| Hiroaki Sato | |
| Native Name: | 佐藤洸彬 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Country: | Japan |
| Birth Date: | December 6, 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Morioka, Japan |
| Coach: | Masanori Sasaki |
| Formercoach: | Kuniko Yamazaki |
| Choreographer: | Misao Sato |
| Skating Club: | Morioka FSC |
| Former Skating Club: | Iwate University |
| Currenttraininglocations: | Morioka |
| Formertraininglocations: | Hachinohe |
| Beganskating: | 2005 |
| Retired: | December 2019 |
| Combined Total: | 199.20 |
| Combined Date: | 2017 NHK Trophy |
| Sp Score: | 75.95 |
| Sp Date: | 2017 NHK Trophy |
| Fs Score: | 126.84 |
| Fs Date: | 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy |
is a Japanese retired figure skater. He was named in Japan's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Sato ranked 17th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 15th overall. He has won three senior international medals.
Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Sato became a coach. He currently coaches at the Kinoshita Academy in Uji, Kyoto.[1]
His current and former students include:
| Season | Short program | Free skating | |
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| 2019–2020 [4] |
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| 2018–2019 |
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| 2017–2018 |
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| 2014–2015 |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | ||
| align=left | 11th | 10th | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left | 12th | |||||||||||||||||
| align=left | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Universiade | 7th | |||||||||||||||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 15th | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 8th | |||||||||||||||||
| National[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 10th | 18th | 8th | 8th | 13th | 9th | ||||||||||||
| Japan Junior | 27th | 27th | 10th | 13th | 11th | |||||||||||||
| Japan Novice | 13th B | 7th B | 7th A | 2nd A | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Sect. | 6th J | 2nd J | 3rd J | |||||||||||||||
| Team Events | ||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st T 4th P | ||||||||||||||||
| T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||||||||||||||