Satō
lead=yes is the most common Japanese surname, often romanized as Sato, Satoh or Satou. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ai Satō, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Aiko Sato, Japanese actress
- Aiko Sato, Japanese judoka
- Aiko Satō, Japanese writer
- Akemi Satō, Japanese singer
- Akemi Satō, Japanese voice actress
- Akihiro Sato, Japanese footballer
- Akihiro Sato, Japanese footballer
- Akihiro Sato, Brazilian model
- Akiko Sato, Japanese sport shooter
- Akio Sato, Japanese politician
- Akio Sato, Japanese politician
- Akio Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Akira Satō, Japanese photographer
- Akira Satō, Japanese ski jumper
- Amahiko Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Amina Sato, Japanese idol, singer, actress and voice actress
- Arisa Satō, Japanese volleyball player
- Arisa Sato, Japanese model and weathercaster
- Ayano Sato, Japanese idol and singer
- Ayano Sato, Japanese speed skater
- Ayumi Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
- Chiaki Satō, Japanese actress and musician
- Chica Sato, Japanese musician
- Chie Satō, Japanese voice actress
- Chieko Sato, Japanese speed skater
- Chiyako Sato, Japanese singer
- Choei Sato, Japanese footballer
- Churyo Sato, Japanese sculptor
- Dai Satō, Japanese screenwriter and musician
- Dai Sato, Japanese footballer
- Daihachiro Sato, Japanese mathematician
- Daiki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Daisuke Satō, Japanese board game designer, novelist and manga writer
- Daisuke Sato , Filipino footballer
- Dick Togo, professional wrestler who uses the ring name "Shigeki Sato"
- Eiichi Sato, Japanese mayor
- Eiji Sato, Japanese footballer
- Eiken Sato, Japanese equestrian
- Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician
- Emiko Sato, Japanese cross-country skier
- Eric Sato, American volleyball player
- Eriko Sato, Japanese actress
- Eriko Sato, Japanese women's footballer
- Eunice Sato, American politician
- Fumiya Satō, Japanese manga artist
- Garret T. Sato, American actor
- Ginpei Sato, Japanese voice actor
- G. G. Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Gordon H. Sato, American cell biologist and environmentalist
- Hachiro Sato, Japanese rower
- Harue Sato, Japanese footballer
- Haruhiko Sato, Japanese footballer
- Haruo Satō, Japanese novelist
- Haruo Satō, Japanese voice actor
- Haruo Sato, Japanese water polo player
- Hidetoshi Sato, Japanese luger
- Hikaru Sato, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Hinata Satō, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Hiroaki Sato, Japanese figure skater
- Hiroaki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Hiroaki Sato, Japanese poet and translator
- Hiroji Satoh, Japanese tennis player
- Hiroki Sato, Japanese basketball player and executive
- Hiroko Sato, Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol
- Hiroko Sato, Japanese javelin thrower
- Hiromi Satō, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Hiroshi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Sato, Japanese curler and curling coach
- Hirotaka Sato, Japanese basketball player
- Hiroya Sato, Japanese rower
- Hisaharu Satoh, Japanese bowls player
- Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer
- Hisayasu Satō, Japanese film director
- Hisayoshi Sato, Japanese swimmer
- Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress
- Hitomi Sato, Japanese table tennis player
- Hitoshi Sato, Japanese cyclist
- Ichiko Sato, Japanese volleyball player
- Isao Sato, Japanese actor
- Isao Satō, Japanese astronomer
- Satō Issai, Japanese Confucianist
- Jackie Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Jin Sato, Japanese footballer
- Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player
- Jiro Sato, Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director
- Josephine Sato, Filipino politician
- Junichi Sato, Japanese anime director
- Junji Sato, Japanese footballer
- Junpei Satoh, Japanese painter
- Junya Satō, Japanese film director
- Kai Sato, American chief operating officer
- Kanta Sato, Japanese actor
- Katsuaki Satō, Japanese karateka
- Katsuhiko Sato, Japanese cyclist
- Katsumi Satō, Japanese activist, editor and critic
- Katsura Sato, Japanese biathlete
- Kayo Satoh, Japanese model and television personality
- Kazuhiro Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kazuhiro Sato, Japanese speed skater
- Kazuki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kazuki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kazuo Sato, Japanese cross-country skier
- Kazuo Sato, Japanese weightlifter
- Kazutoshi Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Kei Satō, Japanese actor
- Keiichi Sato, Japanese mecha and character designer
- Keita Satoh, Japanese curler
- Kenji Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Kenji Sato, Japanese basketball player and coach
- Kenki Sato, Japanese equestrian
- Kennosuke Sato, Japanese journalist
- Kensuke Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer and conductor
- Kentaro Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kimi Sato, Japanese composer
- Kimiko Sato, Japanese swimmer
- Kimiya Sato, Japanese racing driver
- Kiyomi Sato, Japanese basketball coach
- Kodai Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kohei Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
- Koichi Sato, Japanese biathlete
- Koichi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Koichi Sato, Japanese philatelist
- Koichi Sato, Japanese ski jumper
- Kōji Satō , Japanese photographer
- Koji Sato, Japanese politician
- Kosuke Sato, Japanese swimmer
- Kōtoku Satō, Japanese general
- Kouki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Koyo Sato, Japanese footballer
- Kōzō Satō, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Kumiko Sato, Japanese figure skater and coach
- Kyoko Sato, Japanese Paralympic athlete
- Liane Sato, American volleyball player
- Maiko Sato, Japanese sailor
- Makoto Satō, Japanese actor
- Makoto Satō, Japanese film director
- Mamoru Sato, American modernist sculptor
- Marino Sato, Japanese racing driver
- Masaharu Satō, Japanese voice actor and narrator
- Masahiko Satoh, Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger
- Masahiro Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
- Masahisa Sato, Japanese politician
- Masaki Sato, Japanese idol and singer
- Masako Sato, Japanese field hockey player
- Masako Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
- Masami Sato, Japanese footballer
- Masaru Sato, Japanese film score composer
- Masatake Sato, Japanese footballer
- Masaya Sato, Japanese footballer
- Masaya Sato, Japanese footballer
- Megumi Sato, Japanese actress and television personality
- Megumi Sato, Japanese high jumper
- Michihiro Sato, Japanese shamisen player
- Michihiro Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
- Michiro Sato, Japanese composer, singer and musician
- Michiru Satou, Japanese voice actor
- Miho Sato, Japanese middle-distance runner
- Miki Satō, Japanese actress
- Miki Sato, Japanese television personality, actress and model
- Mikio Sato, Japanese mathematician
- Minako Sato, Japanese archer
- Minori Sato, Japanese footballer
- Mio Satō, Japanese volleyball player
- Mitsuaki Sato, Japanese basketball player and women's basketball coach
- Mitsuhiro Sato, Japanese sprinter
- Mitsuru Sato, Japanese sport wrestler
- Miu Sato, Japanese figure skater
- Miya Sato, Japanese volleyball player
- Miyuki Satoh, Japanese curler
- Naoji Sato, Japanese rower
- Naoki Satō, Japanese composer
- Naoki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Naoko Sato, Japanese tennis player
- Naotake Satō, Japanese diplomat and politician
- Naoto Satō, Japanese astronomer
- Natsuki Satō, Japanese idol, singer and actress
- Nobuaki Sato, Japanese politician
- Satō Nobuhiro, Japanese scientist
- Nobuhito Sato, Japanese golfer
- Nobunaga Sato, Japanese basketball coach
- Nobuo Satō, Japanese figure skater and coach
- Nobusuke Kishi, born Nobusuke Sato, former Prime Minister of Japan
- Nobuyasu Satō, Japanese mayor
- Nobuyuki Sato, Japanese marathon runner
- Norie Sato, American artist
- Noriko Sato, Japanese figure skater and coach
- Noriyuki Sato, Japanese fencer
- Nozomi Sato, Japanese fencer
- O. K. Sato, American vaudeville performer
- Omi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Osamu Sato, Japanese artist, photographer and composer
- Osamu Sato, Japanese boxer
- Pater Sato, Japanese artist
- Rei Sato, Japanese badminton player
- Rei Sato, Japanese motorcycle racer
- Reiji Sato, Japanese footballer
- Reiko Sato, American dancer and actress
- Reinaldo Sato, Brazilian baseball player
- Ren Sato, Japanese politician
- Ren Sato, Japanese racing driver
- Rie Sato, Japanese ice hockey player
- Rie Sato, Japanese softball player
- Rie Sato, Japanese speed skater
- Rika Sato, Japanese table tennis player
- Rikio Sato, Japanese bobsledder
- Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Risa Sato, Filipino-Japanese volleyball player
- Rumina Sato, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Ruth Sato, American dancer, gossip columnist, musician promoter and nightclub manager
- Ryo Sato, Japanese footballer
- Ryo Sato, Japanese high jumper
- Ryuji Sato, Japanese football referee
- Ryuta Sato, Japanese actor and entertainer
- Ryuzo Sato, Japanese economist
- Sabrina Sato, Brazilian model
- Saburo Sato, Japanese sailor
- Sakichi Sato, Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter
- Satō Sankichi, Japanese surgeon
- Satarō Satō, Japanese poet
- Satomi Satō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Satoshi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Satoshi Sato, Japanese cross-country skier
- Sayaka Sato, Japanese badminton player
- Setsuji Satō, Japanese actor and voice actor
- Shigeki Sato, Japanese politician
- Shigeki Sato, better known as Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler
- Shimako Satō, Japanese screenwriter and film director
- Shinichi Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Shinichi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Shin'ichi Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Shinobu Sato, Japanese classical guitarist
- Shinsuke Sato, Japanese film director, screenwriter and video game designer
- Shintaro Sato, Japanese bobsledder
- Shinya Sato, Japanese footballer
- Shin'ya Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Shio Satō, Japanese manga artist
- Shiori Sato, Japanese model
- Shiro Sato, Japanese cross-country skier
- Sho Sato, Japanese footballer
- Shogo Sato, Japanese writer
- Shoichi Sato, Japanese golfer
- Shōji Satō, Japanese badminton player
- Shōji Satō, Japanese manga artist
- Shokichi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Shoma Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Shori Sato, Japanese idol, actor and singer
- Shōzō Satō, Japanese playwright and theatre director
- Shūhō Satō, Japanese manga artist
- Shūji Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Shun Sato, Japanese figure skater
- Shun Sato, Japanese footballer
- Shun Sato, Japanese footballer
- Sato Shunji, Japanese physician
- Shunsuke Sato, Japanese classical violinist and violist
- Somei Satoh, Japanese composer
- Sota Sato, Japanese footballer
- Sumire Satō, Japanese idol, singer and actress
- Sunao Sato, Japanese Go player
- Tadamasa Sato, Japanese sprint canoeist
- Satō Tadanobu, Japanese samurai
- Tadanobu Satō, better known as Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
- Tadao Sato, Japanese film critic, theorist and historian
- Tadashi Satō, Imperial Japanese Army officer and politician
- Tadashi Sato, American artist
- Taichi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Taiki Sato, Japanese dancer and actor
- Taisuke Sato, Japanese politician
- Taiten Sato, Japanese footballer
- Takahiro Satō, Japanese manga artist
- Takanao Sato, Japanese water polo player
- Takayoshi Sato, Japanese video game character designer, writer and CGI director
- Takenori Sato, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Takeru Satoh, Japanese actor
- Takeshi Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Taku Satoh, Japanese graphic designer
- Takuma Sato, Japanese racing driver
- Takuma Sato, Japanese basketball player
- Takuro Sato, Japanese engineer
- Takuya Satō, Japanese anime screenwriter and director
- Takuya Sato, Japanese footballer
- Takuya Satō, Japanese voice actor
- Tamao Satō, Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality and model
- Tamiji Sato, Japanese sport wrestler
- Tatsuo Sato, Japanese politician
- Tatsuo Satō, Japanese anime director
- Tatsuya Satoh, Japanese baseball player
- Tenpei Sato, Japanese video game composer and voice actor
- Tetsuo Sato, Japanese rower
- Tetsuo Satō, Japanese volleyball player
- Satō Tetsutarō, Japanese admiral and military theorist
- Thomas N. Sato, Japanese educator and biologist
- Tokihiro Satō, Japanese photographer
- Tokio Sato, Japanese cross-country skier
- Tomiko Satō, common-law wife of the Chinese Communist scholar and poet Guo Moruo
- Tomoaki Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Tomoaki Satoh, Japanese baseball player
- Tomoyuki Sato, Japanese long-distance runner
- Toshiharu Sato, Japanese gymnast
- Toshiki Satō, Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Toyohiko Satoh, Japanese lutenist and composer
- Satō Tsugunobu, Japanese warrior
- Tsuneo Sato, Japanese speed skater
- Tsutomu Sato, Japanese politician
- Tsutomu Sato , Japanese ophthalmologist
- Tsutomu Sato, Japanese windsurfer
- Tsuyoshi Sato, Japanese footballer
- Vicki Sato, American biotechnologist and academic
- Yasue Sato, Japanese actress and model
- Yasuhiro Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Yasumitsu Satō, Japanese shogi player
- Yasutaka Sato, Japanese volleyball player
- Yasuyuki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yohei Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yoji Sato, Japanese handball player
- Yoshiaki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yoshihiro Sato, Japanese kickboxer
- Yoshiko Sato, Japanese swimmer
- Yoshinori Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Yoshinori Sato, Japanese baseball player and coach
- Yoshiyuki Sato, Japanese ski mountaineer
- Yota Sato, Japanese boxer
- Yu Sato, Japanese baseball player
- Yūhei Satō, Japanese politician
- Yuhei Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yūichi Satō, Japanese film director
- Yuka Sato, Japanese figure skater
- Yuka Sato, Japanese javelin thrower
- Yuka Sato, Japanese triathlete
- Yukari Sato, Japanese economist and politician
- Yuki Sato, Japanese long-distance runner
- Yuki Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yuki Sato, Japanese softball player
- Yuki Sato, Japanese voice actor
- Yuki Sato, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yukihiko Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yukiya Satō, Japanese ski jumper
- Yuko Sato, Japanese racewalker
- Yuko Sato, Japanese politician
- Yūko Satō, Japanese voice actress
- Yusuke Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yuta Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer
- Yuya Sato, Japanese footballer
- Yuya Sato, Japanese writer
- Yukiko Okada, born Kayo Sato, Japanese idol singer
Fictional characters
- Ayano Sato, 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.
- Hana Satō, 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, protagonist of the light novel '
- Inoue Sato, a character in the novel The Lost Symbol
- Jun Satō, a character in the manga series Working!!
- Jun Sato, a character in the television series Star Wars Rebels
- Kazuma Sato, protagonist of the light novel series KonoSuba
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- Lilly Satou, a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
- Mafuyu Satō, a character in the manga series Given
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- Mina Sato, a character in the manga series Doubt!!
- Miwako Sato, a character in the manga series Case Closed
- Natsumi Sato, a character in the manga series Jiraishin a.k.a. Ice Blade
- Ryōta Satō, protagonist of the manga series Kyō no Go no Ni
- Sakie Satō, a character in the manga series Interviews with Monster Girls
- Sebastian Sato, a character in the video game Hitman
- Sei Sato, a character in the manga series Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Shigeki Satō, a character in the manga series Whistle!
- Toshiko Sato, a character in the television series Torchwood and Doctor Who
- Yō Satō, protagonist of the light novel series Ben-To
- Sato, a character in the manga series '
- Sato, a character in the film Black Rain
- Sato, a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny