Noriko Sato

{{short description|Japanese figure skater and coach}}

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{{nihongo|Noriko Sato|佐藤 紀子|Satō Noriko|born on May 26, 1959, in Tokyo, Japan}} is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. She competed in ice dancing with Tadayuki Takahashi from 1979. They placed 17th in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. They were the first ice dancers from Japan to compete in olympics, also the first ice dancers from Japan to win an international competition (1984 Prague Skate).{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amYFfS3NUYo |title=佐藤紀子、高橋忠之 アイスダンス アラビアのロレンス |date=2011-09-04 |last=perie11 |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=BritishIceSkating |date=2023-09-11 |title=In Memoriam: Bobby Thompson |url=https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/in-memoriam-bobby-thompson |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=British Ice Skating |language=en}} She was six-time Japanese national champion from 1980 to 1985.

Currently she coaches in KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center.{{Cite web |title=日本フィギュアスケーティングインストラクター協会 |url=https://www.jfsia.jp/memberlist/member003.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.jfsia.jp}}

Her current students include:

• Kao Miura{{Cite web |title=Kao Miura |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104486.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.isuresults.com}}
• Wakaba Higuchi{{Cite web |title=Wakaba Higuchi |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014149.htm |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.isuresults.com}}
• Rion Sumiyoshi{{Cite web |title=Rion Sumiyoshi |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00102347.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.isuresults.com}}