Daisuke Satou (佐藤 大輔, Satō Daisuke, April 3, 1964 – March 22, 2017) was a Japanese novelist, board game designer, and manga author from Ishikawa Prefecture. He is known for writing the story of the manga series Imperial Guards (Koukoku no Shugosha) and Highschool of the Dead (Gakuen Mokushiroku).
