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Character Introduction
Shoji Sato is a Japanese male badminton player.
Shoji Sato won four consecutive Japanese national badminton championships from 2003 to 2006. Shoji Sato lost to Bao Chunlai of China in the round of 32 in the men’s singles badminton tournament at the Athens Olympics.
Sato also qualified for the men’s singles badminton tournament at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Anup Sridhar of India in the round of 32, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Danish star Peter Gait in three hard-fought sets.
In April 2011, Sato teamed up with Naoki Kawamae to play in the Australian Open badminton tournament, where they lost 0-2 (17-21, 18-21) in the final to the team of teammates Daiyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa, finishing as runners-up. In July of the same year, they played in the Russian Open and met the same opponents again in the final, but this time won 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) to win the title.
On December 27, 2012, Shoji Sato officially registered his retirement from the Badminton World Federation.
In 2013, Sato became the women’s singles coach of the Japan national team.
Equipment Used
NANOSPEED 8000 (old model)
Major Achievements
- 2012 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2012 Singapore Badminton Super Tournament Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 Germany Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2011 China Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2011 India Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2011 USA Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2011 USA Badminton Grand Prix Gold Men’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2011 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2011 Badminton Australia Golden Grand Prix Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2011 Malaysia Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2010 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2009 Austria Badminton International Challenge Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2009 Badminton Canada International Challenge Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2009 Badminton Netherlands International Challenger Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2009 Croatia Badminton International Challenge Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2009 Sweden Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2009 Estonia Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2009 Estonia Badminton International Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2008 Canada Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2006 New Zealand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2005 Holland Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2004 German Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2004 Peru Badminton International Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2004 Iran Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2004 Sweden Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 Guatemala Badminton International Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2003 Scottish Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2003 Slovenia Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 Brazil Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 Czech Republic Badminton International Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2003 Australian Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 New Zealand Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 New Zealand Badminton International Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2003 Waikato Badminton International (New Zealand) Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2003 Wellington Badminton International (NZ) Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2003 Wellington Badminton International (NZ) Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2003 Luxembourg Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 Luxembourg Badminton International Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2003 Iran Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2003 Iran Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2003 Mauritius Badminton International Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2003 South Africa Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2002 Nigeria Badminton International Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2002 Nigeria Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2001 Iran Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2001 Iran Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2001 Cuba Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
