Sakata may refer to:

People

Akira Sakata Akira Sakata (born 21 February 1945) is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist. Early life Sakata was born in Hiroshima on 21 February 1945. He first heard jazz on short-wave radio and Voice of America, then became more interested in it from listening ...

(born 1945), Japanese saxophonist *

Daisuke Sakata is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career He first played for Yokohama Flügels youth team but became a Yokohama F. Marinos youth player when both teams merged in 1999. He was promoted to the top team ...

(born 1983), former American professional football player * Jeanne Sakata, American actress and playwright * Lenn Sakata (Lenn Haruki Sakata) (born 1954), former American professional baseball player *

Harold Sakata , better known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting, and late ...

(Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata) (1920–1982), American Olympic medalist, professional wrestler, and actor *

Sakata Eio was a 9- dan Japanese professional Go player. Biography Sakata became a professional Go player in 1935. His first title match was the Hon'inbō in 1951 when he challenged Hashimoto Utaro. More than usual was at stake in the match because H ...

(1920–2010), Japanese professional Go player * Sakata Minoru (1902–1974), Japanese photographer * Sakata no Kintoki, the Japanese folk hero Kintarō *

Sakata Tōjūrō refers to a family of kabuki actors in Kyoto and OsakaNussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Sakata Tōjūrō''" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File. and it is the ...

, stage name taken on by a number of Kabuki actors *

Shoichi Sakata was a Japanese physicist and Marxist who was internationally known for theoretical work on the subatomic particles.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Sakata Shōichi''" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ' ...

(Sakata Shōichi) (1911–1970), Japanese physicist *

Takefumi Sakata is a Japanese boxer in the flyweight (112 lb/50 kg) division and a former WBA flyweight champion. Sakata was the premier boxer in the Kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of Kōki Kameda in 2005. He stayed out of the limelight for mo ...

(born 1980), Japanese flyweight boxer

Places

Sakata, Yamagata is a Cities of Japan, city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 96,777 in 42,600 households, and a population density of 180 people per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Sakata is located ...

, a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan *

Sakata District, Shiga was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 41,126 and a density of 184.34 persons per km2. The total area is 223.10 km2. History By the time of founding, the di ...

, a district located in Shiga, Japan *

Sakata people The Sakata people, or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are indigenous to the Mai-Ndombe Province, formerly part of Bandundu Province. They speak the Sakata language, and Lin ...

, a tribe in the Black Water Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other

* Sakata language, a language in the Black Water Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation, surname, geo Japanese-language surnames