Mio Satō

Mio Satō (佐藤 澪, Satō Mio; born 12 February 1993) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for the NEC Red Rockets.^[1][2] She also played for the Japan women's national volleyball team.^[3]

Mio Satō
Personal information
Full name	Mio Satō
Nickname	Mio
Born	(1993-02-12) February 12, 1993 (age 32) Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan
Hometown	Yamagata, Japan
Height	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Spike	250 cm (98 in)
Block	240 cm (94 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	NEC Red Rockets
Number	17
National team
Japan

Career

Satō was born in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture. She became a volleyball player at 7 years old,^[4] and played as Libero at 13 years old.

While attending the Yamagata Municipal Commercial High School, Her team won fifth place at the national highschool tournament.^[5][6] In April 2011 Satō joined Shokei Gakuin University, her team qualified National Sports Festival and Empress's Cup in October 2014.

On 31 October 2014 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis announced her joining.^[7] She is the first premier league player from Shokei Gakuin's alumnus.^[8]

On 6 April 2015 she was selected as a member of Japan women's national volleyball team,^[9] Satō competed 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix and 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.

On 1 August 2019 NEC Red Rockets announced her joining the club.^[10]

Clubs

• Takiyama Sports Club^[3]
• Yamagata Municipal Dairoku Junior High School
• Yamagata Municipal Commercial High School
• Shokei Gakuin University (2011-2015)
• Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (2015-2018)
• NEC Red Rockets (2019-)

National team

• 2015 - 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (5th place)