Keita Sano

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Keita Sano

|image=20170311 Keita Sano, infielder of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, at Yokohama Stadium.jpg

|image_size=250px

|caption=Sano with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars

|position=Infielder, Outfielder

|team=Yokohama DeNA BayStars

|number=7

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1994|11|28}}

|birth_place=Okayama, Okayama, Japan

|debutdate=March 31

|debutyear=2017

|debutteam=Yokohama DeNA BayStars

|debutleague=NPB

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .289

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 839

| stat3label = Home runs

| stat3value = 90

| stat4label = RBI

| stat4value = 388

|teams=

• Yokohama DeNA BayStars ({{npby|2017}}–present)

|awards=

• Japan Series champion (2024)
• Central League Batting Champion ({{npby|2020}})
• 3× NPB All-Star ({{npby|2021}}–{{npby|2023}})
• 2× Best Nine Award (2020, 2022)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's baseball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|JAP}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | WBSC Premier12}}

{{MedalSilver| 2024 | Team }}

}}

{{nihongo|Keita Sano|佐野 恵太|Sano Keita|extra=born November 28, 1994}}, nicknamed "Thanos"{{cite web | url=https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/38712 | title=レギュラー、4番、キャプテン……ベイスターズ佐野恵太の重圧を思えば、もう少しがんばれる気がする }} is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sano--000kei|title=Keita Sano Japanese Leagues Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/91995134.html|title=Register : Sano, Keita (YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS)|last=一般社団法人日本野球機構|access-date=3 December 2017}}