Sato - Definition

Satō (佐藤, characters for "assistance" and "wisteria") is the most common Japanese surname.

People named Sato:

• Aki Sato (former Treasurer of Japan)
• Eisaku Sato (former Prime Minister of Japan)
• Junya Sato (film director)
• Mikio Sato (mathematician, known for Sato-Tate conjecture)
• Shoji Sato (badminton athlete)
• Tadanobu Sato (A.K.A. Tadanobu Asano, actor)
• Takuma Sato (car racing driver)
• Yuka Sato (figure skater)

Fictional characters:

• Hoshi Sato, character from Star Trek: Enterprise
• Masao Sato, character from Crayon Shin-chan
• Shigeki Satō, character from Whistle!

There is also the town of Sato in Kagoshima Prefecture, written 里村.

See also

• Japanese name