Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sano ya zama zakaran kasar Japan a karon farko a kakar 1972<unk>73. A cikin 1973 da 1974, ya tsaya a kan dandalin a Skate Canada International da kuma Kyautar Moscow News. Ya wakilci Japan a Wasannin Olympics na 1976 a Innsbruck, Austria kuma ya gama na tara. A kakar wasa ta gaba, ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyar a jere kuma ya ci gaba da lashe tagulla a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1977.
a cikin Tokyo. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da wakilin Japan ya tsaya a kan dandalin duniya a kowane nau'in wasan motsa jiki. Japan ba za ta sake lashe lambar yabo ta duniya a cikin maza ba har zuwa 2002 (bronze ga Takeshi Honda).