Hirotaka Sato

{{short description|Japanese basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Hirotaka Sato

| image = Sato hirotaka (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Sato in 2012

| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 243

| league =

| team =

| number =

| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|12|8}}

| birth_place = Odawara, Kanagawa

| highschool = Soyo (Odawara, Kanagawa)

| college = Senshu University

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2020

| years1 = 2004–2006

| team1 =Matsushita Electric

| years2 = 2006–2008

| team2 =Osaka Evessa

| years3 = 2008–2011

| team3 =Shiga Lakestars

| years4 = 2011–2012

| team4 =Mitsubishi Electric

| years5 = 2012–2013

| team5 =Shimane Susanoo Magic

| years6 = 2013–2015

| team6 =Osaka Evessa

| years7 = 2015–2016

| team7 =Nishinomiya Storks

| years8 = 2016–2017

| team8 =Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots

| years9 = 2017–2018

| team9 =Akita Northern Happinets

| years10=2018-2019

| team10=Nishinomiya Storks

| years11=2019-2020

| team11=Kanazawa Samuraiz

| highlights =

}}

{{Nihongo|Hirotaka Sato|佐藤 浩貴|Satō Hirotaka|born December 8, 1981}} is a Japanese former professional basketball player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League in Japan.{{cite web |last=Akita Northern Happinets |first= |url=https://twitter.com/AKITA_NH/status/886830950520283136 |title=【新入団】佐藤 浩貴選手 契約合意のお知らせ|date=17 July 2017 |accessdate=18 July 2017}} He played college basketball for Senshu University. He was selected by the Osaka Evessa with the 4th overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft.

Stats

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|Denotes seasons in which Sato won an championship

= Regular season =

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| align="left" | 2004-05

| align="left" | Matsushita

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| align="left" | 2005-06

| align="left" | Matsushita

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| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2006-07†

| align="left" | Osaka

| 24 || 0 || 5.7 || 50.0 || - ||50.0 ||0.8 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.8

|-

| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2007-08†

| align="left" | Osaka

| 8 || 0 || 3.1 || 0.0 || - || 50.0 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.2

|-

| align="left" | 2008-09

| align="left" | Shiga

| 51 || 28 || 10.7 || 53.3 || - || 50.0 || 2.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.4

|-

| align="left" | 2009-10

| align="left" | Shiga

| 23 || 0 || 3.7 || 55.6 || - || 66.7 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5

|-

| align="left" | 2010-11

| align="left" | Shiga

| 21 || 0 || 5.4 || 50.0 || - || 0.0 || 1.4 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4

|-

| align="left" | 2011-12

| align="left" | Mitsubishi

| 16 || 0 || 3.1 || 33.3 || - || 50.0 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.2

|-

| align="left" | 2012-13

| align="left" | Shimane

| 7 || 0 || 2.7 || - || - || - || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | 2013-14

| align="left" | Osaka

| 17 || 1 || 2.4 || 100 || - || - || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.1

|-

| align="left" | 2014-15

| align="left" | Osaka

| 16 || 0 || 2.9 || - || - || - || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | 2015-16

| align="left" | Nishinomiya

| 11 || 0 || 2.5 || 100 || - || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.2

|-

| align="left" | 2016-17

| align="left" | Ibaraki

| 49 || 17 || 3.5 || 50.0 || - || 50.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.0||0.2

|-

| align="left" | 2017-18

| align="left" | Akita

|20 || 4 || 5.2 ||25 || - ||0 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.1 ||0.1 ||0.2

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| align="left" | 2018-19

| align="left" | Nishinomiya

|16 || 1 || 3.18 ||100 || 0 ||0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0 ||0 ||0.1

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| align="left" | 2019-20

| align="left" | Kanazawa

|39 || 3 || 7.4 ||44.4 || 0 ||55.6 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 0 ||0 ||0.3

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= Playoffs =

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|style="text-align:left;"|2010-11

|style="text-align:left;"|Shiga

| 1 || || 1.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||2.0

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= Early cup games =

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|style="text-align:left;"|2017

|style="text-align:left;"|Akita

| 2 || 0 || 6.44 || .500 || .000 || .250 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0 || 1.5

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|style="text-align:left;"|2018

|style="text-align:left;"|Nishinomiya

| 3 || 0 || 9.17 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.33 || 0 || 1.0

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Personal

His father Tetsuo Sato is an Olympic medalist in volleyball. His cousin Kosuke Ishii is a professional basketball player for the Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League.

References