Kohane Sato
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| Kohane Sato 佐藤 虹羽 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
16 March 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defenceman | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | |||||||||||||||||||
| WJIHL team | Daishin IHC | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kohane Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 虹羽, さとう こはね, Hepburn: Satō Kohane; born 16 March 2006) is a Japanese ice hockey defenceman who plays for Daishin in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and is a member of the Japan women's national ice hockey team.[1] She won a gold medal with Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.[2] She represented Japan at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[3]
Sato plays domestically for Daishin and (as of 2026) studies at the Kushiro Public University of Economics.[1][4] She attended Hokkaido Kushiro Commercial High School in Kushiro.[5]
International play
Sato has represented Japan at the IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division (2022–2025).[6][7] She also appeared for Japan in the 2026 Winter Olympics women's tournament, recording two assists in four games.[3]
At the junior level, she captained Japan at the 2024 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A, helping the team earn promotion to the Top Division.[8]
She participated in women's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[9]
Making her Olympic debut on 6 February, Japan opposed France. Wearing number six, Sato logged 22:22 of ice time, recording an assist.[10]
She was one of 17 teenagers that played in women's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[11]
