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Akira Satō is the founder and current Head Instructor of Shito-Ryu Satokai, based in Vancouver, Canada.
Akira Sato started studying karate in 1962 in Japan. He later joined the dojo of Seiko Suzuki in Tokyo under the style of Ryusho Sakagami (Shito-Ruy Itosu-Kai). Akira Sato moved to Canada in 1970 and then started developing Shito-Ruy karate in Vancouver, Canada.
Since 2017, Akira Sato has his own organization, the Sato-Ha Shito-Ryu Kokusai Rengo (International Federation) with affiliations in over 25 countries.