is a Japanese former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League in Japan.He played college basketball for

Senshu University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Campuses * Kanda Campus (Main campus): 3-8 Kandajimbo-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8425 :The Kanda Campus is situated in Jimbocho, a college community in central Tokyo. This urban campus consists ...

. He was selected by the

Osaka Evessa is a professional basketball team playing in the B.League, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan. The team is operated by the Human Group Sports Entertainment Company. The team is named after Ebisu. In July 2015 it was announced ...

with the 4th overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft.

Stats

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2004-05 , align="left" , Matsushita , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , align="left" , 2005-06 , align="left" , Matsushita , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" , 2006-07† , align="left" , Osaka , 24 , , 0 , , 5.7 , , 50.0 , , - , , 50.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.8 , - , align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" , 2007-08† , align="left" , Osaka , 8 , , 0 , , 3.1 , , 0.0 , , - , , 50.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" , Shiga , 51 , , 28 , , 10.7 , , 53.3 , , - , , 50.0 , , 2.5 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 1.4 , - , align="left" , 2009-10 , align="left" , Shiga , 23 , , 0 , , 3.7 , , 55.6 , , - , , 66.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , Shiga , 21 , , 0 , , 5.4 , , 50.0 , , - , , 0.0 , , 1.4 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.4 , - , align="left" , 2011-12 , align="left" , Mitsubishi , 16 , , 0 , , 3.1 , , 33.3 , , - , , 50.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , Shimane , 7 , , 0 , , 2.7 , , - , , - , , - , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Osaka , 17 , , 1 , , 2.4 , , 100 , , - , , - , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Osaka , 16 , , 0 , , 2.9 , , - , , - , , - , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" , Nishinomiya , 11 , , 0 , , 2.5 , , 100 , , - , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , - , align="left" ,

2016-17 16-17 is a band from Basel, Switzerland. Their music combines punk rock, hardcore punk, jazz and industrial music. Biography 16-17 was founded in 1983 by Alex Buess, Knut Remond and Markus Kneubühler. When the group played its first con ...

, align="left" , Ibaraki , 49 , , 17 , , 3.5 , , 50.0 , , - , , 50.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.0, , 0.2 , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Akita , 20 , , 4 , , 5.2 , , 25 , , - , , 0 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , - , align="left" , 2018-19 , align="left" , Nishinomiya , 16 , , 1 , , 3.18 , , 100 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.1 , - , align="left" , 2019-20 , align="left" , Kanazawa , 39 , , 3 , , 7.4 , , 44.4 , , 0 , , 55.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0.3 , -

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010-11 , style="text-align:left;", Shiga , 1 , , , , 1.0 , , 1.000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , -

Early cup games

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , 0 , , 6.44 , , .500 , , .000 , , .250 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 0 , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;", Nishinomiya , 3 , , 0 , , 9.17 , , .333 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.33 , , 0 , , 1.0 , -

Personal

His father Tetsuo Sato is an Olympic medalist in volleyball. His cousin Kosuke Ishii is a professional basketball player for the Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Hirotaka 1981 births Living people Akita Northern Happinets players Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots players Japanese men's basketball players Kanazawa Samuraiz players Osaka Evessa players Nagoya Diamond Dolphins players Nishinomiya Storks players Panasonic Trians players Senshu University alumni Shiga Lakes players Shimane Susanoo Magic players Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Centers (basketball)