Satō (佐藤, characters for "assistance" and "wisteria") is the most common Japanese surname. It may be romanized as Sato or Satoh on a Japanese passport. In wāpuro rōmaji, it is spelled Satou.

People named Sato:

• Aiko Sato (actress/model)
• Aki Sato (former Treasurer of Japan)
• Eisaku Sato (former Prime Minister of Japan)
• Junya Sato (film director)
• Katsuaki Sato (founder of Odo Satojuku karate)
• Michiro Sato(avant-garde composer, singer, synthesizer player, and member of the rock band Factor)
• Mikio Sato (mathematician, known for Sato-Tate conjecture)
• born Miwa Sato, the singer Chara
• Naoki Sato (composer)
• Nobusuke Kishi, born Nobusuke Sato (former Prime Minister of Japan)
• Sabrina Sato (model)
• Shigeki Sato (professional wrestler)
• Shoji Sato (badminton athlete)
• Eduardo Sato {gay rights activist)
• Tadanobu Sato (A.K.A. Tadanobu Asano, actor)
• Takuma Sato (car racing driver)
• Yuka Sato (figure skater)

Fictional characters:

• Ayano Sato, character from High School Girls
• Fumino Sato, character from High School Girls
• Hoshi Sato, character from Enterprise
• Katsumi Sato, a minor character from YuYu Hakusho
• Mako Satou, character from Initial D
• Masao Sato (Max), character from Crayon Shin-chan
• Masashi Sato, character from To Heart
• Miwako Satou, character from Case Closed (Detective Conan)
• Mina Sato, character from Doubt!!
• Natsumi Sato, minor character from Jiraishin a.k.a. Ice Blade
• Shigeki Satō, character from Whistle!
• Sei Sato, character from Maria-sama ga Miteru

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

See also

• Japanese name

Japanese surnames

佐藤 | Sato