Shinobu Sato (born June 5, 1955), is a Japanese classical artist. Shinobu debuted in 1988 with the tape Red Dragonfly: World Music on Guitar, which was released on audio CD in 1992. His second major album, Little Signs of Autumn was released on audio CD in 1994.

Shinobu was born in Kobe, Japan, and began playing the acoustic guitar at the age of 13. He emigrated to the United States in 1979[1] after meeting his future wife Katherine Larson. He has the ability to play the guitar either left- or right-handed and specializes in working with 9, 10, and 12 string guitars.

Shinobu began working in Los Angeles, California as a waiter, while trying to establish his career as a musician. He received his economics degree in Japan and his masters in Music History and Guitar from Northeastern Illinois University.

Shinobu is currently developing the unique ability of transcribing piano music for use on 10-string guitars. In addition, he teaches guitar to students of all ages throughout the northside of Chicago, Illinois. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.