is the most common

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

, often romanized as Sato, Satoh or Satou. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese writer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese singer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Akihiro Sato (model) Akihiro Macieira Sato (born September 12, 1983) is a Japanese Brazilian model. Early life Akihiro Sato was born on September 12, 1983 to Ichiro Sato and Clea Maceda Andrade in São Paulo, Brazil. His mother is a Brazilian of Portuguese, Afric ...

, Brazilian model *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese idol, singer, actress and voice actress *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese model and weathercaster *

Ayano Sato (canoeist) Ayano Sato (born 29 December 1996) is a Japan slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2015. She represented the host country in the C1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, ...

(born 1996), Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actress and musician *, Japanese musician *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese screenwriter and musician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese board game designer, novelist and manga writer *

Daisuke Sato (footballer) Daisuke Caumanday Sato ( ja, 佐藤大介; born September 20, 1994) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung and the Philippines national team. Early life Sato was born in Davao City, Ph ...

(born 1994), Filipino footballer *, Japanese mayor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese equestrian *, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese politician *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Eric Sato Eric Anthony Sato (born May 5, 1966 in Santa Monica, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

(born 1966), American volleyball player *, Japanese actress *, Japanese women's footballer *

Eunice Sato Eunice Noda Sato (June 8, 1921 – February 12, 2021) was an American politician. She served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1980 to 1982. As such she was the first Asian-American female mayor of a major American city, as well as the firs ...

(1921–2021), American politician *, Japanese manga artist * Garret T. Sato (1964–2020), American actor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese voice actor *

G. G. Sato , also known as G. G. Sato, is a former professional player for the Philadelphia Phillies organization, Saitama Seibu Lions, Chiba Lotte Marines, and Fortitudo Baseball Bologna. Career Sato began his professional career signing with the Phila ...

(born 1978), Japanese baseball player * Gordon H. Sato (1927-2017), American cell biologist and environmentalist *, Japanese rower *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese water polo player *, Japanese luger *, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese poet and translator *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese basketball player and executive *, Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol *, Japanese javelin thrower *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese curler and curling coach *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese rower * Hisaharu Satoh, Japanese bowls player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese Confucianist *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director * Josephine Sato (born 1954), Filipino politician *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese painter *, Japanese film director * Kai Sato (born 1984), American chief operating officer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese activist, editor and critic *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese model and television personality *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese mecha and character designer *, Japanese curler *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese basketball player and coach *, Japanese equestrian *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese composer and conductor *, Japanese footballer *

Kimi Sato Kimi Sato (born 5 March 1949) is a Japanese composer. Biography She was born in Sendai where she studied with Yoshiro Irino and graduated from the Toko Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo. She continued her studies at the Paris Conservatory with Ol ...

(born 1949), Japanese composer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese basketball coach *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese actor *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese philatelist *, Japanese ski jumper * Kōji Satō (photographer) (1911–1955), Japanese photographer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese general *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese Paralympic athlete *

Liane Sato Liane Lissa Sato (born September 9, 1964 in Santa Monica, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also com ...

(born 1964), American volleyball player *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese film director *, Japanese theatre director *

Mamoru Sato Mamoru Sato is an American modernist sculptor. He was born in El Paso, Texas in 1937. He initially majored in aeronautical engineering but switched to art, receiving a BA in fine art in 1963 and an MFA in sculpture in 1965, both from the Univer ...

(born 1937), American modernist sculptor *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese voice actor and narrator *, Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film score composer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actress and television personality *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese shamisen player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese composer, singer and musician *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese middle-distance runner *, Japanese actress *, Japanese musician *, Japanese television personality, actress and model *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese archer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese basketball player and women's basketball coach *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese curler *, Japanese rower *, Japanese composer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese diplomat and politician *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese idol, singer and actress *, Japanese politician *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese basketball coach *, Japanese figure skater and coach *

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. Known for his exploitative rule of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China in the 1930s, Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shō ...

(1896–1987), born , former Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese mayor *, Japanese marathon runner *

Norie Sato Norie Sato (born July 19, 1949) is an artist living in Seattle, Washington. She works in the field of public art using sculpture and various media–including glass, terrazzo, plastic film, stone, and metal–and often incorporating lighting effect ...

(born 1949), American artist *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese fencer * O. K. Sato (1871–1921), American vaudeville performer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese artist, photographer and composer *, Japanese boxer *

Pater Sato was a Japanese artist who created airbrush art for magazines. His birth name was Yoshinori Sato. A selection of Sato's work is on display and for sale at the Pater Sato shop in Harajuku. Some examples of Pater Sato's work from past art auction ...

(1945–1994), Japanese artist *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese footballer *

Reiko Sato Reiko Sato ( ja, レイコ・佐藤; December 19, 1931 – May 28, 1981) was an American dancer and actress. Early life Sato was born in Los Angeles, California, to an issei Zen Buddhist priest, Ken-ichi Sato and his wife Chieko. She and he ...

(1931–1981), American dancer and actress * Reinaldo Sato (born 1980), Brazilian baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese voice actress and singer *

Risa Sato is a Filipino-Japanese volleyball player who is currently living in the Philippines and playing in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for the NU Lady Bulldogs and in the Premier Volleyball League for the Creamline Cool Smas ...

(born 1994), Filipino-Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese mixed martial artist * Ruth Sato (1904–1992), American dancer, gossip columnist, musician promoter and nightclub manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese football referee *, Japanese actor and entertainer *, Japanese economist *

Sabrina Sato Sabrina Sato Rahal (born 4 February 1981) is a Brazilian television presenter. She was a contestant on '' Big Brother Brasil 3'' (2003) and a hostess on comedy program ''Pânico na TV'' from 2004 until 2013. Since 2014, she has her own show on ...

(born 1981), Brazilian model *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter *, Japanese surgeon *, Japanese poet *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese politician *, better known as Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese screenwriter and film director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *

Shinobu Sato Shinobu Sato (born June 5, 1955), is a Japanese classical artist. Shinobu debuted in 1988 with the tape '' Red Dragonfly: World Music on Guitar'', which was released on audio CD in 1992. His second major album, ''Little Signs of Autumn'' was re ...

(born 1955), Japanese classical guitarist *, Japanese film director, screenwriter and video game designer *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese model *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese writer *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese idol, actor and singer * Shōzō Satō, Japanese playwright and theatre director *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese physician *, Japanese classical violinist and violist *, Japanese composer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese idol, singer and actress *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese samurai *, better known as

Tadanobu Asano , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Kenj ...

, Japanese actor *, Japanese film critic, theorist and historian *, Imperial Japanese Army officer and politician *

Tadashi Sato Tadashi Sato (February 6, 1923 – June 4, 2005) was an American artist. He was born in Kaupakalua on the Hawaiian island of Maui. His father had been a pineapple laborer, merchant, and calligrapher, and Tadashi's grandfather was a sumi-e ...

(1923–2005), American artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese dancer and actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese water polo player *, Japanese video game character designer, writer and CGI director *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese actor *

Takeshi Sato Takeshi Sato (born June 8, 1981) is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, signed to Pro Wrestling Secret Base He is the twin brother of mixed martial artist Takenori Sato. Biography He debuted in 2005 in Dragon Gate (wrestlin ...

(born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese graphic designer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese engineer *, Japanese anime screenwriter and director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality and model *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese video game composer and voice actor *, Japanese rower *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese admiral and military theorist * Thomas N. Sato, Japanese educator and biologist *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, common-law wife of the Chinese Communist scholar and poet Guo Moruo *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese lutenist and composer *, Japanese warrior *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese light novelist *, Japanese politician *

Tsutomu Sato (ophthalmologist) Tsutomu Sato (1902 – June 9, 1960) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who performed an early version of the radial keratotomy and was the first professor at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology at Juntendo University School of Medicine. Biogra ...

(1902–1960), Japanese ophthalmologist *, Japanese windsurfer *, Japanese footballer *

Vicki Sato Vicky, Vicko, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name, often a hypocorism of Victoria. The feminine name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki. Women * Family nickname of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), wife of German ...

, American biotechnologist and academic *, Japanese actress and model *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player and coach *, Japanese ski mountaineer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese javelin thrower *, Japanese triathlete *, Japanese economist and politician *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese writer *

Yukiko Okada was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s. After winning a nationwide television show at age 15 in 1983, she debuted as an Japanese idol, idol in 1984. Her death by suicide two years later led to a number of copycat suicides, a ...

(1967–1986), born , Japanese idol singer

Fictional characters

*Sato, a character in ''

The Karate Kid Part II ''The Karate Kid Part II'' is a 1986 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the second installment in the ''Karate Kid'' franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film ''The Karate Kid'', ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

High School Girls is a Japanese manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's ''Weekly Manga Action'' magazine from 2001, and then subsequently ''Comic High!'' from 2004. It was adapted in 2006 into an anime television ...

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Asami Sato is a major character in the Nickelodeon List of animated television series, animated television series ''The Legend of Korra'', which aired from 2012 to 2014. The character and the series, a sequel to ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', were create ...

, a character in the television series ''

The Legend of Korra ''The Legend of Korra'' (abbreviated as TLOK), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' or simply ''Korra'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelode ...

'' *Bruce Sato, from the toy franchise and cartoon ''

M.A.S.K. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is a media franchise created by Kenner. The main premise revolved around the fight between the titular protagonist underground task force and the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network o ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Castle Town Dandelion , is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle!'' magazine with the June 2012 issue. A 12-episode anime television series ada ...

'' *Hiroshi Sato, a character from ''

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Hoshi Sato Hoshi Sato , played by Korean American actress Linda Park, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. In the show Sato, born in Kyoto, Japan on July 9, 2129, is the communications officer aboard ...

, a character in the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' *, protagonist of the light novel '' Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War'' *Inoue Sato, a character in the novel ''

The Lost Symbol ''The Lost Symbol'' is a 2009 novel written by American writer Dan Brown. It is a thriller set in Washington, D.C., after the events of ''The Da Vinci Code'', and relies on Freemasonry for both its recurring theme and its major characters. Rele ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Working!! ''Working!!'', released in English territories as ''Wagnaria!!'', is a Japanese Yonkoma, four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, which follows the activities of the unusual employees at one of the unit ...

'' *Jun Sato, a character in the television series ''

Star Wars Rebels ''Star Wars Rebels'' is an American 3D animation, 3D animated science fiction on television, science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation and set in the ''Star Wars'' universe. It takes place over a decade after ''Episode ...

'' *, protagonist of the light novel series ''KonoSuba'' *, a character in the light novel series ''Shakugan no Shana'' *, a character in the anime series ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' *, a character in the visual novel ''

Katawa Shoujo is a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of a young man and five young women living with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box ru ...

'' *, a character in the manga series '' Given'' *, a character in the manga series '' Crayon Shin-chan'' *, a character in the visual novel ''To Heart'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Doubt!! is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. The story follows Ai Maekawa, a teenager who gives herself a total makeover during a school break in a bid to reinvent her image and become popular. It was s ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Case Closed'' *Natsumi Sato, a character in the manga series ''Jiraishin'' a.k.a. ''

Ice Blade is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1992 to 1999, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' *, a character in the light novel '' Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War'' *, protagonist of the manga series ''

Kyō no Go no Ni is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of ''Minami-ke''. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected togeth ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Interviews with Monster Girls is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . The series began serialization in Kodansha's ''Young Magazine the 3rd'' magazine in September 2014 and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in 2021 before finishing seri ...

'' *Sebastian Sato, a character in the video game ''

Hitman Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Whistle! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 1998 to October 2002. The series was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series broadc ...

'' *, a character in the video game series ''

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibility ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Shokugeki no Soma'' *, a character in the light novel series '' Golden Time'' *, a character in the manga series ''Welcome to the N.H.K.'' *Toru Sato (a.k.a. Bull), a character in the video game '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' *

Toshiko Sato is a fictional character from the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Torchwood'', played by Naoko Mori. After a one-off appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Aliens of London" (2005), Toshiko is re-introdu ...

, a character in the television series ''Torchwood'' and ''Doctor Who'' *Toshiya Sato, a character in the manga series ''

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

'' *, protagonist of the light novel series ''

Ben-To is a Japanese light novel series written by Asaura, with illustrations by Kaito Shibano. Shueisha published 15 novels from February 2008 to February 2014. Shibano also illustrates three manga adaptations, and a fourth manga is drawn by San ...

'' *Sato, a character in the manga series '' Ajin: Demi-Human'' *Sato, a character in the film '' Black Rain'' *Sato, a character in the anime series ''

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Se ...

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