Sakata may refer to:
People Akira Sakata (born 1945), Japanese saxophonist Daisuke Sakata (born 1983), former American professional football player Jeanne Sakata, American actress and playwright Lenn Sakata (Lenn Haruki Sakata) (born 1954), former American professional baseball player Harold Sakata (Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata) (1920–1982), American Olympic medalist, professional wrestler, and actor Sakata Eio (1920–2010), Japanese professional Go player Sakata Minoru (1902–1974), Japanese photographer Sakata no Kintoki, the Japanese folk hero Kintarō Sakata Tōjūrō, stage name taken on by a number of Kabuki actors Shoichi Sakata (Sakata Shōichi) (1911–1970), Japanese physicist Takefumi Sakata (born 1980), Japanese flyweight boxer
Places Sakata, Yamagata, a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan Sakata District, Shiga, a district located in Shiga, Japan Sakata people, a tribe in the Black Water Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fictional characters Nemuno Sakata, a character in Hidden Star in Four Seasons from the video game series Touhou Project
Other Sakata language, a language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo