaping the depth of the viewers experience. As a composer, he has created music for films including Cinema Angel (2015), Dancing in Her Dreams (2019), Haruka no Sue (2020), and Planet Love Song (2026). His work has been featured on international radio platforms such as dublab (Los Angeles) and Mutant Radio (Berlin), extending his practice into a global context. In parallel, he serves as a creative advisor for brands and institutions, working across branding, communication, and perception design. Satos practice is grounded in the idea that sound is not added, but is a structure that shapes perception and memory. By treating noise and silence as equal elements, he continues to explore new forms of temporal experience.