# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryuji-sato
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:57.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryuji-sato"
name: "Ryuji Sato"
slug: "ryuji-sato"
description: "Ryuji Sato  is a former Japanese football referee. He has officiated matches in the J1 League, AFC Champions League and FIFA World Cup qualifiers and is currently a director of referees in the J.League."
tagline: "Japanese football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ry%C5%ABji_Sat%C5%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1977-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             18.43649946638207
  historical:           20.11199066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E9%9A%86%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "佐藤隆治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ريوجي ساتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ریوجی ساتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rj%C3%BAd%C5%BEi_Sat%C3%B3"
    title: "Rjúdži Sató"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABji_Sat%C5%8D_(Schiedsrichter)"
    title: "Ryūji Satō (Schiedsrichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABji_Sat%C5%8D"
    title: "Ryūji Satō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ریوجی ساتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABji_Sat%C5%8D"
    title: "Ryūji Satō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABji_Sat%C5%8D"
    title: "Ryūji Satō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%92'%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "ריוג'י סאטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szat%C3%B3_Rj%C3%BAdzsi"
    title: "Szató Rjúdzsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E9%9A%86%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "佐藤隆治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%ED%86%A0_%EB%A5%98%EC%A7%80"
    title: "사토 류지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Сато, Рюдзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сато Рюдзі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuji_Sato"
    title: "Ryuji Sato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat%C5%8D_Ry%C5%ABji"
    title: "Satō Ryūji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump