Daisuke Satō(佐藤大輔Satō Daisuke), born on April 3, 1964, is a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and manga writer. He is known for the publication of the alternate history novels Seito (Divided Japan like Korea), Red Sun Black Cross (Japan fights against Germany) and so on, and the manga series Imperial Guards (Army with saber-toothed tigers) and Highschool of the Dead (Zombie apocalypse).