Akihiro Sato: Talk Of The Town
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Hair Color: Dark Brown Akihiro Sato, the Brazilian-Japanese model who has been talk of the town in Manila, is the envy of many a Filipino male model. Despite his being a foreign model, he has been getting a lot of projects since he arrived. Well, who’s this Akihiro guy anyway? Here’s the 411 on the Nipo-Brasileiro hunk: Akihiro Macieira Sato was born on September 12, 1986 in São Paulo, Brazil to a Japanese father and a Brazilian mother. Akihiro, or more fondly known to his family and friends as “Aki”, was a phenomenon in Thailand and Singapore before taking Manila by storm. His distinguishing marks are three words written in kanji (Japanese characters) tattooed on his side. The words literally mean Sun, Woman and Love in English. According to Aki, these are the three most important things to him. Since he arrived, Aki has been cast in many television commercials for products ranging from a toothpaste brand, a coffee brand, and his most recent – a cheese snack brand. He has been featured in several fashion shows and events, magazines, newspapers, and even blogs. He was one of Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines’ Ten Bachelor Centerfolds this 2008 where he joined Jon Avila, Paolo Contis, Billy Crawford, Geoff Eigenmann, Macky Escalona, Ron Morales, Bruce Quebral, Derek Ramsey and Rocky Salumbides. In the recent Cosmopolitan Bachelor Bash, he was one of the male models who elicited the most cheers from adoring fans. Although getting mostly positive publicity, Aki also has his fair share of controversy. Reports allege that earlier this year, two leading Philippine fashion brands negotiated with Aki’s agent in Manila to get the latter as a celebrity endorser; and when Aki’s agent awarded the endorsement contract to the rival brand, the more popular brand teeming with local and foreign celebrity endorsers, suddenly removed models who came from the same agency as Aki from the roster of models to walk the ramp in their recently concluded fashion show. This rumor remains to be unconfirmed, though. According to reliable sources, Aki wants to get into local showbiz and in preparation for crossing over from modeling into acting, he is taking Filipino lessons at the University of the Philippines – Diliman Campus. So, I guess, we will be seeing more of this Japanese-Brazilian hunk in the days to come. Photo credits: Akihiro Sato’s unofficial fansite, konradphoto, Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines and Penshoppe |
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oh lals…..kalami ni papa…
Comment by earlybet — October 6, 2008 @ 5:10 am
ang hot talaga ni akihiro….
sa up xa nagaaral now…
at ang hot nia dun………
Comment by aljon — October 6, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
nice, but I’ll take Leandro Okabe, another nipo-brasileiro model any day.
Comment by PaoLo — October 6, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Matagal ko na talagang crush si Akihiro Sato mula pa nung 2nd year high school pa ko (2005)
Talagang na surprised ako ng bigla ko na lang siyang napanood sa mga TV ads,
una ko siyang nakita sa Friendster, pero ito ang INTERNATIONAL UNOFFICIAL WEBSITE ni Akihiro Sato:
akihiro-sato.blogspot.com
This second semester balak ko rin magpa transfer sa University of the Philippines kasi duon ngayon nagaaral at nagte take ng tutorials si Akihiro Sato…Sana makita ko siya in person…
Wish me luck!
Comment by acel amezcua — October 6, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
can anyone post or send a link of his latest commercial? magic flakes ata un. i love the commercial, hindi lang dahil sa kanya, but because of the concept. parang mask rider ang dating. at japanese pa ang language with matching subtitles. lol!
Comment by Lee Jacob — October 7, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
Okay, i just have to share: Last Friday (October 3rd), I saw Aki in Landmark- near the 2nd floor walkway to Glorietta. He was with an exceptionally tall caucasian guy. I’m not sure if the other guy is a model too- he’s got the height but he’s just so-so in my opinion. They were busy talking and I didn’t hear if it was in Portuguese.
Aki is cute, but not stunning. Seeing him in person was kinda anti-climatic. I expected more from the highest-paid model in town. He’s tan and he has really good complexion. He was wearing a white wifebeater (a male model staple) and khaki shorts. He was pretty bulky and, in my opinion, needs to lose some weight or at least get some cuts.
Aki’s a definite headturner but not a stunner. Sorry for the let-down boys, but I’m just being honest here.
Comment by Kyle — October 7, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
Well, to each his own. Saw him in person, he’s really cute! He may look normal in person but thats the magic of models when they are in front of the camera or on stage, they take on a new persona. I think he’s defintely hot! And he is not bulky, he is lean and not emaciated or slim like the twink models we have, but he’s fine for his height.
By the way, I heard Leandro Okabe will be in Manila by January for 3 months under Mercator as well. I like him too. He’s sexy! But he’s got humongous legs disproportionate with his body for a model and he is bulky. But he’s got such a nice face and killer abs!
Aki is the kind of guy you’d introduce to mom and Leandro is the guy you’d bring to bed! LOL!
Comment by sugarcoat — October 8, 2008 @ 7:28 am
type na type ko s’ya!
Comment by dennisarce — October 13, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Hi, Team Akihiro site in Multiply is up! Visit us one of these days, here’s the link:
http://www.teamakihiro.multiply.com
Comment by brapanese — October 18, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
hi poh..
im a fan of akihiro wen i first saw him in a news paper…
he”s so hot..
sipaa ko akihiro.
Comment by zujiro — October 20, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
ingat u plage ha ………….concern lng aq sayo kay sayang ang iyong katawan
Comment by zujiro — October 20, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Guys.. send me some pics of him.. salamat po..
Comment by tgaCNU — November 17, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
i love aki! since i saw him in cosmo magz . gud luck to ur carear !
Comment by posh — November 18, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
he’s the talk of the town!
i first saw him on a billboard.
he wasn’t that cute but when I search for his pix online I was like OMG!
luv him!
Comment by jan — November 20, 2008 @ 7:36 am
ohayo gozaimasu,.
watashi anato aishitemasu
wahahaha,.
your so cute,.
labyue,.
Comment by chienique — February 24, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
its true that he will b the next important actor in phil cinema soon,,…sana lang matutong managalog,..gumawa sya ng isan g digital movie wid jason abbalos at chin chin guttierez,.HANDUMANAN,…..at plan ng 2 ipair o isama sa movie ni KRISTIN HERMOSA at PIOLO PASCUAL soon,..sana nga,..cant wait to see him in tv series o movies,….
Comment by james — March 31, 2009 @ 6:46 pm
oh.!goddess………
Comment by eva — June 27, 2009 @ 11:47 am
olala
ang gwapo
mo talaga……….
Comment by net317 — October 23, 2009 @ 10:31 am