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Koji Sato
Koji Sato
佐藤公治
	in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture (June 17, 2013)
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 2017
Preceded by	Shizuka Kamei
Constituency	Hiroshima 6th district
	In office; 25 June 2000 – 8 August 2005
Constituency	Chugoku PR block
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013
Constituency	Hiroshima at-large district
Personal details
Born	28 July 1959 (age 64); Mukaishima, Mitsugi District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political; affiliations	New Frontier; (until 1997, dissolution); Liberal; (1998-2003, merger); Democratic; (2003-2012); Tomorrow; (2012); Liberal; (2012-2017); Kibō no Tō; (2017-2018, dissolution); Independent; (2018-2020)
Alma mater	Keio University

Koji Sato (佐藤公治, Satō Kōji, born July 28, 1959) is a Japanese politician.

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He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party after running unsuccessfully in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After the Liberal Party merged with the DPJ, he won the 2003 re-election but lost the 2005 re-election. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.