Shōji Satō

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="sr"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="sr"/>

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	Template:Flagicon Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21–18, 21–17	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Endo Template:Flagicon Kenichi Hayakawa	17–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Russian Open	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Endo Template:Flagicon Kenichi Hayakawa	21–18, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2011	India Grand Prix Gold	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Andrei Adistia Template:Flagicon Christopher Rusdianto	21–17, 12–21, 23–21	Template:Gold1 Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Fang Chieh-min Template:Flagicon Lee Sheng-mu	21–13, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner

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BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Ten Days of Dawn	Template:Flagicon Afshin Bozorgzadeh	17–14, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Cuba International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	15–10, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Nigeria International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	7–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis	Template:Flagicon Arif Rasidi	15–13, 15–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Iran Fajr International	Template:Flagicon Yousuke Nakanishi	15–4, 17–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	South Africa International	Template:Flagicon Hidetaka Yamada	11–15, 15–12, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Wellington International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	15–4, 17–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	New Zealand International	Template:Flagicon Hidetaka Yamada	3–15, 15–4, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Australian International	Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda	15–13, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Conrad Hückstädt	Walkover	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Brazil International	Template:Flagicon Tōru Matsumoto	15–13, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Template:Flagicon Przemyslaw Wacha	15–7, 7–15, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Swedish International	Template:Flagicon Bjorn Joppien	15–9, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Iran Fajr International	Template:Flagicon Chien Yu-hsiu	15–11, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Peru International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	Walkover	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Osaka International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	21–19, 14–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Andrew Smith	21–18, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Ten Days of Dawn	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	Template:Flagicon Afshin Bozorgzadeh Template:Flagicon Ali Shahhoseini	15–9, 15–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Cuba International	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	Template:Flagicon Reizel Acosta Template:Flagicon Lázaro Jerez		Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Nigeria International	Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda	Template:Flagicon Dotun Akinsanya Template:Flagicon Ocholi Edicha	15–3, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Iran Fajr International	Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda	Template:Flagicon Shuichi Nakao Template:Flagicon Shuichi Sakamoto	4–15, 15–13, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Wellington International	Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda	Template:Flagicon John Gordon Template:Flagicon Daniel Shirley	5–15, 17–16, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	New Zealand International	Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda	Template:Flagicon Ashley Brehaut Template:Flagicon Travis Denney	Walkover	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	Estonian International	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Andrey Ashmarin Template:Flagicon Anton Ivanov	21–13, 21–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Swedish International	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon David Lindley	15–21, 21–14, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Yoshiteru Hirobe Template:Flagicon Hajime Komiyama	21–19, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Croatian International	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Mads Conrad-Petersen Template:Flagicon Mads Pieler Kolding	15–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	Template:Flagicon Alvin Lau Template:Flagicon Li Chi-Lin	21–15, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner

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External links

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