Masayoshi Sato
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| Japanese name: | 佐藤 正義 (Satō Masayoshi) |
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| English name: | Masayoshi Sato |
| Age: | 32 (18 years ago) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | unknown |
| Relatives: | Mrs. Sato (wife) Miwako Sato (only daughter) |
| Occupation: | Senior Superintendent |
| Status: | Deceased |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 267 Anime: Episode 205 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 5 Chapters: 1 Episodes: 5 |
| Cases solved: | 0 |
| Japanese voice: | Toru Okawa |
Masayoshi Sato (佐藤 正義 Satō Masayoshi) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
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Background
Masayoshi Sato was Miwako Sato's father. During his high school years, he was the baseball team's captain with his four friends: Hidero Saruwatari, Shuji Kano, Mitsuo Inomata, and Chiyoko Kandori. He went on to become a police officer, attaining the rank of Senior Superintendent in the Tokyo MPD when he died on duty, eighteen years prior to the current timeline.
Personality
He was a righteous law enforcement member. He was also a good husband and father, and a caring person.
Appearance
He had short brown hair and was not particularly tall. He had brown eyes and was strong.
Plot overview
Sato's Father Case (Manga: 267-269, Anime: 205-206)
It was eighteen years ago and a day with heavy rain. He had just caught Kano as a bank robber 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 was saved by Sato himself, who was hit snd severely injured instead. As Kano ran away, he cried "surrender yourself, surrender yourself" (自首しろ, "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" (シュウシロウ or 愁思郎; neither of these is meaningful), which is why the case came to be known as the "case of Shuushirou" (愁思郎事件). He later died on the ambulance, in the company of his wife and daughter. His death affected them deeply. Kano was at large for another eighteen years, partially because only Sato knew all the important details of the case, until Conan gets involved in the case and solves it.
Different looks
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, "正義" is pronounced as "seigi".
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 |
