Shin Sato
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Shin Sato (佐藤心 Sato Shin) is one of the idols available in THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls and THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage. She is voiced by Yumiri Hanamori (花守ゆみり Hanamori Yumiri).
Contents
Statistics
Annual Rankings
| Event | Prelim Rank | Final Rank |
| 1st Anniversary Election | Not a candidate | Not a candidate |
| 2nd Anniversary Election | Not a candidate | Not a candidate |
| 3rd Anniversary Election | Unranked | Unranked |
| Voice Idol Audition | Unranked | 46 |
| 4th Anniversary Election | Unranked | Unranked |
| 5th Anniversary Election | Unranked | 9 |
| 6th Anniversary Election | Unranked | Unranked |
| 7th Anniversary Election | Unranked | 22 |
| 8th Anniversary Election | Unranked | 22 |
| 9th Anniversary Election | Not applicable | 14 |
| 10th Anniversary Election | Not applicable | 8 |
Self-Introduction
"Hiiiii~♪ I'll make your heart feel sugar-sugar sweet☆ Sugar Heart, Shin Sato here☆! ...Ah, that's weird... I don't hear your response! One more time... I'll make your heart- Huh? 'That's enough'? Huh?"
Character Description
Shin is a quirky girl with a cute personality who likes making her own idol costumes. Her surname has the same reading as "sugar" (砂糖), while her given name is written with the character for "heart", and she loves to point out her cuteness and sweetness. She also enjoys being called "Sweetie". She uses sugar and hearts as a stage gimmick and goes as far as throwing hearts at members of her audience in two of her cards. Shin is 26 years old but she claims to looks like a teenager. She attempts to explain this because she wants her cute idol outfits make her look younger. However, others will disagree with her and say she looks her own age. While her outfits are indeed cute and always are largely pink, if you look closer you can notice some details are actually held together with tape, due to financial constraints she implied herself.
All her quirky and cheery attitude was a facade she thought up herself, due to her dream to become an idol seemed lost as her age kept growing. She implied at one occasion that should she erase her "sweetie" personality, all that would be left is "bitterness", possibly referring to her real outlook on the world and her life as a whole. She was prepared to do whatever it takes, even if she had to cajole an executive within the industry with a "sweetie attack" or to live a lie if it could bring her closer to becoming an idol. Her desperation to achieve her dream made her always overdo things in her jobs, which caused her to be fired a number of times, as well as constantly asking for reassurance of her cuteness from the Producer. This established her as one of the few idols with one of the sadder backstories.
In the tie-in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Shin is introduced by Kiyora Yanagi. She likes Kirari Moroboshi, saying that her advice makes her feel sentimental as she gets older. When she goes to an arcade with the Producer, she gets him to play a co-op mode of the game. She thinks the two of them standing together and working together to the same goal is sweet. When he leaves to take a phone call, she is forced to play the game by herself and does surprisingly well for her age.
She views fellow idol Nana Abe as her 'senpai'. It is currently unknown whether she sees Nana as a senpai in regards of living a made-up life, as an ex-underground idol, or as a literal senpai of an alma mater, the latter further incriminating Nana's credibility as an eternal 17 years old alien. It could simply mean Nana is an idol for longer than Shin, however. She also sometimes reverses the syllables of 'senpai' and calls Nana 'paisen' instead. She is also close friends with Marina Sawada, who also comes from Nagano and is at the same age.
Game Discography
THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage
| Event | Featured Song | Type | Duration | Cards |
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LIVE Party |
10/12/2016 - 10/18/2016 |
 
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LIVE Groove |
12/31/2016 - 01/09/2017 |
Not a featured card. | |
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LIVE Parade |
07/31/2017 - 08/08/2017 |
Not a featured card. | |
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LIVE Groove |
01/01/2018 - 01/09/2018 |
 
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Token |
7/19/2018 - 7/27/2018 |
Not a featured card. | |
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LIVE Parade |
07/31/2018 - 08/07/2018 |
 
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LIVE Carnival |
06/30/2020 - 07/08/2020 |
Not a featured card. | |
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LIVE Carnival |
08/31/2020 - 09/08/2020 |
 
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Token |
03/19/2021 - 03/27/2021 |
 
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Song Discography
Units
| Name | Members |
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| Heart of World (ハートオブワールド) | Shin Sato, Helen |
| Erika-P and Sugar Heart (エリカPとしゅがーはぁと) | Shin Sato, Erika Akanishi |
| Emissary of Love ~Love Angels~ (愛の使者～ラヴ・エンジェルズ～) | Shin Sato, Atsumi Munakata |
| Bridal Model Age26 (ブライダルモデル Age26) | Shin Sato, Rumi Wakui, Miyu Mifune |
| SugarSugar☆Mi~n (しゅがしゅが☆み～ん) | Shin Sato, Nana Abe |
| Eternal Lady Eight (エターナルレディエイト) | Shin Sato, Marina Sawada |
| Sweet☆Operation (スウィート☆オペレーション) | Shin Sato, Kiyora Yanagi |
| Beach Angel (ビーチエンジェル) | Shin Sato, Karen Hojo, Kanako Mimura |
| Yoi Otome (宵乙女) | Shin Sato, Nana Abe, Kaede Takagaki, Miyu Mifune, Sanae Katagiri |
| Hometown Support Idol Club (ふるさと応援アイドル部) | Shin Sato, Meiko Namiki, Emi Namba, Rina Fujimoto, Anzu Futaba |
| Sweetie ☆ Milky Way (スウィーティー☆ミルキーウェイ) | Shin Sato, Shizuku Oikawa |
| Wapi☆☆☆Fura (はぴ☆☆☆ふら) | Shin Sato, Kirari Moroboshi, Sora Nonomura |
| Coming of Age! (カミング・オブ・エイジ！) | Shin Sato, Nana Abe, Miyu Mifune |
| Pinky Bounce (ピンキーバウンス) | Shin Sato, Layla, Atsumi Munakata |
| Cute Sweetie Heart (Provisional) (カワスウィーティーなボクはぁと(仮)) | Shin Sato, Sachiko Koshimizu |
| ☆Marine Cheering Squad☆ (☆マリナル応援団☆) | Shin Sato, Shiori Sena, Natsumi Soma |
| Agent · Call · SKS (エージェント・コール・SKS) | Shin Sato, Kiyora Yanagi, Shinobu Kudo |
| Wonder Rouge (ワンダー・ルージュ) | Shin Sato, Nagisa Aino, Sakura Muramatsu, Midori Mizuno, Kiyomi Saejima |
Trivia and Fan Culture
Trivia
- Shin is voiced as of July 31st, 2016 through [Everlasting Summer Paradise] SR card in the original Mobage game, as a result of placing ninth overall in the 5th Cinderella Girl General Election.
- Shin is shown to enjoy drinking alcohol, especially cocktails and beer. Her favourite food is meat.
- Shin is frequently shown to forget that Nana is a "minor", encouraging her to drink alcohol and stay out late together before being reminded by the Producer of Nana's alleged minor status.
- Shin is close friends with Nana Abe, Miyu Mifune and Marina Sawada.
- The "sugar" part of her name may be a reference to Satomi Satō, who has been nicknamed "Sugar-chan" due to her surname (which has the same Kanji spelling as Shin's).
Fan Culture
- Due to a rather nonsensical video that became an instant meme on nico nico douga, Shin and Nana are often associated with the 1989 song "Be My Baby" by Complex.
Character Gallery
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 [Heart to Heart] SSR |
 [Brilliant Heart] SSR |
 [Order-made Heart] SSR
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Starlight Stage's 3rd anniversary countdown art.
Starlight Stage's 5th anniversary countdown art.
Cards
THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Cards
[Shin Sato]
[Shin Sato]+
[T.B Sweetie]
[T.B Sweetie]+
[Next Star I.C]+
[Working Sweetie]
[Working Sweetie]+
[Chic and Sweety]
[Chic and Sweety]+
[Heart Model]
[Heart Model]+
[Heart Model S]
[Heart Model S]+
[Angel Heart]
[Angel Heart]+
[Heart Wedding]
[Heart Wedding]+
[Sweety Royale]
[Sweety Royale]+
[Everlasting Summer Paradise]
[Everlasting Summer Paradise]+
[Fallin' Heart]
[Fallin' Heart]+
[6th Anniversary]
[6th Anniversary]+
[6th Anniversary S]
[6th Anniversary S]+
[New Year Heartful]
[New Year Heartful]+
[Summer-Colored Heart]
[Summer-Colored Heart]+
[Sweety New Year]
[Sweety New Year]+
[Merry Christmas☆Heart]
[Merry Christmas☆Heart]+
THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage Cards
[Heart Model]
[Heart Model]+
[Heart Wedding]
[Heart Wedding]+
[Happy New Yeah!]
[Happy New Yeah!]+
[Decoboco Speedster]
[Decoboco Speedster]+
[Go Just Go!]
[Go Just Go!]+
[Odoru FLAGSHIP]
[Odoru FLAGSHIP]+
[Heart to Heart]
[Heart to Heart]+
[Brilliant Heart]
[Brilliant Heart]+
[Order-made Heart]
[Order-made Heart]+
[Luxury Heart]
[Luxury Heart]+
[Heartful Sweeteen☆]
[Heartful Sweeteen☆]+
