Sato Airi

Sato Airi is an AKB48 Kenkyuusei.

Trivia

Admired members: Murayama Yuiri and Yamauchi Mizuki
- She likes Yuiri so much that she set a picture of Yuiri as her phone background.
Charm point: Large mouth
Favorite AKB48 song: Heart Gata Virus
She has been a fan of AKB48 since she was young.
Her older sister is Team 4's Sato Kiara. However, she made it a point to not mention that she was Kiara’s sister during her audition. Her reason was that she wanted to be accepted into AKB48 on her own merit.
She was inspired to join AKB48 after watching a Team 4 2nd Stage performance on YouTube.
She was the center for the 17th Generation members' debut performance of Oogoe Diamond.

On May 4th, joined AKB48 as a member of its 17th Generation.
On May 12th, started sending mail to the AKB48 Private Mail service.
On May 18th, had her first appearance on AKB48, Saikin Kiita? ~Issho ni Nanka Yatte Mimasen ka?~.
On June 1st, had her theater debut as a "Zenza Girl" (undercard) at the Boku no Taiyou stage, alongside Hasegawa Niina.
- They were the first members of the 17th Generation to appear as Zenza Girls.
On June 6th, had her first appearance on AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san.

Joined AKB48 as an Kenkyuusei on May 4, 2022

AKB48

Kenkyuusei
Members
Akiyama Yuna・Arai Sae・Ito Momoka・Okumoto Kairi・Kawamura Yui・Kudo Kasumi Kubo Hinano・Sako Yumemi・Shiratori Sari・Narita Kohina・Hanada Mei・Yagi Azuki・Yamaguchi Yui
Stages
Tadaima Renaichuu・Idol no Yoake・Renai Kinshi Jourei・Theater no Megami・RESET・Boku no Taiyou・Pajama Drive・16th Generation Kenkyuusei・Let's Go Kenkyuusei!・Soko ni Mirai wa Aru