Shōgo Satō

nihongo|Shogo Sato|佐藤 正午|Satō Shōgo|born , 25 August 1955 While studying at university, he was impressed after reading Isahaya Shōbu Nikki by the writer Kuninobu Noro, and started writing novels when he got a reply by writing a fan letter. In 1979 he went back to Sasebo after leaving the university, won the Subaru Literary Award for his long-awaited novel written in 1983 for two years, and debuted as a writer.

Bicycle racing has been his long-standing hobby, and several works were on the subject of bicycle racing, such as Eien no 1/2, his short story Kimi wa Gokai shite iru, his column collection on bicycle racing side B, etc., were also published.