Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin 2007 ya ga Sato ya sami babban matsayi. Ya kasance mai tsere na biyu a bayan Atsushi Fujita a Beppu-Ōita Marathon. Ya kasance na biyu daga mafi kyawunsa a Sapporo Half Marathon, yana matsayi na uku a kan podium. A 2007 IAAF Duniya Road Running Championships
ya karya tarihin Asiya na rabin marathon da lokacin 1:00:25 hours. Wannan ya kawo masa matsayi na tara a gaba ɗaya, amma yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa biyu da ba' yan Afirka ba ne da suka gama a cikin manyan goma (tare da Marilson dos Santos). A ƙarshen shekara shi ne ɗan tseren Jafananci na farko da ya dawo gida a Fukuoka Marathon kuma tseren sa na awa 2:07:13 don matsayi na uku ya sanya shi ɗan tseren marathon na huɗu mafi sauri na Jafananci a koyaushe kuma ya sami masa wuri a cikin ƙungiyar Olympics.