# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tatsuo-sato
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:16:29.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tatsuo-sato"
name: "Tatsuo Satō"
slug: "tatsuo-sato"
description: "Tatsuo Sato  was a Japanese anime director most famous for Martian Successor Nadesico. On May 7, 2026, it was announced that Sato died of liver failure on April 24."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tatsuo_Sat%C5%8D_(anime_director)_at_Anime_Expo_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-07-07"
deathDate: "2026-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.29142
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/seitenhyohyo"
    handle:    "seitenhyohyo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766273/"
    handle:    "nm0766273"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4441023"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاتسو ساتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuo_Sato_(director)"
    title: "Tatsuo Sato (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E7%AB%9C%E9%9B%84"
    title: "佐藤竜雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuo_Sat%C5%8D"
    title: "Tatsuo Satō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BE"
    title: "Сато, Тацуо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E9%BE%8D%E9%9B%84"
    title: "佐藤龍雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7688325"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3344035"
    title: "Tatsuo Sato"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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