Kazuto Sakata

Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider


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Name = Kazuto Sakata
Nationality = flagicon|Japan Japanese
Years = 1991 - 1999
Teams = Honda, Aprilia
Races = 126
Championships = 125cc - 1994, 1998
Wins = 11
Podiums = 41
Points = 687
Poles = 29
Fastest laps = 19
First race = 1991 125cc Japanese Grand Prix
First win = 1993 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last win = 1998 125cc British Grand Prix
Last race = 1999 125cc Argentine Grand Prix

nihongo|Kazuto Sakata|坂田 和人|extra=born August 15, 1966 in Kōtō, Tokyo is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time F.I.M. 125cc world champion.

Sakata began his Grand Prix career in 1991 and by the 1993 season, finished second to Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class on a Honda. In 1994, he became the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory when he signed with the Aprilia factory. He repaid them by winning the 125cc championship that year. He repeated as champion in 1998 after a tight points battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. He retired after the 1999 season.