Sato Sunao

Sato Sunao (佐藤 直男, 1924 - July 8, 2004) is a Kansai Ki-in professional Go player, pupil of Hosokawa Senjin 8 dan. Sato had reached 9-dan in 1963.

Winner of the Kansai Ki In First Place Championship in 1957, 1964 and 1981.

Yuki Satoshi, Izumo Tetsuya, Maeda Ryo and Furuya Yutaka are his pupils.