Taishu Sato

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Taishu Sato

Personal information
Born	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 30)[1]
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Medal record Men's modern pentathlon Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris Individual Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team

Taishu Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 大宗, romanized: Satō Taishū, born 20 October 1993) is a Japanese modern pentathlete. He was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Games and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

He became Japanese national champion for the first time in 2021, scoring a tally of 1459 points.^[2]

During the 2022 Pentathlon World Cup event in Budapest, Sato publicly protested the removal of the equestrian element in future modern pentathlon events by wearing a T-shirt at the fencing element of the competition with the slogan "Save Riding and Change The Rules”.^[3] He won silver at the World Cup Final in the mixed relay in 2022.^[4]

He was a bronze medalist in the men’s team event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. At the Games he finished in sixth place in the individual event.^[5][6] He came in second place in the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup leg in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[7]

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and qualified first from his group for the final.^[8]