Hirotaka Sato

is a Japanese former professional basketball player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Senshu University. He was selected by the Osaka Evessa with the 4th overall pick in the .

Stats

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2004-05 | align="left" | Matsushita | || || || || || || || || || || |- | align="left" | 2005-06 | align="left" | Matsushita | || || || || || || || || || || |- | align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2006-07†| align="left" | Osaka | 24 || 0 || 5.7 || 50.0 || - ||50.0 ||0.8 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.8 |- | align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2007-08†| align="left" | Osaka | 8 || 0 || 3.1 || 0.0 || - || 50.0 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.2 |- | align="left" | 2008-09 | align="left" | Shiga | 51 || 28 || 10.7 || 53.3 || - || 50.0 || 2.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.4 |- | align="left" | 2009-10 | align="left" | Shiga | 23 || 0 || 3.7 || 55.6 || - || 66.7 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 |- | align="left" | 2010-11 | align="left" | Shiga | 21 || 0 || 5.4 || 50.0 || - || 0.0 || 1.4 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 |- | align="left" | 2011-12 | align="left" | Mitsubishi | 16 || 0 || 3.1 || 33.3 || - || 50.0 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.2 |- | align="left" | 2012-13 | align="left" | Shimane | 7 || 0 || 2.7 || - || - || - || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | 2013-14 | align="left" | Osaka | 17 || 1 || 2.4 || 100 || - || - || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 |- | align="left" | 2014-15 | align="left" | Osaka | 16 || 0 || 2.9 || - || - || - || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | 2015-16 | align="left" | Nishinomiya | 11 || 0 || 2.5 || 100 || - || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.2 |- | align="left" | 2016-17 | align="left" | Ibaraki | 49 || 17 || 3.5 || 50.0 || - || 50.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.0||0.2 |- | align="left" | 2017-18 | align="left" | Akita |20 || 4 || 5.2 ||25 || - ||0 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.1 ||0.1 ||0.2 |- | align="left" | 2018-19 | align="left" | Nishinomiya |16 || 1 || 3.18 ||100 || 0 ||0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0 ||0 ||0.1 |- | align="left" | 2019-20 | align="left" | Kanazawa |39 || 3 || 7.4 ||44.4 || 0 ||55.6 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 0 ||0 ||0.3 |-

Playoffs

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2010-11 |style="text-align:left;"|Shiga | 1 || || 1.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 ||2.0 |-

Early cup games

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || 0 || 6.44 || .500 || .000 || .250 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0 || 1.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|Nishinomiya | 3 || 0 || 9.17 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.33 || 0 || 1.0 |-

Personal

His father Tetsuo Sato is an Olympic medalist in volleyball. His cousin Kosuke Ishii is a professional basketball player for the Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League.

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