is a Japanese philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2011.Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011 , Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
Sato was the fifth Japanese to be invited to sign the Roll. He has noted collections of Tasmania and Hyderabad which have won awards in international stamp exhibitions. His recent research has been on the production of the 4d Tasmanian Courier stamp."Election of new Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists" by Chris King in The London Philatelist, Vol. 120, No. 1385, pp. 156-7.
Sato has been Vice President of the Philatelic Federation of Japan, and served as a Fédération Internationale de Philatélie accredited philatelic judge.
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