Shōji Satō

This article is about the badminton player. For the manga artist otherwise known as Inazuma, see Shōji Satō (manga artist).
Shōji Satō

Shizuka Matsuo and Shoji Sato
Personal information
Birth name 佐藤翔冶
Country  Japan
Born (1982-09-19) September 19, 1982
Higashimurayama, Tokyo
Handedness Right
Men's Singles
Current ranking 12 (July 5, 2007)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
2010 Kuala Lumpur Team
BWF profile

Shōji Satō (佐藤 翔冶 Satō Shōji, born September 19, 1982) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

Shoji has all school titles from junior school to university. Also doubles team of Shoji and Sho Sasaki held first place of high school tournament. He won four Japanese National Championships in a row between 2003 and 2006.

Shoji played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Bao Chunlai of China. He also represented Japan as the third singles in the 2010 edition of the 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.

Shoji played also at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the men's singles round of 32 and lost in the round of 16.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with Naoki Kawamae in the men's doubles.

Achievements

Men's Singles

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