Iwatate Saho

Iwatate Saho



Iwatate Saho (2019)

Name

Kanji		岩立沙穂
Kana		いわたてさほ
Romaji		Iwatate Saho
Nickname		Sahhoo (さっほー)

Birth Info

Birthdate		October 4, 1994
Birthplace		Kanagawa, Japan
Blood type		B
Current Age		30 Years Old

Sizes

Height		156.5cm

Professional Info

Agency		TRUSTAR
Social Networks		Official Fanclub / 7gogo / Ameblo / Instagram / SHOWROOM / TikTok / Twitter / Weibo

Idol Career Info

Group		AKB48
Team		Regular Members
Debuted		December 2011 / 13th Generation

Lightstick Colors

Blue	White		Red

Iwatate Saho is a member of AKB48.

1 Catchphrase
2 Trivia
3 History
- 3.1 2010
- 3.2 2011
- 3.3 2012
- 3.4 2013
- 3.5 2014
- 3.6 2015
- 3.7 2016
- 3.8 2017
- 3.9 2018
- 3.10 2019
- 3.11 2021
- 3.12 2022
- 3.13 2023
- 3.14 2024
4 AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
5 AKB48 Janken Tournaments
6 Team History
7 Singles Participation
- 7.1 AKB48 B-Sides
- 7.2 Other Singles
8 Albums Participation
- 8.1 AKB48 Albums
9 Units
- 9.1 Stage Units
- 9.2 Concert Units
10 Media Appearances
11 Gallery

Catchphrase

発声練習はじめます！　やっほー、さっほー、30歳、さっほーこと岩立沙穂です。

Hassei renshuu hajimemasu! Yahhoo, Sahhoo, 30-sai, Sahhoo koto Iwatate Saho desu.

(I'll start with vocal exercises! Yahhoo, Sahhoo, I'm Iwatate Saho, also known as Sahhoo, 30 years old.)

Trivia

Favorite AKB48 stage song: "All of them"
Hobbies: Aromatherapy, photography
Favorite subject: World history, Japanese language. She says Japanese is her specialty.
Likes: Spicy food, eating grasshoppers
Favorite animal: Capybara
Good friends with: Mogi Shinobu, Muto Tomu
- She was the first person to bathe with Mogi.
Admired members: Kashiwagi Yuki
Future ambition: A multi-talent who can work as a reporter
Oldest member in AKB48 13th Generation
She failed AKB48's 11th and 12th Generation Auditions.
She has a younger brother
She has liked idols since she was six years old. In middle school she particularly liked Morning Musume.
She was high school classmates with Nogizaka46's Nakada Kana.
She enrolled in a junior college in 2013 and graduated in 2015.
She considers herself a calm and considerate person, but also indecisive. Staff members have praised her for being hardworking and gutsy, while former member Nakamura Mariko said she has a classic idol aura, reminiscent of Matsuda Seiko.
She has a burikko ("cutesy girl") character.
She is famous for regularly eating grasshoppers, as her family has eaten them for a long time. When she took her college entrance exam, her mother packed her a bento and spelled "Ganba" (good luck) in grasshoppers on top of the rice.
- Her unflinching love of grasshoppers was featured in AKBINGO! as well. A Muchaburi Dodgeball segment called "Sahhoo Gohan" was created, where Saho would prepare foods with grasshoppers to feed to members as a punishment for getting out in the dodgeball game.
She likes France and has been studying French for several years.
She has passed many qualification tests, such as a Level 3 qualification in French, a Grade 1 qualification in aromatherapy, Kanji Kentei Level 2, Eating Habits Advisor Grade 3, and Cosmetics Certification Grade 2.
She can recite the first 50 digits of pi.
She once posted support messages through Google+ to a fan that was thinking about committing suicide.
In August 2018 she ranked first in the AKB48 Stage Fighter game "Final Center Battle".
She was a member of the dessert team in the AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu Competition.

History

2010

Auditioned for AKB48's 11th Generation, but failed.

2011

On September 24th, passed the auditions for 13th Generation.
On December 8th, during the 6th Year Anniversary Commemorative Performance, had her theater debut with the other members of the 13th Generation for Aitakatta.

2012

On August 5th, passed 6th Kenkyuusei Selection.

2013

In April, passed the center examination for university.
On August 24th, on the third day of the Tokyo concert for the AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour, was promoted to Minegishi Team 4.
On August 27th, had first appearance on AKBINGO!.
On November 3rd, was a shonichi member for Te wo Tsunaginagara.

2014

On February 24th, during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, it was announced she would stay with Minegishi Team 4.
On April 15th, was a senshuuraku member of Te wo Tsunaginagara.
On April 24th, was a shonichi member of Idol no Yoake.
On June 7th, during the 6th Senbatsu Election, placed for the first time at 66th place.

2015

On March 20th, graduated from junior college.
On March 26th, during the AKB48 Spring Shuffle 2015, it was announced she would stay with Takahashi Team 4.
On August 24th, was a senshuuraku member of Idol no Yoake.
On September 17th, was the seventh member to be announced for Seishun wa made owaranai.
On October 13th, appeared in AKB Horror Night Adrenaline no Yoru.
On December 3rd, was a shonichi member for Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai.

2016

On June 18th, during the 8th Senbatsu Election, ranked back in at 51st after not placing at all the year prior.

2017

On December 8th, during the AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle, was moved to Takahashi Team B.

2018

On June 15th, was announced as a contestant on the Korean idol survival show Produce 48.
- Ranked in Class B after the initial evaluation.
- Ranked in Class B after the re-evaluation.
- Performed AKB48's High Tension during the first performance round. Her position was center. Her team lost.
- Performed BTS' "The Truth Untold" during the second performance round. She placed third within her team.
- Was elimited in Episode 8 at 40th place with a total of 288,890 votes.

2019

On January 19, had a joint leading role together with Sugawara Maya in the horror movie "Horror Channel".
On May 2nd, during Takahashi Juri's graduation stage, was named the new captain of Team B (Iwatate Team B).
On September 3rd, had her final appearance on AKBINGO!.

2021

In the January issue of the magazine BIG ONE GIRLS, was featured in an interview alongside the AKB48 Soukantoku and other captains (Mukaichi Mion, Okabe Rin, Komiyama Haruka, Murayama Yuiri).
On December 8th, at the AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle, it was announced she would be transferred to Mukaichi Team A and therefore lose her captain role for Team B.
- The new captain of Team B would be Asai Nanami.

2022

On March 1st, appeared in vol. 6 of the online magazine "TABILISTA".
On March 19th, was part of the senshuuraku performance for Team B's Theater no Megami stage.
On April 19th, transferred to Mukaichi Team A.
On July 16th and 23rd, appeared in episodes 9 and 10 of AKB48 no Uta (AKB48の歌).
On October 21st, had her first appearance on AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san (AKB48サヨナラ毛利さん).

2023

On October 17, transferred to AKB48 Regular Members after the disbandment of Team A.

2024

On February 22nd, was part of the shonichi performance for the stage Kyou wa Dare ni Koi wo Suru?.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

4th Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
5th Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
6th Senbatsu Election - #66 (Upcoming Girls)
7th Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
8th Senbatsu Election - #51 (Future Girls)
9th Senbatsu Election - #42 (Next Girls)
10th Senbatsu Election - #22 (Undergirls)

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

2nd Janken Taikai - Didn't Qualify
3rd Janken Taikai - Didn't Qualify
4th Janken Taikai - Didn't Qualify
5th Janken Taikai - #4 (Lost to Watanabe Miyuki)
6th Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Owada Nana)
7th Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Shiroma Miru)

Team History

AKB48 Kenkyuusei → Team 4 → Team B → Team A → Regular Members

Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on September 24, 2011 (Debut: December 8, 2011)

Promoted to Team 4 on August 24, 2013 (Tokyo Dome Concert)

Transferred to Team B on December 08, 2017 (AKB48 12th Anniversary Shuffle)

Transferred to Team A on April 19, 2022 (Announcement: December 8, 2021 (AKB48 16th Anniversary Team Shuffle))

Transferred to Regular Members on October 17, 2023

Singles Participation

AKB48 B-Sides

Ano Koro no Gohyaku Yen Dama (Negaigoto no Mochigusare)
Tomadotte Tameratte (＃SukiNanda)
Kimi wa Boku no Kaze (Teacher Teacher)
Atarashii Chime (Teacher Teacher)
Sandal ja Dekinai Koi (Sentimental Train)
Wakariyasukute Gomen (NO WAY MAN)
Seishun Da Capo (Sustainable)
Nagareboshi ni Nani wo Negaeba Ii no Darou (Sustainable)
Seishun Da Capo (Sustainable)
Mata Aeru Hi Made (Shitsuren, Arigatou)
Black Jaguar (Ne mo Ha mo Rumor)
Okubyou na Namake Mono (Moto Kare desu)
Sugar night (Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss)
Neta Furi (Doushitemo Kimi ga Suki da)
Kimi wa Boku wo Oboeteru ka na? (Idol Nanka Janakattara) (WCenter with Asai Nanami)
Lion wo Nerae! (Colorcon Wink) (Center)
Omoiyari (Koi Tsunjatta)

Other Singles

Albums Participation

AKB48 Albums

Units

Stage Units

KKS5 (RESET): Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa

KKS6 (Boku no Taiyou): Idol Nante Yobanaide (1st Unit); Himawari (2nd Unit)

KKS7 (Pajama Drive): Tenshi no Shippo

42 (Te wo Tsunaginagara): Kono Mune no Barcode

43 (Idol no Yoake): Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate

44 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai): Tonari no Banana; Bye Bye Bye (Under)

SS7 (Thumbnail): Hibiwareta Kagami

SS12 (Boku no Natsu ga Hajimaru): Saigo ni Ice Milk wo Nonda no wa Itsudarou?

SS13 (Kyou wa Dare ni Koi wo Suru?): Kusaimono Darake

Concert Units

AKB48 Group Kenkyuusei Concert ~Oshimen Hayai Mono Gachi~

Heart Gata Virus

AKB48 8th Anniversary

RESET

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013

Unit Matsuri 2014

Enkyori Poster

AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2014

Wakayama

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014

Heavy Rotation

AKB48 Group Douji Kaisai Concert in Yokohama ～Kotoshi wa Rank in Dekimashita Shukugakai～

Enkyori Poster

AKB48 13th Generation Stage in TDC ～Ima, Yaru Shikaneen Dayo!～

Yume de Kiss me!

AKB48 Group Kanshasai ~Rank in Concert~ (Senbatsu Sousenkyo Rank-in (17th-80th) members performance)

Kodoku na Runner

AKB48 Group Kanshasai ~Rank in Concert~ (Senbatsu Sousenkyo Rank-in (17th-100th) members performance)

Yobisute Fantasy (Center)

AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2019

Osaka

Sendai

Hiroshima

Kanagawa

Romance Privacy

Fukuoka: Two Roses

MX Matsuri! AKB48 60th Single "Hisashiburi no Lipgloss" Announcement Commemoration Concert in Budokan 2022

New Team Concert

Shower no Ato Dakara

Day 3

Tobenai Agehachou

AKB48 Dobbon! 2 Year Anniversary Live!

Junai no Crescendo

AKB48 Current Team Final Concert 2023 in KT Zepp Yokohama 〜Kore wa Team A Festival!〜

Sandal ja Dekinai Koi

MX Matsuri AKB48 62nd Single "Idol Nanka Janakattara" Release Commemoration Concert

Day 1

Enkyori Poster
Chance no Junban (Center)

Majijo Teppen Blues (as Okabuki)
Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (as Okabuki)

Day 3

Jiwaru DAYS (Center)

AKB48 Dobbon! 3 Year Anniversary Live!

AKB48 Spring Concert 2024 in Pia Arena MM

Noon

10 Krone to Pan (Duet with Murayama Yuiri)

Evening

Lion wo Nerae! (Center)

Media Appearances

Variety Shows

AKBINGO! (2013 - 2019)
AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 9) (2012)
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san (AKB48サヨナラ毛利さん) (2022 - 2023)
Iwatate Saho・Omori Maho no Oshi Koto ga Sukisugite (岩立沙穂・大盛真歩の推し事が好き過ぎて) (2023 -)

Radio

AKB48 no All Night Nippon

Survival shows

Produce 48 (2018)

Movies

Horror Channel (2019)

Dramas

AKB48 no Uta (AKB48の歌) (2022) - Episodes 7 & 8

Gallery

Iwatate Saho 10th Senbatsu Election Poster (2018)

Iwatate Saho (Produce 48) (2018)

Iwatate Saho (2018)

Iwatate Saho 9th Senbatsu Election Poster (2017)

Iwatate Saho (2017)

Iwatate Saho 8th Senbatsu Election Poster (2016)

Iwatate Saho (2016)

Iwatate Saho (2015)

Iwatate Saho (2014)

Iwatate Saho (2013)

Iwatate Saho (Late 2012)

Iwatate Saho (Early 2012)

AKB48

Members
Iwatate Saho・Murayama Yuiri・Komiyama Haruka・Fukuoka Seina・Mukaichi Mion・Oguri Yui・Kuranoo Narumi・Sakagawa Hiyuka・Shitao Miu・Takahashi Ayane Tokunaga Remi・Nagano Serika・Hashimoto Haruna・Chiba Erii・Suzuki Kurumi・Taguchi Manaka・Nagatomo Ayami・Muto Orin・Yamauchi Mizuki・Omori Maho Ota Yuki・Sato Airi・Hashimoto Eriko・Hatakeyama Nozomi・Hirata Yuki・Hotei Moka・Masai Mayuu・Mizushima Miyuu・Yamazaki Sora
Stages

History