Shōji Satō
Shizuka Matsuo and Shoji Sato
Personal information
Birth name佐藤翔冶
CountryJapan
Born (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982
Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Retired2012
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking9 (MD with Naoki Kawamae 22 March 2012)
12 (XD with Shizuka Matsuo 20 September 2012)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
BWF profile

Shōji Satō (佐藤 翔冶, Satō Shōji, born 19 September 1982) is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East team. He now works as a NTT East singles coach.[2]

Career

Sato started to playing badminton when he was a kid, influenced by his parents who used to playing badminton as a hobby. He then joined Kodaira club when he was in the third grade of elementary school. He won four Japanese National Championships in a row between 2003 and 2006.[3]

Sato made his first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2004 Athens, competed in the men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Bao Chunlai of China. He also played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the men's singles round of 32 and lost in the round of 16.[1]

Sato also represented Japan as the third singles in the 2010 Thomas Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He played as the third singles and against Malaysia in the group stage, he shocked the hosts after defeating Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, after the team staged a huge comeback from 0–2 down to win 3–2 over the hosts.

At the 2012 London Olympics, he competed with Naoki Kawamae in the men's doubles.[1]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Dutch Open Malaysia Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 21–18, 21–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Australian Open Japan Naoki Kawamae Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa
17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Russian Open Japan Naoki Kawamae Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa
21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Japan Naoki Kawamae Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto
21–17, 12–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Swiss Open Japan Naoki Kawamae Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2001 Ten Days of Dawn Iran Afshin Bozorgzadeh 17–14, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Cuba International Japan Sho Sasaki 15–10, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Nigeria International Japan Sho Sasaki 7–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2003 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis France Arif Rasidi 15–13, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Iran Fajr International Japan Yousuke Nakanishi 15–4, 17–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 South Africa International Japan Hidetaka Yamada 11–15, 15–12, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Wellington International Japan Sho Sasaki 15–4, 17–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 New Zealand International Japan Hidetaka Yamada 3–15, 15–4, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Australian International Japan Yuichi Ikeda 15–13, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Bulgarian International Germany Conrad Hückstädt Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Brazil International Japan Tōru Matsumoto 15–13, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Slovenian International Poland Przemyslaw Wacha 15–7, 7–15, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Swedish International Germany Bjorn Joppien 15–9, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Iran Fajr International Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-hsiu 15–11, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Peru International Japan Sho Sasaki Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Osaka International Japan Sho Sasaki 21–19, 14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Canadian International England Andrew Smith 21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Ten Days of Dawn Japan Sho Sasaki Iran Afshin Bozorgzadeh
Iran Ali Shahhoseini
15–9, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Cuba International Japan Sho Sasaki Cuba Reizel Acosta
Cuba Lázaro Jerez
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Nigeria International Japan Yuichi Ikeda Nigeria Dotun Akinsanya
Nigeria Ocholi Edicha
15–3, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Iran Fajr International Japan Yuichi Ikeda Japan Shuichi Nakao
Japan Shuichi Sakamoto
4–15, 15–13, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Wellington International Japan Yuichi Ikeda New Zealand John Gordon
New Zealand Daniel Shirley
5–15, 17–16, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2003 New Zealand International Japan Yuichi Ikeda Australia Ashley Brehaut
Australia Travis Denney
Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Estonian International Japan Naoki Kawamae Russia Andrey Ashmarin
Russia Anton Ivanov
21–13, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Swedish International Japan Naoki Kawamae England Chris Langridge
England David Lindley
15–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Austrian International Japan Naoki Kawamae Japan Yoshiteru Hirobe
Japan Hajime Komiyama
21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Croatian International Japan Naoki Kawamae Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding
15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Canadian International Japan Naoki Kawamae Canada Alvin Lau
Canada Li Chi-Lin
21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shoji Sato". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. "選手・スタッフ紹介 佐藤 翔治【シングルスコーチ】". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. "佐藤 翔治選手 バドミントン選手(NTT東日本所属)". school.js88.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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