| Hirotaka Sato | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 243 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 1981 12, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Odawara, Kanagawa |
| Highschool: | Soyo (Odawara, Kanagawa) |
| Career Start: | 2004 |
| Career End: | 2020 |
| Years1: | 2004–2006 |
| Team1: | Matsushita Electric |
| Years2: | 2006–2008 |
| Team2: | Osaka Evessa |
| Years3: | 2008–2011 |
| Team3: | Shiga Lakestars |
| Years4: | 2011–2012 |
| Team4: | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Years5: | 2012–2013 |
| Team5: | Shimane Susanoo Magic |
| Years6: | 2013–2015 |
| Team6: | Osaka Evessa |
| Years7: | 2015–2016 |
| Team7: | Nishinomiya Storks |
| Years8: | 2016–2017 |
| Team8: | Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots |
| Years9: | 2017–2018 |
| Team9: | Akita Northern Happinets |
| Years10: | 2018-2019 |
| Team10: | Nishinomiya Storks |
| Years11: | 2019-2020 |
| Team11: | Kanazawa Samuraiz |
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is a Japanese former professional basketball player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League in Japan.[1] He played college basketball for Senshu University. He was selected by the Osaka Evessa with the 4th overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft.
|-| 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 |-
|-|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|-
|-|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|-
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.