Masayoshi Sato

For other uses, see [Sato](/wiki/Sato "Sato").
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| **Masayoshi Sato** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 佐藤 正義   (Satō Masayoshi) |
| English name: | Masayoshi Sato |
| Age: | 32 (18 years ago) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relatives: | [Mrs. Sato](/wiki/Mrs._Sato "Mrs. Sato") (wife)   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") (only daughter) |
| Occupation: | [Senior Superintendent](/wiki/Police_Organization#Senior_Superintendent_.28Rank_4.29 "Police Organization") |
| Status: | Deceased |
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| First appearance: | Manga: [File 267](/wiki/Volume_27#Sato.27s_Father_Case "Volume 27")   Anime: [Episode 205](/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Detective_Love_Story_3 "Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Masayoshi_Sato_Appearances "Masayoshi Sato Appearances") Chapters: (/wiki/Masayoshi_Sato_Appearances "Masayoshi Sato Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Masayoshi_Sato_Appearances "Masayoshi Sato Appearances") |
| Cases solved: | 0 |
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| Japanese voice: | [Toru Okawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_%C5%8Ckawa "wikipedia:Tōru Ōkawa") |
**Masayoshi Sato** (佐藤 正義 ,*Satō Masayoshi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a character in the manga and anime franchise *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Personality](#Personality)
* [3 Appearance](#Appearance)
* [4 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
* [5 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [5.1 Mrs. Sato](#Mrs._Sato)
+ [5.2 Miwako Sato](#Miwako_Sato)
* [6 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [7 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 See also](#See_also)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Sato family eighteen years ago.
Masayoshi Sato was [Miwako](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")'s father. During his high school years, he was the baseball team's captain. He went on to become a police officer, attaining the rank of [Senior Superintendent](/wiki/Police_Organization#Senior_Superintendent_.28Rank_4.29 "Police Organization") in the [Tokyo MPD](/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police "Tokyo Metropolitan Police") when he died on duty, eighteen years prior to the current timeline.
## Personality[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Personality")]
He was a righteous law enforcement member. He was also a good husband and father.
## Appearance[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appearance")]
He had short brown hair and brown eyes, and was not particularly tall.
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
It was eighteen years ago, a day with heavy rain. He had just arrested Shuji Kano, one of his four friends, for bank robbery and was escorting him to the police station. Believing that there was no hope for him in life, Kano tried to commit suicide by running into a trunk. He pushed Kano out of the way in order to safe his life, but he was hit and severely injured instead. As Kano ran away, he cried "surrender yourself, surrender yourself" (pronounced as "jishu shiro") while extending an hand in his direction. The passersby were not able to hear him clearly and thought that he was saying "Shuushirou", which is why the case came to be known as the "case of Shuushirou". He later died on the ambulance, in the company of his wife and daughter. Although still could speaking, he stayed silent on the identity of the robber, as he was hoping that Kano would listen to him and go to the police station voluntarily. This did not happen and Kano was at large for another eighteen years, until [Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") and [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") solve the case, so Miwako avenges her father and apprehends him.
## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
### Mrs. Sato[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Mrs. Sato")]
He has maintained a good relationship with his [wife](/wiki/Mrs._Sato "Mrs. Sato"). On that day, when going to work, she told him to be careful. He replied while smiling that she should not worry, as an astrologer had predicted that he would have a good day.
### Miwako Sato[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Miwako Sato")]
He cared deeply about his daughter, and this was and still is reciprocated. When he was on the verge of dying, [Miwako](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") sobbed and asked her father why a person fighting for justice would have such a fate. He told her that the word "justice" should be kept in her heart. She still remembers this quote to this day, and additionally carries his old handcuffs around as an omamori.
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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| Episode 206 | Episode 535 |
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Sato's given name, "正義", means "justice" both in Japanese and in traditional Chinese. While used in that sense and not as a Japanese male given name, it is pronounced as "Seigi".
## In other languages[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayoshi_Sato&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: In other languages")]
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
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| Japanese | 正義 Masayoshi | 佐藤 Satou |
| Arabic | ماسايوشي Masayoshi | ساتو Sato |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 正义 Zhèngyì | 佐藤 Zhúoténg |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 正義 Zhèngyì | 佐藤 Zhúoténg |
| German | Masayoshi | Satou |