Shōji Satō

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

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
2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2012 Wuhan Men's team
BWF profile

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 Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 21–18, 21–17 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Australian Open Naoki Kawamae Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa		 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2011 Russian Open Naoki Kawamae Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa		 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Naoki Kawamae Andrei Adistia
Christopher Rusdianto		 21–17, 12–21, 23–21 Winner
2012 Swiss Open Naoki Kawamae Fang Chieh-min
Lee Sheng-mu		 21–13, 21–14 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 Afshin Bozorgzadeh 17–14, 15–2 Winner
2001 Cuba International Sho Sasaki 15–10, 15–5 Winner
2001 Nigeria International Sho Sasaki 7–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2003 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Arif Rasidi 15–13, 15–13 Winner
2003 Iran Fajr International Yousuke Nakanishi 15–4, 17–14 Winner
2003 South Africa International Hidetaka Yamada 11–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
2003 Wellington International Sho Sasaki 15–4, 17–14 Winner
2003 New Zealand International Hidetaka Yamada 3–15, 15–4, 15–1 Winner
2003 Australian International Yuichi Ikeda 15–13, 15–9 Winner
2003 Bulgarian International Conrad Hückstädt Walkover Winner
2003 Brazil International Tōru Matsumoto 15–13, 15–4 Winner
2003 Slovenian International Przemyslaw Wacha 15–7, 7–15, 15–6 Winner
2004 Swedish International Bjorn Joppien 15–9, 15–4 Winner
2004 Iran Fajr International Chien Yu-hsiu 15–11, 15–11 Winner
2004 Peru International Sho Sasaki Walkover Runner-up
2007 Osaka International Sho Sasaki 21–19, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2008 Canadian International Andrew Smith 21–18, 21–16 Winner

Men's doubles

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

References
  1. 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 3 December 2016. 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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