Nobuo Satō (佐藤 信夫, Satō Nobuo, born January 3, 1942 in Osaka) is a Japanese figure skater and coach.

He is married to Kumiko Okawa, and as of 2011 the couple lives near Yokohama.

Along with Machiko Yamada, he is one of the most successful coaches in Japan.

His current and former students include Miki Ando,[3] Mao Asada,[4] Shoko Ishikawa,[5] Hirokazu Kobayashi,[6] Takahiko Kozuka,[7] Yukari Nakano,[8] Yuka Sato, Marin Honda,[9] Kao Miura,[10] Wun-Chang Shih,[11] and Fumie Suguri.

[12] In February 2010, he was elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.