Daisuke Satō

This article is about the writer. For the Japanese-Filipino footballer, see Daisuke Sato (footballer).

Daisuke Satō (佐藤 大輔, Satō Daisuke, April 3, 1964 – March 22, 2017) was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and manga writer. He was known for his alternate history novels Seito and Red Sun Black Cross, among others. He wrote the story for his manga Imperial Guards (with illustrator Yū Itō) and Highschool of the Dead (with illustrator Shōji Satō). Imperial Guards was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007 and for the first Manga Taishō in 2008.^[3][4] He died on March 22, 2017 from ischaemic heart disease.^[5]

Daisuke Satō
Born	(1964-04-03)April 3, 1964 Ishikawa, Japan
Died	March 22, 2017(2017-03-22) (aged 52)
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Writer
Pseudonym(s)	Daisuke Tō
Notable works	Imperial Guards^[1] Highschool of the Dead^[2]

Bibliography

Manga

• Nichi-Bei Kessen 2025日米決戦2025 (JA–US Final Battle in 2025) by Daisuke Tō (another name of Satō), Yoshifumi Kobayashi and others
• Imperial Guards by Daisuke Satō and Yū Itō
• Highschool of the Dead (学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Gakuen Mokushiroku Highschool of the Dead) by Daisuke Satō and Shōji Satō
• Triage X (トリアージX)

Games

• Red Sun Black Cross (レッドサン ブラッククロス)
• Return to Europe (リターン トゥ ヨーロッパ)
• Escort Fleet (エスコート フリート)
• Niitakayama Nobore (ニイタカヤマノボレ, Climb the New High Mountain)
• War in Vietnam (ベトナム戦争)

Novels

• Gyakuten Taiheiyou Senshi (逆転・太平洋戦史, Reversed Pacific War History)
• Nobunaga series (信長シリーズ)
• Seito (征途, Victory Road)
• Red Sun Black Cross
• Shinkou Sakusen Pacific Storm (侵攻作戦パシフィック・ストーム, Strike Operation Pacific Storm)
• Harukanaru Hoshi (遥かなる星, Distant Star)
• Tokyo no Yasashii Okite (東京の優しい掟, Gentle Rule of Tokyo)
• Kyoei no Okite (虚栄の掟, Vanity Rule)
• Chikyu-Renpou no Koubou (地球連邦の興亡, Rise and Fall of Federation, Earth)
• Koukoku no Shugosha (皇国の守護者, Imperial Guards)
• Ousatsu no Huckebein (鏖殺の凶鳥, Genocider Huckebein)
• Mokushi no Shima (黙示の島, Apocalyptic Island)
• Pyongyang Coup d'État Sakusen – Shizukanaru Asa no Tameni (平壌クーデター作戦 静かなる朝のために, Conspiracy of Coup d'État in Pyongyang – For the Peaceful Morning)

Others

He made a five-minute promo for the 1-hour special episode of the anime One Piece titled "Luffy vs Sanji", which was aired on October 1, 2017.^[6]

References

1. . Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
2. (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. Archived from the original on July 2, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
3. Loo, Egan (April 30, 2007). "Tezuka Cultural Prize Nominees for Manga Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
4. Loo, Egan (January 23, 2008). "12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
5. Loo, Egan (March 26, 2017). "High School of the Dead Manga Creator Daisuke Satō Passes Away at 52". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
6. Peters, Megan (September 24, 2017). "'One Piece' Delivers Epic New Anime Promo for Upcoming Special". ComicBook.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

External links

• Daisuke Satō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia