Ar uthenium complex, porphyrin sensitizer,f ullerene acceptor molecular pentad has been synthesized and al ong-lived hole-electron pair was achieved in aqueous solution by photoinduced multistep electron transfer:U pon irradiation by visible light, the excited-state of azinc porphyrin ( 1 ZnP*) was quenched by fullerene (C 60 )toaffordaradical ion pair, 1,3 (ZnPC + -C 60 C À ). This was followed by the subsequent electron transfer from awater oxidation catalyst unit (Ru II )to ZnPC + to give the long-lived charge-separated state,Ru III -ZnP-C 60 C À ,w ith al ifetime of 14 ms. The ZnP worked as av isiblelight-harvesting antenna, while the C 60 acted as an excellent electron acceptor.Asaconsequence,visible-light-driven water oxidation by this integrated photosynthetic model compound was achieved in the presence of sacrificial oxidant and redox mediator.Artificial photosynthesis,h arnessing sun light as as ubstantially infinite energy source and water as an abundant electron source to produce useful chemicals,s uch as hydrogen and hydrocarbons as storable chemical forms,i sa na ttractive prospect for achieving asustainable society. [1,2] In this regard, the integration of photosynthetic unit functions,that is,lightharvesting (LH), charge separation (CS), and chemical conversion is of particular interest;t herefore,many artificial systems have been developed along this line. [3][4][5][6][7] Nevertheless, photochemical water oxidation using visible light remains ah ard task:I nw ater oxidation catalyst (WOC)-sensitizerelectron-acceptor systems,efficient generation of along-lived charge-separated state in the sensitizer-electron-acceptor pair in aqueous solution is crucial for the subsequent chemical conversion reactions,a nd the resultant radical cation of the sensitizer should possess the capability to efficiently oxidize the WOCu nit (E > 1.2 Vv s. an ormal hydrogen electrode (NHE)) in the sensitizer-WOC pair. Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes and their analogues [4,[6][7][8] have been exclusively used as the light-harvesting units owing to their high oxidation potential (E 1/2 % 1.26 Vv s. NHE for Ru III /Ru II )f or water oxidation and long lifetime of their metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited states (t % 10 À6 s). However,there is still room for improving the light-harvesting ability in the visible region. Meanwhile,porphyrins and their analogues [9,10] are excellent sensitizers in terms of intense visible-light absorption and facile tuning of their redox properties through rational molecular design. Their drawback is the short lifetime of the singlet excited-state (t % 10 À9 s): Theu se of the triplet excited state with longer lifetime is less feasible, because CS from triplet excited states with smaller driving force generally competes with thermal deactivation processes and energy transfer (EnT) to O 2 to generate harmful singlet oxygen. Consequently,t heir use has been limited to the sensitization of semiconductor electrodes by ultrafast electron injection from the singlet excited-states; [10] there...