Satō

Satō (佐藤) is the most common Japanese surname, often romanized as Sato, Satou or Satoh. A less common variant for a pen name is 佐島.

Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor at Tohoku University, suggested in 2024 that if current trends continue all people in Japan will have the surname Sato by 2521, as married couples are expected to use the same surname.

Notable people with the surname Satō

 * Ai Satō (さとう あい), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Aiko Sato (actress) (佐藤 藍子), Japanese actress
 * Aiko Sato (judoka) (佐藤 愛子), Japanese judoka
 * Aiko Satō (writer) (佐藤 愛子), Japanese writer
 * Aimaro Satō (佐藤 愛麿), Japanese diplomat
 * Akemi Satō (singer) (佐藤 朱美), Japanese singer
 * Akemi Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 朱), Japanese voice actress
 * Akihiro Sato (footballer, born August 1986) (佐藤 昭大), Japanese footballer
 * Akihiro Sato (footballer, born October 1986) (佐藤 晃大), Japanese footballer
 * Akihiro Sato (model), Brazilian model
 * Akiko Sato (佐藤 明子), Japanese sport shooter
 * Akio Sato (politician, born 1927) (佐藤 昭夫), Japanese politician
 * Akio Sato (politician, born 1943) (佐藤 昭郎), Japanese politician
 * Akio Sato (wrestler) (佐藤 昭雄), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Akira Satō (photographer) (佐藤 明), Japanese photographer
 * Akira Satō (ski jumper) (佐藤 晃), Japanese ski jumper
 * Amahiko Satō (佐藤 天彦), Japanese shogi player
 * Amina Sato (佐藤 亜美菜), Japanese idol, singer, actress and voice actress
 * Arisa Satō (佐藤 あり紗), Japanese volleyball player
 * Arisa Sato (model) (佐藤 ありさ), Japanese model and weathercaster
 * Ayano Sato (canoeist) (born 1996), Japanese slalom canoeist
 * Ayano Sato (singer) (佐藤 綾乃), Japanese idol and singer
 * Ayano Sato (speed skater) (佐藤 綾乃), Japanese speed skater
 * Ayumi Sato (佐藤 あゆみ), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Chiaki Satō (佐藤 千亜妃), Japanese actress and musician
 * Chica Sato (佐藤 チカ), Japanese musician
 * Chie Satō (佐藤 智恵), Japanese voice actress
 * Chieko Sato (佐藤 千栄子), Japanese speed skater
 * Chiyako Sato (佐藤 千夜子), Japanese singer
 * Choei Sato (佐藤 長栄), Japanese footballer
 * Churyo Sato (佐藤 忠良), Japanese sculptor
 * Dai Satō (佐藤 大), Japanese screenwriter and musician
 * Dai Sato (footballer) (佐藤 大), Japanese footballer
 * Daihachiro Sato (佐藤 大八郎), Japanese mathematician
 * Daiki Sato (footballer, born 1988) (佐藤 大基), Japanese footballer
 * Daiki Sato (footballer, born 1999) (佐藤 大樹), Japanese footballer
 * Daisuke Satō (佐藤 大輔), Japanese board game designer, novelist and manga writer
 * Daisuke Sato (footballer) (born 1994), Filipino footballer
 * Eiichi Sato (佐藤 栄一), Japanese mayor
 * Eiji Sato (佐藤 英二), Japanese footballer
 * Eiken Sato (佐藤 英賢), Japanese equestrian
 * Eisaku Satō (佐藤 榮作), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Eisaku Satō (governor) (佐藤 栄佐久), Japanese politician
 * Emiko Sato (佐藤 恵美子), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Eric Sato (born 1966), American volleyball player
 * Eriko Sato (佐藤 江梨子), Japanese actress
 * Eriko Sato (footballer) (佐藤 衣里子), Japanese women's footballer
 * Eunice Sato (1921–2021), American politician
 * Fumiya Satō (さとう ふみや), Japanese manga artist
 * Garret T. Sato (1964–2020), American actor
 * Gen Satō (佐藤 元), Japanese voice actor
 * Ginpei Sato (佐藤 銀平), Japanese voice actor
 * G. G. Sato (born 1978), Japanese baseball player
 * Gordon H. Sato (1927-2017), American cell biologist and environmentalist
 * Hachiro Sato (佐藤 八郎), Japanese rower
 * Harue Sato (佐藤 春詠), Japanese footballer
 * Haruhiko Sato (佐藤 陽彦), Japanese footballer
 * Haruo Satō (novelist) (佐藤 春夫), Japanese novelist
 * Haruo Satō (voice actor) (佐藤 晴男), Japanese voice actor
 * Haruo Sato (water polo) (佐藤 晴雄), Japanese water polo player
 * Hidetoshi Sato (佐藤 英利), Japanese luger
 * Hikaru Sato (佐藤 弘明), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * Hinata Satō (佐藤 日向), Japanese actress and voice actress
 * Hiroaki Sato (figure skater) (佐藤 洸彬), Japanese figure skater
 * Hiroaki Sato (footballer) (佐藤 弘明), Japanese footballer
 * Hiroaki Sato (translator) (佐藤 紘彰), Japanese poet and translator
 * Hiroji Satoh (佐藤 博治), Japanese tennis player
 * Hiroki Sato (佐藤 博紀), Japanese basketball player and executive
 * Hiroko Sato (佐藤 寛子), Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol
 * Hiroko Sato (athlete) (佐藤 弘子), Japanese javelin thrower
 * Hiromi Satō (佐藤 ひろ美), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Hiroshi Sato (musician) (佐藤 博), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Hiroshi Sato (footballer) (佐藤 浩), Japanese footballer
 * Hiroshi Sato (curler) (佐藤 浩), Japanese curler and curling coach
 * Hirotaka Sato (佐藤 浩貴), Japanese basketball player
 * Hiroya Sato (佐藤 寛弥), Japanese rower
 * Hisaharu Satoh, Japanese bowls player
 * Hisato Satō (佐藤 寿人), Japanese footballer
 * Hisayasu Satō (佐藤 寿保), Japanese film director
 * Hisayoshi Sato (佐藤 久佳), Japanese swimmer
 * Hitomi Satō (actress) (佐藤 仁美), Japanese actress
 * Hitomi Sato (table tennis) (佐藤 瞳), Japanese table tennis player
 * Hitoshi Sato (佐藤 仁), Japanese cyclist
 * Ichiko Sato (佐藤 伊知子), Japanese volleyball player
 * Isao Sato (actor) (佐藤 勇夫), Japanese actor
 * Isao Satō (astronomer) (佐藤 勇夫), Japanese astronomer
 * Satō Issai (佐藤 一斎), Japanese Confucianist
 * Jackie Sato (ジャッキー 佐藤), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Jin Sato (footballer) (佐藤 尽), Japanese footballer
 * Jiro Sato (佐藤 次郎), Japanese tennis player
 * Jiro Sato (actor) (佐藤 二朗), Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director
 * Josephine Sato (born 1954), Filipino politician
 * Junichi Sato (佐藤 順一), Japanese anime director
 * Junji Sato (佐藤 淳志), Japanese footballer
 * Junpei Satoh (佐藤 淳平), Japanese painter
 * Junya Satō (佐藤 純彌), Japanese film director
 * Kai Sato (born 1984), American chief operating officer
 * Kanta Sato (佐藤 寛太), Japanese actor
 * Katsuaki Satō (佐藤 勝昭), Japanese karateka
 * Katsuhiko Sato (佐藤 勝彦), Japanese cyclist
 * Katsumi Satō (佐藤 勝巳), Japanese activist, editor and critic
 * Katsura Sato (佐藤 桂), Japanese biathlete
 * Kayo Satoh (佐藤 かよ), Japanese model and television personality
 * Kazuhiro Sato (佐藤 和弘), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuhiro Sato (speed skater) (佐藤 和弘), Japanese speed skater
 * Kazuki Sato (footballer, born 1974) (佐藤 一樹), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuki Sato (footballer, born 1993) (佐藤 和樹), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuo Sato (skier) (佐藤 和男), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Kazuo Sato (weightlifter) (佐藤 和夫), Japanese weightlifter
 * Kazutoshi Satō (佐藤 和俊), Japanese shogi player
 * Kei Satō (佐藤 慶), Japanese actor
 * Keiichi Sato (さとう けいいち), Japanese mecha and character designer
 * Keita Satoh (curler) (佐藤 恵大), Japanese curler
 * Kenji Sato (baseball) (佐藤 賢治), Japanese baseball player
 * Kenji Sato (basketball) (佐藤 賢次), Japanese basketball player and coach
 * Kenki Sato (佐藤 賢希), Japanese equestrian
 * Kennosuke Sato (佐藤 剣之助), Japanese journalist
 * Kensuke Sato (佐藤 謙介), Japanese footballer
 * Kentaro Sato (佐藤 賢太郎), Japanese composer and conductor
 * Kentaro Sato (footballer) (佐藤 健太郎), Japanese footballer
 * Kimi Sato (born 1949), Japanese composer
 * Kimiko Sato (佐藤 公子), Japanese swimmer
 * Kimiya Sato (佐藤 公哉), Japanese racing driver
 * Kiyomi Sato (佐藤 清美), Japanese basketball coach
 * Kodai Sato (佐藤 幸大), Japanese footballer
 * Kohei Sato (佐藤 耕平), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Kōichi Satō (actor) (佐藤 浩市), Japanese actor
 * Koichi Sato (biathlete) (佐藤 幸一), Japanese biathlete
 * Koichi Sato (footballer) (佐藤 洸一), Japanese footballer
 * Koichi Sato (philatelist) (佐藤 浩一), Japanese philatelist
 * Koichi Sato (ski jumper) (佐藤 耕一), Japanese ski jumper
 * Kōji Satō (photographer) (1911–1955), Japanese photographer
 * Koji Sato (politician) (佐藤 公治), Japanese politician
 * Kosuke Sato (佐藤 好助), Japanese swimmer
 * Kōtoku Satō (佐藤 幸徳), Japanese general
 * Kouki Sato (佐藤 皓生), Japanese footballer
 * Koyo Sato (佐藤 昂洋), Japanese footballer
 * Kōzō Satō (佐藤 皐蔵), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
 * Kumiko Sato (佐藤 久美子), Japanese figure skater and coach
 * Kyoko Sato (佐藤 京子), Japanese Paralympic athlete
 * Liane Sato (born 1964), American volleyball player
 * Maiko Sato (佐藤 麻衣子), Japanese sailor
 * Makoto Satō (actor) (佐藤 允), Japanese actor
 * Makoto Satō (director) (佐藤 真), Japanese film director
 * Makoto Satō (theatre) (佐藤 信), Japanese theatre director
 * Mamoru Sato (born 1937), American modernist sculptor
 * Marino Sato (佐藤 万璃音), Japanese racing driver
 * Masaharu Satō (佐藤 正治), Japanese voice actor and narrator
 * Masahiko Satoh (佐藤 允彦), Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger
 * Masahiro Sato (佐藤 真弘), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Masahisa Sato (佐藤 正久), Japanese politician
 * Masaki Sato (佐藤 優樹), Japanese singer and former idol
 * Masako Sato (field hockey) (佐藤 雅子), Japanese field hockey player
 * Masako Sato (ice hockey) (佐藤 雅子), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Masami Sato (佐藤 正美), Japanese footballer
 * Masaru Sato (佐藤 勝), Japanese film score composer
 * Masatake Sato (佐藤 昌丈), Japanese footballer
 * Masaya Sato (footballer, born 1990) (佐藤 将也), Japanese footballer
 * Megumi Sato (actress) (佐藤 めぐみ), Japanese actress and television personality
 * Megumi Sato (athlete) (佐藤 恵), Japanese high jumper
 * Michihiro Sato (佐藤 通弘), Japanese shamisen player
 * Michihiro Sato (ice hockey) (佐藤 道博), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Michiro Sato (佐藤 道朗), Japanese composer, singer and musician
 * Michiru Satou (佐藤 ミチル), Japanese voice actor
 * Miho Sato (佐藤 美保), Japanese middle-distance runner
 * Miki Satō (actress) (佐藤 美貴), Japanese actress
 * Miki Satō (singer) (佐藤 ミキ), Japanese musician
 * Miki Sato (television personality) (佐藤 美希), Japanese television personality, actress and model
 * Mikio Sato (佐藤 幹夫), Japanese mathematician
 * Minako Sato (佐藤 美奈子), Japanese archer
 * Minori Sato (佐藤 穣), Japanese footballer
 * Mio Satō (佐藤 澪), Japanese volleyball player
 * Mitsuaki Sato (佐藤 満明), Japanese basketball player and women's basketball coach
 * Mitsuhiro Sato (佐藤 光浩), Japanese sprinter
 * Mitsuru Sato (佐藤 満), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Miu Sato (佐藤 未生), Japanese figure skater
 * Miya Sato (佐藤 美耶), Japanese volleyball player
 * Miyuki Satoh (佐藤 美幸), Japanese curler
 * Naoji Sato (佐藤 直司), Japanese rower
 * Naoki Satō (佐藤 直紀), Japanese composer
 * Naoki Sato (footballer) (佐藤 尚輝), Japanese footballer
 * Naoko Sato (佐藤 直子), Japanese tennis player
 * Naotake Satō (佐藤 尚武), Japanese diplomat and politician
 * Naoto Satō (佐藤 直人), Japanese astronomer
 * Natsuki Satō (佐藤 夏希), Japanese idol, singer and actress
 * Nobuaki Sato (佐藤 信秋), Japanese politician
 * Satō Nobuhiro (佐藤 信淵), Japanese scientist
 * Nobuhito Sato (佐藤 信人), Japanese golfer
 * Nobunaga Sato (佐藤 信長), Japanese basketball coach
 * Nobuo Satō (佐藤 信夫), Japanese figure skater and coach
 * Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987), born Nobusuke Sato (佐藤 信介), former Prime Minister of Japan
 * Nobuyasu Satō (佐藤 信安), Japanese mayor
 * Nobuyuki Sato (佐藤 信之), Japanese marathon runner
 * Norie Sato (born 1949), American artist
 * Noriko Sato (佐藤 紀子), Japanese figure skater and coach
 * Noriyuki Sato (佐藤 範幸), Japanese fencer
 * Nozomi Sato (佐藤 希望), Japanese fencer
 * O. K. Sato (1871–1921), American vaudeville performer
 * Omi Sato (佐藤 大実), Japanese footballer
 * Osamu Sato (佐藤 理), Japanese artist, photographer and composer
 * Osamu Sato (boxer) (佐藤 修), Japanese boxer
 * Pater Sato (1945–1994), Japanese artist
 * Rei Sato (badminton) (佐藤 黎), Japanese badminton player
 * Rei Sato (motorcyclist) (佐藤 励), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Reiji Sato (佐藤 令治), Japanese footballer
 * Reiko Sato (1931–1981), American dancer and actress
 * Reinaldo Sato (born 1980), Brazilian baseball player
 * Ren Sato (politician) (佐藤 錬), Japanese politician
 * Ren Sato (racing driver) (佐藤 蓮), Japanese racing driver
 * Rie Sato (ice hockey) (佐藤 理絵), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Rie Sato (softball) (佐藤 理恵), Japanese softball player
 * Rie Sato (speed skater) (佐藤 利江), Japanese speed skater
 * Rika Sato (佐藤 利香), Japanese table tennis player
 * Rikio Sato (佐藤 力夫), Japanese bobsledder
 * Rina Satō (佐藤 利奈), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Risa Sato (born 1994), Filipino-Japanese volleyball player
 * Rumina Sato (佐藤 ルミナ), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Ruth Sato (1904–1992), American dancer, gossip columnist, musician promoter and nightclub manager
 * Ryo Sato (footballer) (佐藤 亮), Japanese footballer
 * Ryo Sato (high jumper) (佐藤 凌), Japanese high jumper
 * Ryuji Sato (佐藤 隆治), Japanese football referee
 * Ryuta Sato (佐藤 隆太), Japanese actor and entertainer
 * Ryuzo Sato (佐藤 隆三), Japanese economist
 * Sabrina Sato (born 1981), Brazilian model
 * Saburo Sato (佐藤 三郎), Japanese sailor
 * Sakichi Sato (佐藤 佐吉), Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter
 * Satō Sankichi (佐藤 三吉), Japanese surgeon
 * Satarō Satō (佐藤 佐太郎), Japanese poet
 * Satomi Satō (佐藤 聡美), Japanese voice actress and singer
 * Satoshi Sato (佐藤 聡), Japanese footballer
 * Satoshi Sato (skier) (佐藤 智), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Sayaka Sato (佐藤 冴香), Japanese badminton player
 * Setsuji Satō (佐藤 せつじ), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Shigeki Sato (politician) (佐藤 茂樹), Japanese politician
 * Shigeki Sato (wrestler) (佐藤 茂樹), better known as Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Shimako Satō (佐藤 嗣麻子), Japanese screenwriter and film director
 * Shinichi Sato (baseball) (佐藤 真一), Japanese baseball player
 * Shinichi Sato (footballer) (佐藤 真一), Japanese footballer
 * Shin'ichi Satō (shogi) (佐藤 慎一), Japanese shogi player
 * Shinobu Sato (born 1955), Japanese classical guitarist
 * Shinsuke Sato (佐藤 信介), Japanese film director, screenwriter and video game designer
 * Shintaro Sato (佐藤 真太郎), Japanese bobsledder
 * Shinya Sato (footballer) (佐藤 真也), Japanese footballer
 * Shin'ya Satō (shogi) (佐藤 紳哉), Japanese shogi player
 * Shio Satō (佐藤 史生), Japanese manga artist
 * Shiori Sato (佐藤 栞里), Japanese model
 * Shiro Sato (佐藤 志郎), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Shizuo Satō (佐藤 静雄), Japanese politician
 * Sho Sato (佐藤 祥), Japanese footballer
 * Shogo Sato (佐藤 正午), Japanese writer
 * Shoichi Sato (佐藤 正一), Japanese golfer
 * Shōji Satō (佐藤 翔冶), Japanese badminton player
 * Shōji Satō (artist) (佐藤 ショウジ), Japanese manga artist
 * Shokichi Sato (佐藤 昌吉), Japanese footballer
 * Shoma Sato (佐藤 祥万), Japanese baseball player
 * Shori Sato (佐藤 勝利), Japanese idol, actor and singer
 * Shōzō Satō, Japanese playwright and theatre director
 * Shūhō Satō (佐藤 秀峰), Japanese manga artist
 * Shūji Satō (shogi) (佐藤 秀司), Japanese shogi player
 * Shun Sato (figure skater) (佐藤 駿), Japanese figure skater
 * Shun Sato (footballer) (佐藤 隼), Japanese footballer
 * Sato Shunji (佐藤 俊二), Japanese physician
 * Shunsuke Sato (佐藤 俊介), Japanese classical violinist and violist
 * Somei Satoh (佐藤 聰明), Japanese composer
 * Sota Sato (佐藤 颯汰), Japanese footballer
 * Sumire Satō (佐藤 すみれ), Japanese idol, singer and actress
 * Sunao Sato (佐藤 直男), Japanese Go player
 * Tadamasa Sato (佐藤 忠正), Japanese sprint canoeist
 * Satō Tadanobu (佐藤 忠信), Japanese samurai
 * Tadanobu Satō (佐藤 忠信), better known as Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
 * Tadao Sato (佐藤 忠男), Japanese film critic, theorist and historian
 * Tadashi Satō (politician) (佐藤 正), Imperial Japanese Army officer and politician
 * Tadashi Sato (1923–2005), American artist
 * Taichi Sato (佐藤 太一), Japanese footballer
 * Taiki Sato (佐藤 大樹), Japanese dancer and actor
 * Taisuke Sato (佐藤 泰介), Japanese politician
 * Taiten Sato (佐藤 大典), Japanese footballer
 * Takahiro Satō (佐藤 タカヒロ), Japanese manga artist
 * Takanao Sato (佐藤 孝尚), Japanese water polo player
 * Takayoshi Sato (佐藤 隆善), Japanese video game character designer, writer and CGI director
 * Takenori Sato (佐藤 豪則), Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Takeru Satoh (佐藤 健), Japanese actor
 * Takeshi Sato (born 1981), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Taku Satoh (佐藤 卓), Japanese graphic designer
 * Takuma Sato (佐藤 琢磨), Japanese racing driver
 * Takuma Sato (basketball) (佐藤 卓磨), Japanese basketball player
 * Takuro Sato (佐藤 拓朗), Japanese engineer
 * Takuya Satō (director) (佐藤 卓哉), Japanese anime screenwriter and director
 * Takuya Sato (footballer) (佐藤 拓也), Japanese footballer
 * Takuya Satō (voice actor) (佐藤 拓也), Japanese voice actor
 * Tamao Satō (さとう 珠緒), Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality and model
 * Tamiji Sato (佐藤 多美治), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Tatsuo Sato (politician) (佐藤 剛男), Japanese politician
 * Tatsuo Satō (director) (佐藤 竜雄), Japanese anime director
 * Tatsuya Satoh (佐藤 達也), Japanese baseball player
 * Tenpei Sato (佐藤 天平), Japanese video game composer and voice actor
 * Tetsuo Sato (rower) (佐藤 哲夫), Japanese rower
 * Tetsuo Satō (volleyball) (佐藤 哲夫), Japanese volleyball player
 * Satō Tetsutarō (佐藤 鉄太郎), Japanese admiral and military theorist
 * Thomas N. Sato, Japanese educator and biologist
 * Tokihiro Satō (佐藤 時啓), Japanese photographer
 * Tokio Sato (佐藤 常貴雄), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Tomiko Satō (佐藤 富子), common-law wife of the Chinese Communist scholar and poet Guo Moruo
 * Tomoaki Sato (baseball, born 1968) (佐藤 友昭), Japanese baseball player
 * Tomoaki Satoh (baseball, born 1978) (佐藤 友亮), Japanese baseball player
 * Tomoyuki Sato (佐藤 智之), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Toshiharu Sato (佐藤 寿治), Japanese gymnast
 * Toshiki Satō (サトウ トシキ), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Toyohiko Satoh (佐藤 豊彦), Japanese lutenist and composer
 * Satō Tsugunobu (佐藤 継信), Japanese warrior
 * Tsuneo Sato (佐藤 恒夫), Japanese speed skater
 * Tsutomu Satō (author) (佐島 勤), Japanese light novelist
 * Tsutomu Sato (politician) (佐藤 勉), Japanese politician
 * Tsutomu Sato (ophthalmologist) (1902–1960), Japanese ophthalmologist
 * Tsutomu Sato (windsurfer) (佐藤 務), Japanese windsurfer
 * Tsuyoshi Sato (佐藤 健), Japanese footballer
 * Vicki Sato, American biotechnologist and academic
 * Yasue Sato (佐藤 康恵), Japanese actress and model
 * Yasuhiro Sato (佐藤 康弘), Japanese baseball player
 * Yasumitsu Satō (佐藤 康光), Japanese shogi player
 * Yasutaka Sato (佐藤 安孝), Japanese volleyball player
 * Yasuyuki Sato (佐藤 康之), Japanese footballer
 * Yohei Sato (佐藤 洋平), Japanese footballer
 * Yoji Sato (佐藤 要ニ), Japanese handball player
 * Yoshiaki Sato (佐藤 慶明), Japanese footballer
 * Yoshihiro Sato (佐藤 嘉洋), Japanese kickboxer
 * Yoshiko Sato (佐藤 喜子), Japanese swimmer
 * Yoshinori Sato (佐藤 由規), Japanese baseball player
 * Yoshinori Sato (baseball, born 1954) (佐藤 義則), Japanese baseball player and coach
 * Yoshiyuki Sato (佐藤 佳幸), Japanese ski mountaineer
 * Yota Sato (佐藤 洋太), Japanese boxer
 * Yu Sato (佐藤 優), Japanese baseball player
 * Yūhei Satō (佐藤 雄平), Japanese politician
 * Yuhei Sato (footballer) (佐藤 優平), Japanese footballer
 * Yūichi Satō (佐藤 祐市), Japanese film director
 * Yuka Sato (佐藤 有香), Japanese figure skater
 * Yuka Sato (javelin thrower) (佐藤 友佳), Japanese javelin thrower
 * Yuka Sato (triathlete) (佐藤 優香), Japanese triathlete
 * Yukari Sato (佐藤 ゆかり), Japanese economist and politician
 * Yuki Sato (athlete) (佐藤 悠基), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Yuki Sato (footballer) (佐藤 悠希), Japanese footballer
 * Yuki Sato (softball) (佐藤 由希), Japanese softball player
 * Yuki Sato (voice actor) (佐藤 佑暉), Japanese voice actor
 * Yuki Sato (wrestler) (佐藤 悠己), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Yukihiko Sato (佐藤 由紀彦), Japanese footballer
 * Yukiya Satō (佐藤 幸椰), Japanese ski jumper
 * Yuko Sato (athlete) (佐藤 優子), Japanese racewalker
 * Yuko Sato (politician) (佐藤 夕子), Japanese politician
 * Yūko Satō (voice actress) (佐藤 ゆうこ), Japanese voice actress
 * Yusuke Sato (佐藤 悠介), Japanese footballer
 * Yuta Sato (佐藤 祐太), Japanese footballer
 * Yūto Satō (佐藤 勇人), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Sato (footballer) (佐藤 優也), Japanese footballer
 * Yuya Sato (novelist) (佐藤 友哉), Japanese writer
 * Yukiko Okada (1967–1986), born Kayo Sato (佐藤 佳代), Japanese idol singer

Fictional characters

 * Ayano Sato (佐藤 綾乃), a character in the manga series High School Girls
 * Asami Sato, a character in the television series The Legend of Korra
 * Bruce Sato, from the toy franchise and cartoon M.A.S.K.
 * Gloria Sato, a character in the animated television series Big City Greens
 * Hana Satō (佐藤 花), a character in the manga series Castle Town Dandelion
 * Hiroshi Sato, a character from The Legend of Korra
 * Hoshi Sato, a character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
 * Ichirō Satō (佐藤 一郎), protagonist of the light novel Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War
 * Inoue Sato, a character in the novel The Lost Symbol
 * Jun Satō (佐藤 潤), a character in the manga series Working!!
 * Jun Sato, a character in the television series Star Wars Rebels
 * Kazuma Sato (佐藤 和真), protagonist of the light novel series KonoSuba
 * Keisaku Satou (佐藤 啓作), a character in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana
 * Kouji Satou (佐藤 先生), a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
 * Lilly Satou (砂藤 リリー), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
 * Mafuyu Satō (佐藤 真冬), a character in the manga series Given
 * Masao Sato (Max) (佐藤 マサオ), a character in the manga series Crayon Shin-chan
 * Masashi Sato (佐藤 雅史), a character in the visual novel To Heart
 * Mina Sato (佐藤 美菜), a character in the manga series Doubt!!
 * Miwako Sato (佐藤 美和子), a character in the manga series Case Closed
 * Natsumi Sato, a character in the manga series Jiraishin a.k.a. Ice Blade
 * Rikidō Satō (砂藤 力道), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
 * Ryōko Satō (佐藤 一郎), a character in the light novel Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War
 * Ryōta Satō (佐藤 リョータ), protagonist of the manga series Kyō no Go no Ni
 * Sakie Satō (佐藤 早紀絵), a character in the manga series Interviews with Monster Girls
 * Sebastian Sato, a character in the video game Hitman
 * Sei Sato (佐藤 聖), a character in the manga series Maria-sama ga Miteru
 * Shigeki Satō (佐藤 成樹), a character in the manga series Whistle!
 * Shin Sato (佐藤 心), a character in the video game series The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
 * Shōji Satō (佐藤 昭二), a character in the manga series Shokugeki no Soma
 * Takaya Satō (佐藤 隆哉), a character in the light novel series Golden Time
 * Tatsuhiro Satō (佐藤 達広), 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, a character in the television series Torchwood and Doctor Who
 * Toshiya Sato, a character in the manga series Major
 * Yō Satō (佐藤 洋), protagonist of the light novel series Ben-To
 * 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