**Height:** 152 cm
**Hometown:** Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Sanae is a former police officer who quit the force to become an idol, largely because the Producer convinced her. She is very flirtatious with the Producer and uses a lot of police terminology when talking, with her cards often referencing that she wants to put the Producer in handcuffs, lock him up, and do an interrogation as a teasing double entendre. She wishes to be seen by other idols as an older sister and be called Onee-sama, despite the fact that she is shorter than idols who are half her age. She also tends to get upset if other mention she is single, and is very easily susceptible to drinking to drown her sorrows.

In the tie in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Sanae is a former police officer. She sees herself as an older sister to her fellow idols and will go to great lengths to help promote this. She leads training lessons for Nagisa Aino, Erika Akanishi, Makino Yagami, and Yuriko Ohnishi. While she finds it extremely difficult, Sanae continues to do so because she wants to be considered reliable. She sometimes puts others before hers, and can sometimes wind up looking like a fool because of it. She is nervous when it comes to Yukino Aihara’s high class tea and ceramics.

Sanae has a habit of getting drunk, and often drags other idols into it as well. Despite her size, she is shown to have a high tolerance for alcohol, out-drinking the producer on a number of occasions. Her favourite drink is beer. She has found drinking buddies in Kaede Takagaki, Shino Hiiragi, Rei Shinohara, and Rena Hyodo and made friends with Kiyora Yanagi. Sanae earned a movie role of an evil mahjong player, and in turn became one of Atsumi Munakata’s ogling victims. Her sense of style seems to mostly include extremely short dresses that show a lot of cleavage. She is said to be stunning in a bathing suit, although she has put on a child’s swimsuit in order to gain attention.

The U149 in the title refers to the aspiring idols at the center of it all: These small girls are ready to make it big! All under 149 centimeters tall, this group of aspiring pop idols dream of performing for thousands of people. But with zero experience, they’ve got a lot of work to do. Not to mention there’s a distractingly cute prince in town! With the help of their rookie producer, who’s just as short, can they stay focused and make it to the top? 
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited) 
 

Note: Announced during DAY 2 of "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND!!!" final tour concert, a TV anime adaptation of the spin-off manga THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149.

__Hobbies:__ Games, eating, tennis, swimming

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On August 10, 2023, she announced on Twitter her marriage to her longtime partner met through a shared hobby of gaming.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
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• Charlotte (Genshin Impact)
 • Mem (Honkai: Star rail)!~

The second season of THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls.

An anime adaptation of the 5-panel manga, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Gekijou. 

The "cute, comical" manga follows the idols' "real" daily life that can only be found in these panels.

A special commemorating the 10th anniversary of the THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls franchise. The anime features all 190 idols from the series. 

Note: A 6-minute preview "Celebration Animation" of ETERNITY MEMORIES was released on November 28, 2021, first unveiled during Day 2 of "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND TOUR!!!: Celebration Land" live concert. 

The video was reuploaded on September 7, 2022 onto the IDOLM@STER Channel, correcting spelling, omissions, and credits on the initial upload that was on YouTube.

Music video for the song Seikan Sekai celebrating the 6th anniversary of The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage mobile game. Animated by studio KAI.

The anime will stream exclusively in the The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage smartphone games.

A story about older girls who really love food and booze.
 
Note: Includes 56 extras chapters.

Irregularly serialized in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls social mobile game app itself, this "cute, comical" manga follows the idols' "real" daily life that can only be found in these panels.
 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

The fourth season of Cinderella Girls Gekijou.

The third season of the web short Kayou Cinderella Theater.

Special episodes bundled with Blu-Ray/DVD release of Cinderella Girls Gekijou.

This short commemorates the 5th anniversary of The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls game featuring the cast as they will be shown in the Cinderella Girls Gekijou anime coming out in 2017. The girls contemplate half a decade passing and worry about aging and their progress as idols.

Sanae Katagiri