Satō
Satō (佐藤?) is the most common Japanese surname, sugar in Japanese language, often romanized as Sato, Satoh, or Satou. It is pronounced as "satoː". It may refer to:
People
- Akira Satō (1930–2002), Japanese photographer
- Chara (singer) (born 1968), born Miwa Sato
- Chiyako Sato (1897–1968), Japanese singer
- Dick Togo (born 1973), professional wrestler who uses the ring name "Shigeki Sato"
- Eisaku Satō (1901–1975), Japanese prime minister
- Eric Sato (born 1966), American volleyball player
- Garret T. Sato, American actor
- G.G. Sato (born 1978), Japanese baseball player
- Gordon H. Sato (born 1927), American cell biologist and environmentalist
- Hisato Satō (born 1982), Japanese soccer player
- Hisayoshi Sato (born 1987), Japanese swimmer
- Junya Sato (born 1932), Japanese film director
- Katsuaki Satō (born 1946), Japanese founder of Odo Satojuku karate
- Kayo Satoh (born 1988), Japanese model
- Kennosuke Sato (1891–1967), Japanese journalist
- Kentaro Sato (born 1981), Japanese composer and conductor
- Koichi Sato, Japanese footballer (born 1986)
- Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor (born 1960)
- Kōji Satō (photographer) (1911–1955)
- Koji Sato (politician) (born 1959)
- Liane Sato (born 1964), American volleyball player
- Mamoru Sato (born 1937), American modernist sculptor
- Megumi Sato (athlete) (born 1966), Japanese high jumper
- Michiro Sato (born 1967), avant-garde composer, singer, synthesizer player, and member of rock band Factor
- Mikio Sato (born 1928), mathematician, known for Sato-Tate conjecture
- Naoki Satō (born 1970), Japanese composer
- Naotake Satō (1882–1971), Japanese diplomat and politician
- Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987), born Nobusuke Sato, former Prime Minister of Japan
- O. K. Sato (died 1921), juggler
- Romain Sato (born 1981), Central African basketball player
- Rumina Sato (born 1973), professional mixed martial artist
- Sabrina Sato (born 1981), Brazilian model
- Satō Sankichi (1857–1947), Japanese surgeon
- Satō Tetsutarō (1866–1942), Japanese admiral and military theorist
- Shigeki Sato (politician) (born 1959)
- Shōji Satō (born 1982), badminton athlete
- Tadanobu Sato, actor, a.k.a. Tadanobu Asano
- Tadashi Sato (1923–2005), American/Hawaiian artist
- Takeru Satoh (born 1989), actor
- Takuma Sato (born 1977), racing car driver
- Tenpei Sato, video game composer
- Tomiko Satō (1893–1994), common-law wife of the Chinese Communist scholar and poet Guo Moruo
- Yuki Sato, actor (born 1984), a.k.a. Tomohito Sato
- Toyohiko Satoh (born 1943), lutenist
- Yuka Sato (born 1973), Japanese Olympic figure skater
- Yukiko Okada (1967–1986), born Kayo Sato, Japanese idol singer
- Jackie Sato (1957–1999), Japanese professional wrestler
- Shinya Sato (born 1978), Japanese football player for Giravanz Kitakyushu
- Tomoaki Satoh (born 1978), Japanese professional baseball player
Places
- Sato, Kagoshima-mura, a former town in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, now absorbed into the city of Satsumasendai-shi (薩摩川内市)
- Sato, Tibet
Characters
- Ayano Sato, character from High School Girls
- Bruce Sato, from the toy franchise and cartoon M.A.S.K.
- Hoshi Sato, character from Star Trek: Enterprise
- Inoue Sato, character from The Lost Symbol
- Katsumi Sato, a minor character from YuYu Hakusho
- Kouji Satou, a minor character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Mako Satou, character from Initial D
- Masao Sato (Max), character from Crayon Shin-chan
- Masashi Sato, character from To Heart
- Mina Sato, character from Doubt!!
- Miwako Sato, a character from Case Closed
- Natsumi Sato, minor character from Jiraishin a.k.a. Ice Blade
- Shigeki Satō, character from Whistle!
- Sei Sato, character from Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Sato (Gundam character), character from Gundam SEED Destiny
- Tatsuhiro Satō, main character from Welcome to the N.H.K.
- Toru Sato (a.k.a. Bull), a character in Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Toshiko Sato, appeared the TV series Torchwood and Doctor Who
- Sato, Japanese Yakuza underworld character from the movie Black Rain