Nobuo Sato

Nobuo Satō ( Japanese 佐藤信夫 , Satō Nobuo ; born January 3, 1942 in Osaka , Osaka Prefecture ) is a former Japanese figure skater and figure skating coach.

Satō was from 1957 to 1966 ten times in a row Japanese champion in figure skating and thus holds the national title record in the men's competition. He represented Japan at the 1960 Olympics , where he finished 14th, and in 1964 , where he finished eighth. He took part in world championships six times , his best result there being fourth at the 1965 world championships .

Sato is married to the former Japanese figure skating champion Kumiko Ōkawa . Their daughter Yuka Satō was figure skating world champion in 1994 . Together with Machiko Yamada , Sato is one of the most successful coaches in Japan. His students were or are Miki Andō , Shōko Ishikawa , Hirokazu Kobayashi , Takahiko Kozuka , Yukari Nakano , Yuka Satō, Wun-Chang Shih , Fumie Suguri and Mao Asada .

In 2010, Nobuo Satō was inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame .

Results

Competition / year	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
winter Olympics					14th				8th.
World championships					12.		10.	10.	8th.	4th	5.
Japanese championships	3.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Nobuo Satō in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Sato's commitment earns Hall of Fame nomination (The Japan Times, January 31, 2010, accessed May 9, 2010)