Shoji Sato

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.

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.

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.

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 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