Shōji Satō
Shōji Satō (佐藤 翔冶, Satō Shōji, born September 19, 1982) is a male badminton player from Japan.
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| Birth name | 佐藤翔冶 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 19, 1982 Higashimurayama, Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current ranking | 12 (July 5, 2007) | ||||||||||||||||
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Career
Shoji has all school titles from junior school to university. Also doubles team of Shoji and Sho Sasaki held first place of high school tournament. He won four Japanese National Championships in a row between 2003 and 2006.
Shoji played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Bao Chunlai of China. He also represented Japan as the third singles in the 2010 edition of the Thomas Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He played as the third singles and against Malaysia in the group stage, he shocked the hosts after defeating Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, after the team staged a huge comeback from 0-2 down to win 3-2 over the hosts.
Shoji played also at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the men's singles round of 32 and lost in the round of 16.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with Naoki Kawamae in the men's doubles.
Achievements
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Swiss Open | |
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21–13, 21–14 |  |
| 2011 | Syed Modi India Open | |
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21–17, 12–21, 23–21 | |
| 2011 | Russian Open | |
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21–18, 21–17 | |
| 2011 | Australian Open | |
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17–21, 18–21 |  |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2008 | Canadian International |  |
21–18, 21–16 | |
| 2004 | Swedish International Stockholm |  |
15–9, 15–4 | |
| 2004 | Ten Days of Dawn | |
15–11, 15–11 | |
| 2003 | Slovenian International |  |
15–7, 7–15, 15–6 | |
| 2003 | Brazil International | |
15–13, 15–4 | |
| 2003 | Bulgarian International | |
Walkover | |
| 2003 | Australian International | |
15–13, 15–9 | |
| 2003 | New Zealand International | |
3–15, 15–4, 15–1 | |
| 2003 | Wellington International | |
15–4, 17–14 | |
| 2003 | South Africa International | |
11–15, 15–12, 15–7 | |
| 2003 | Ten Days of Dawn | |
15–4, 17–14 | |
| 2001 | Cuba International | |
15–10, 15–5 | |
| 2001 | Ten Days of Dawn |  |
17–14, 15–2 | |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2009 | Canadian International | |
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21–15, 21–12 | |
| 2009 | Austrian International | |
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21–19, 21–17 | |
| 2009 | Swedish International | |
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15–21, 21–14, 21–17 | |
| 2009 | Croatian International | |
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15–21, 19–21 | |
| 2009 | Estonian International | |
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21–13, 21–9 | |
| 2003 | Ten Days of Dawn | |
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4–15, 15–13, 15–5 | |
| 2003 | Wellington International | |
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5–15, 17–16, 10–15 | |
| 2001 | Cuba International | |
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| 2001 | Ten Days of Dawn | |
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15–9, 15–12 | |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
External links
- Japanese-language page for Shoji Sato, including photograph.
- Shōji Satō at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)