Women · JPN
Hitomi Sato
World No. 9
- World ranking
- No. 9, 4,220 points
- Age
- 28 (born 23 December 1997)
- Birthplace
- Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
- Height
- 163 cm
- Plays
- Right-handed, Shakehand
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Satsuki Odo | L 0-36-11, 6-11, 6-11 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Chen Yi | L 0-410-12, 5-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Sabine Winter | W 3-111-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Prithika Pavade | W 3-112-10, 11-6, 12-14, 11-1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Final | Wang Manyu | L 0-42-11, 8-11, 3-11, 9-11 |
Latest news
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
- WTT Champions Montpellier finals: Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man as Jang Woojin comes from 3-1 down
- WTT Champions Montpellier day five review: Kuai Man ends Miwa Harimoto's run as Moregard survives
Honours
23 titles and gold medals on record, including World Championships, World Team Championships, WTT Finals.
All honours →News
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
The 43-year-old defender beat the third seed in straight games, Kaufmann, Verdonschot, Winter and Mittelham also won, and Lim Jonghoon came from two games down.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
Kaufmann, Winter, Mittelham and Ovtcharov are among the home players in action, and Wang Chuqin finds out on Wednesday whether he plays Wen Ruibo or An Jaehyun.
- Day 6 review
WTT Champions Montpellier finals: Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man as Jang Woojin comes from 3-1 down
Sun dropped the opening game before winning the next four, while Franziska was one game from the title before Jang won the last three.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day five review: Kuai Man ends Miwa Harimoto's run as Moregard survives
Four of the eight quarter-finals went the full seven games, and all four women's semi-finalists are Chinese.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day five preview: Miwa Harimoto faces Kuai Man as Moregard meets Lin Shidong
Five Chinese women are in the last eight, and Truls Moregard is the only one of the top four men's seeds still in the draw.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day four review: Chen Yi beats Wang Manyu as Zhou knocks out Félix Lebrun
Neither top seed is left after the last 16, and France have no one in the quarter-finals after Gauzy also lost from two games up.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day four preview: Wang Manyu meets Chen Yi as Félix Lebrun plays Zhou Qihao
Eleven last-16 matches decide the rest of the quarter-final line-up, with the top seed Wang Manyu facing the new Asian champion in the first match of the day.
- Analysis
Japan's choppers keep an old art alive as defence disappears from the men's game
Honoka Hashimoto won both her matches against China in this month's Asian team final by chopping. The style once produced world champions, and it has all but gone from the men's ranking.
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day two review: Gauzy knocks out Harimoto as Wang Manyu escapes
Alexis Lebrun and Flavien Coton both lost from two games up, and Kuai Man needed extra points in the decider to beat Wales's Anna Hursey.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day two preview: Wang Manyu, Alexis Lebrun and five French players in action
Thirteen more first-round matches are played on Wednesday, with the women's top seed facing the new African champion and Alexis Lebrun leading five French players into the arena.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Satsuki Odo | L 0-36-11, 6-11, 6-11 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Chen Yi | L 0-410-12, 5-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Sabine Winter | W 3-111-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Prithika Pavade | W 3-112-10, 11-6, 12-14, 11-1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Final | Wang Manyu | L 0-42-11, 8-11, 3-11, 9-11 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Chen Xingtong | W 4-12-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Zhu Sibing | W 4-111-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Sabine Winter | W 3-013-11, 11-6, 11-4 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Liu Ziling | W 3-011-7, 11-2, 11-7 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Mo Zhang | W 3-18-11, 11-8, 12-10, 12-10 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Women's singles, Final | Miyuu Kihara | L 3-411-3, 10-12, 11-3, 11-13, 10-12, 11-3, 8-11 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Wang Yidi | W 3-27-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Qin Yuxuan | W 3-111-3, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Jia Nan Yuan | W 3-011-8, 11-4, 11-6 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Maria Xiao | W 3-011-4, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Women's singles, Final | Sakura Yokoi | W 4-111-7, 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Sachi Aoki | W 3-011-5, 12-10, 11-8 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Miu Hirano | W 3-110-12, 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Tin-Tin Ho | W 3-011-7, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Sally Moyland | W 3-011-5, 11-8, 11-3 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 41-13 | 76% | 1 | 6 | 15-11 |
| 2025 | 56 | 45-11 | 80% | 5 | 5 | 56-7 |
| 2024 | 23 | 18-5 | 78% | 1 | 2 | 24-1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4-4 | 50% | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 2 | 1-1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | – |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
Where the ranking points come from
4,220 points from 8 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Smash 2026 | Runner-up | 1400 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Quarter-final | 580 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Runner-up | 420 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Runner-up | 420 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Runner-up | 420 | Counts | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026 | Winner | 400 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 | Runner-up | 280 | Counts | 19 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Lagos 2026 | Semi-final | 180 | Not counted | 31 May 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Semi-final | 180 | Not counted | 14 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Quarter-final | 175 | Not counted | 22 February 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Gdansk 2025 | Winner | 125 | Not counted | 16 November 2026 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Quarter-final | 120 | Not counted | 21 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Quarter-final | 105 | Not counted | 23 November 2026 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Team Championships | Not held | F | Not held | – | Not held | – | 0 |
| WTT Finals | QF | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R64 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | – | F | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | QF | 0 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Championships 1
- Bronze 2019 Doubles
World Team Championships 1
- Silver 2022 Team
WTT Finals 1
- Winner 2024 Doubles WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024
Continental and multi-sport 1
- Gold 2021 Asian Championships team
WTT tour 21
- Winner 2026 WTT Contender Panagyurishte singles WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Muscat doubles WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Gdansk singles WTT Feeder Gdansk 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Gdansk doubles WTT Feeder Gdansk 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Cappadocia II singles WTT Feeder Cappadocia II 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Cappadocia II doubles WTT Feeder Cappadocia II 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Almaty doubles WTT Contender Almaty 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Spokane II doubles WTT Feeder Spokane II 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Spokane doubles WTT Feeder Spokane 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Prishtina singles WTT Feeder Prishtina 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Prishtina doubles WTT Feeder Prishtina 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Havirov singles WTT Feeder Havirov 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Havirov doubles WTT Feeder Havirov 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Otocec II singles WTT Feeder Otocec II 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Otocec doubles WTT Feeder Otocec 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Doha singles WTT Feeder Doha 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte doubles WTT Feeder Panagyurishte 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Olomouc doubles WTT Feeder Olomouc 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Star Contender Bangkok doubles WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro doubles WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Cappadocia doubles WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2024
Club
Club matches
T.League: 48-24 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 4-0 Kyoto Kaguya Rise | Tian Minyi | W 3-011-4, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-1 Kyushu Karina | Mana Yamamoto | W 3-011-8, 11-7, 11-5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-1 Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya | Kasumi Kimura | W 3-011-6, 11-7, 11-7 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-1 Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | Mirei Makino | W 3-111-9, 10-11, 11-4, 11-6 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 1-3 Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya | Haruna Ojio | W 3-210-11, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-2 Nippon Life Red Elf | Hina Hayata | L 0-35-11, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 1-3 Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya | Miyuu Kihara | W 3-011-7, 11-10, 11-9 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 2-3 Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya | Miyuu Kihara | L 0-38-11, 9-11, 10-11 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 2-3 Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya | Kasumi Kimura | L 0-113-15 |
| 1 Aug 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-2 Nippon Life Red Elf | Kaho Akae | W 3-211-3, 11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 12-10 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 0-3 Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | Miwa Harimoto | L 2-39-11, 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 2-3 Nippon Life Red Elf | Rin Mende | L 1-310-11, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 4-0 Kyoto Kaguya Rise | Miku Izumo | W 3-011-3, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 22 Feb 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 2-3 Nippon Life Red Elf | Anne Uesawa / Asuka Sasao with Saki Shibata | L 0-29-11, 5-11 |
| 22 Feb 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 2-3 Nippon Life Red Elf | Rin Mende | W 3-011-9, 11-8, 11-10 |
| 8 Feb 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 1-3 Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | Miu Hirano | L 1-310-11, 11-6, 10-11, 9-11 |
| 7 Feb 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 4-0 Kyushu Karina | Hitomi Edahiro | W 3-011-3, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 4-0 Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | Zhang Rui / Hana Sakurai with Saki Shibata | W 2-011-3, 11-8 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 4-0 Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa | Kotona Okada | W 3-111-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | T.LeagueNippon Paint Mallets 3-1 Kyushu Karina | Kim Nayeong | W 3-011-5, 11-7, 11-5 |
Official results from the leagues: the Tischtennis Bundesliga and the T.League.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.