Sunao Sato Explained

Sunao Sato
Fullname:	Sunao Sato
Kanji:	佐藤 直男
Birth Date:	1924
Birth Place:	Japan
Rank:	9 dan

was a professional Go player.

Sato was a 9 dan who played in the Kansai Ki-in. He had many pupils, including Yuki Satoshi,^[1] Izumo Tetsuya, Maeda Ryo, and Furuya Yutaka. Sato became a 9 dan in 1963.

Titles

Title	Years Held
Current	3
Kansai Ki-in Championship	1957, 1964, 1981^[2]

External Links

• Sunao Sato on GoBase
• Games played by Sunao Sato on Fuseki.info

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yuki Satoshi . GoBase.
2. Web site: Kansai Ki-in 1st Place title games.