is a Japanese actress, model, and singer. She is an exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam and starred as Ayaka Usagida in Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! (2024âÂÂ2025).
Katà  began her career as a member of girl group Hinatazaka46 (formerly Hiragana Keyakizaka46) from 2016 to 2024 and made her acting debut in the group's drama ' (2017). She served as lead performer for the group's single "Kimi Shika Katan" (2021) and was known as one of the group's strongest vocalists.
Katà Â's musical career began on 11 May 2016, when she passed the auditions for the first generation of Keyakizaka46's subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46. Her first concert was on 28 October of the same year at Akasaka Blitz, where she performed Keyakizaka46's songs "Silent Majority" and "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", as well as Hiragana Keyakizaka46's own "Hiragana Keyaki".
Katà  made her television acting debut in the group's drama series ' (2017) on TV Tokyo and Netflix, portraying a character named after herself, and theater debut in the group's stage play Ayumi (2018).
In 2018, she became a center (lead performer) for the first time for "Happy Aura", released on the Keyakizaka46 single "Ambivalent". Her first solo song, "Otoko Tomodachi Dakara", was released on Hiragana Keyakizaka46's debut album Hashiridasu Shunkan (2018). She also represented Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in "Kokkyà  no Nai Jidai", a collaboration song between the AKB48 Group and the Sakamichi Series franchises released under the group name SakamichiAKB and released on the AKB48 single "Jabaja" (2018). She and Kyà Âko Saità  were particularly recognized for their vocal abilities and were often assigned to the front rows of song formations on either side of the center, earning them the nickname which remained popular throughout their tenure.
Hiragana Keyakizaka46 was spun off from Keyakizaka46 and renamed to Hinatazaka46 in March 2019. Katà  was again included in the lineup of another SakamichiAKB song, "Hatsukoi Door", released on the AKB48 single "Jiwaru Days" (2019). In 2021, she became the center for the fifth single title song, "Kimi Shika Katan". She performed two more solo songs, "Nageki no Delete" on "Kimi Shika Katan" and "Docchi ga Saki ni Iu?" on "Zettaiteki Dairokkan" (2024), making her the Hinatazaka46 member with the most solo songs released as of 2024.
Kato was the Tuesday regular co-host for the radio program Recommen! on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting from 2019 to 2023.
Katà  made her runway model debut at the GirlsAward 2017 Autumn/Winter fashion show. Her regular modeling work began in February 2019 when she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam. She appeared on the cover of the October edition with then-Nogizaka46 members Sayuri Matsumura and Mizuki Yamashita as the "Three Sakamichi Sisters".
Katà Â's first photobook, titled #Aitai, was released by Shogakukan on June 20, 2023, with photographs taken in Oahu, Hawaii, where she had fond memories from a childhood family vacation. It is the first Hinatazaka46 photobook produced overseas. It topped the Oricon Weekly Book Ranking for its release week with 46 thousand copies sold.
Katà Â's first drama appearance independent of Hinatazaka46 was in (2021) on the streaming service Smash. In 2024, she appeared in Kore kara Haishin Hajimemasu (TX Network) and the yuri drama Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! (MBS TV), her first leading roles in terrestrial television dramas, co-starring with Kanna Mori.
On August 6, 2024, Katà  announced that she would leave Hinatazaka46 after the promotions for the upcoming twelfth single have concluded, with plans to further her careers in acting and beauty and fashion. Her "graduation" ceremony took place at the Tokyo Dome on December 25, as part of Hinatazaka46's national Happy Magical Tour 2024.
Katà  starred in Boku no Azatoi Motokano, a drama series expanding on the TV Asahi romance short drama/talk show series Azatokute Nani ga Warui no?, which started airing in January 2025. She also reprised her role as Ayaka Usagida in the second season of Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!, released in June 2025.
In 2018, Real Sound described Katà  as a "beautiful comedienne" and that her appeal lied in the contrast between her "cool" appearance and her comedic reactions and expression, which belied her dedication to Hiragana Keyakizaka46 as a "leading figure".
As one half of the aforementioned , Katà  was in the front line of most Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and Hinatazaka46 main song formations during her tenure. Her other notable contributions to the groups' discography include: