Satō Tadanobu
was a Japanese samurai of the late-Heian period. He was a follower of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the ''Genpei Jōsuiki'', he was one of the , along with Kamata Morimasa, Kamata Mitsumasa, and Satō Tsugunobu. He was the younger brother of Tsugunobu, and their father was the Ōshū Fujiwara retainer Satō Motoharu.Tsugunobu and his brother Tadanobu "were 'given' to Yoshitsune by Fujiwara no Hidehira when Yoshitsune left Oshu to join Yoritomo." Provided by Wikipedia