Kōichi Satō

Koichi Sato (佐藤 浩市, Satō Kōichi, born December 10, 1960) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.

Sato has appeared in some of Junji Sakamoto's films such as Tokarev, Face, KT, Children of the Dark, and Human Trust.

He also appeared in Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django, Yoichi Sai's Kamui Gaiden, and Takahisa Zeze's Heaven's Story.

Awards won

• 1982: 24th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best New Actor for The Gate of Youth
• 1982: 5th Japan Academy Prize: Newcomer of the Year for The Gate of Youth
• 1984: 8th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year
• 1995: 18th Japan Academy Prize: Best Actor for Crest of Betrayal
• 1995: 7th Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Actor for Crest of Betrayal
• 1995: 16th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor for Tokarev
• 1996: 10th Takasaki Film Festival: Best Actor for Gonin
• 2001: 24th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for Whiteout
• 2001: 15th Takasaki Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor for Face
• 2003: 12th Japanese Movie Critics Awards: Best Actor for KT
• 2003: 45th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actor for KT
• 2004: 27th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for When the Last Sword Is Drawn
• 2006: 32nd Hoso Bunka Foundation Award: Performance Award for Climber's High
• 2007: 61st Mainichi Film Awards: Best Actor for What the Snow Brings
• 2007: 18th Tokyo International Film Festival: Best Actor Award for What the Snow Brings
• 2007: 61st Japan Broadcast Film and Arts Awards: Excellence Award What the Snow Brings
• 2008: 1st International Drama Festival in Tokyo: Best Actor for Kaze no Hate, Tengoku to Jigoku, and Honto to Uso to Tequila
• 2009: 63rd Japan Broadcast Film and Arts Awards: Best Actor Award for Honto to Uso to Tequila
• 2012: 73rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Kagi no Kakatta Heya
• 2012: 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2012): Best Supporting Actor for Kagi no Kakatta Heya
• 2015: 40th Hochi Film Award: Best Actor for Kishūteneki Terminal and The Pearls of the Stone Man
• 2016: 29th Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Actor for 64: Part I and 64: Part II
• 2017: 40th Japan Academy Prize: Best Actor for 64: Part I
• 2018: 5th Kyoto International Art and Film Festival: Toshiro Mifune Award

Awards nominated

• 1984: 7th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for The Catch
• 2007: 30th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for The Uchoten Hotel
• 2007: 61st Japan Broadcast Film and Arts Awards: Best Actor for Honto to Uso to Tequila
• 2009: 32nd Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for The Magic Hour
• 2012: 35th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for The Last Ronin
• 2013: 36th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for Anata e
• 2013: 36th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for The Floating Castle
• 2016: 39th Japan Academy Prize: Best Actor for Kishūteneki Terminal