is a Japanese ice hockey defenceman who plays for Daishin in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and is a member of the Japan women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal with Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games. She represented Japan at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Sato plays domestically for Daishin and (as of 2026) studies at the Kushiro Public University of Economics. She attended Hokkaido Kushiro Commercial High School in Kushiro.
Sato has represented Japan at the IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division (2022âÂÂ2025). She also appeared for Japan in the 2026 Winter Olympics women's tournament, recording two assists in four games.
At the junior level, she captained Japan at the 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A, helping the team earn promotion to the Top Division.
She participated in women's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Making her Olympic debut on 6 February, Japan opposed France. Wearing number six, Sato logged 22:22 of ice time, recording an assist.
She was one of 17 teenagers that played in women's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Sato is from Kushiro, Hokkaido. The Japanese Olympic Committee lists her as a second-year student at the Kushiro Public University of Economics in 2026.
Statistics are from the JIHF and IIHF.