Shōji Satō (佐藤 翔冶, Satō Shōji, born 19 September 1982) is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East team.

[3] Sato made his first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2004 Athens, competed in the men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Bao Chunlai of China.

[1][4] Sato also represented Japan as the third singles in the 2010 Thomas Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He played as the third singles and against Malaysia in the group stage, he shocked the hosts after defeating Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, after the team staged a huge comeback from 0–2 down to win 3–2 over the hosts.

At the 2012 London Olympics, he competed with Naoki Kawamae in the men's doubles.