Rei Sato (badminton) (original) (raw)

Rei Sato (佐藤 黎, Satō Rei, born 3 August 1990) is a Japanese badminton player from the NTT East team. Born in Miyagi, he graduated from the Saitama Sakae high school, and later educated at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Naomasa Senkyo, they won the men's doubles title at the North Shore City and Waikato International tournaments. Sato also clinched the men's singles title at the 2014 Portugal International tournament.