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Saito (surname)

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Saito (齋藤, 齊藤, 斎藤, 斉藤, 齎藤, さいとう, サイトウ) is a Japanese surname. Variant Romanizations include Saitou, Saitoh, or Saitō. People with the surname include:

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Living

  • Akihiko Saito (1961-2005), Japanese security guard taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
  • Akira Saito (born 1963), Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer
  • Akira Saitō (born 1995), Japanese actress
  • Akitoshi Saito (born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Ayaka Saitō (born 1988), Japanese voice actor
  • Chiho Saito (born 1967), Japanese manga artist
  • Chiwa Saitō (born 1981), Japanese voice actor
  • Daigo Saito (born 1980), Japanese professional drifting driver
  • Daisuke Saito (footballer, born 1974) (born 1974), Japanese footballer
  • Daisuke Saito (born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Fusae Saito (born 1951), the married name of Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician and Japan's first female prefectural governor
  • Haruka Saito (born 1970), Japanese Olympic softball player
  • Hiro Saito (born 1961), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Hiroshi Saito (footballer) (born 1970), Japanese footballer
  • Hiroshi Saitō (governor) (born 1957), Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan
  • Hiroshi Saitō (mayor) (born 1939), Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
  • Hiroshi Saito (pentathlete) (born 1961), Japanese modern pentathlete
  • Hiroya Saito (born 1970), Japanese Olympic ski jumper
  • Hisaharu Saito (born 1962), Japanese Olympic water polo player
  • Hitohiro Saito (born 1957), Japanese teacher of aikido and son of Morihiro Saito
  • Hitoshi Saito (born 1961), Japanese Olympic judoka
  • Ichirō Saitō (1909-1979), Japanese film score composer
  • Ikuzo Saito (born 1960), Japanese Olympic wrestler
  • James Saito (born 1955), actor
  • Jitsuko Saito (born 1946), Japanese Olympic speed skater
  • Juniti Saito (born 1942), Brazilian military officer and the current commander of the Brazilian Air Force
  • Katsuyuki Saito (born 1973), Japanese footballer
  • Kazuki Saito (born 1988), Japanese footballer
  • Kazumi Saito (born 1977), Japanese professional baseball player
  • Kazuo Saito (born 1951), Japanese footballer
  • Ken'ichi Saitō, real name of Hiroshi (owarai), an owarai comedian
  • Kimiko Saitō (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
  • Kinoto Saito (born 1976), Japanese footballer
  • Kiyonori Saito (born), birth name of Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor
  • Kōichi Saitō (cinematographer), Japanese cinematographer
  • Kōichi Saitō (film director) (1929–2009), Japanese film director
  • Kōichi Saitō (photographer) (born 1935), Japanese photographer
  • Kōji Saitō (photographer) (1893-unknown), Japanese photographer
  • Koji Saito (athlete), Paralympic athlete from Japan
  • Kosuke Saito (born 1983), Japanese DJ
  • Kozo Saito, Japanese electrical engineer
  • Kiyoshi Saito (born 1982), Japanese footballer
  • Kiyoshi Saitō (1907-1997), Japanese sōsaku hanga artist
  • Kōichi Saitō (cinematographer), Japanese cinematographer
  • Makoto Saito (wrestler) (born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Makoto Saito (designer) (born 1952), Japanese graphic designer
  • Manabu Saitō (born 1990), Japanese footballer
  • Masa Saito (born 1942), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Masaki Saito (baseball) (born 1965), Japanese baseball player
  • Masaki Saito (footballer) (born 1980), Japanese footballer
  • Masato Saito (born 1975), Japanese footballer
  • Masaya Saito (born 1985), Japanese footballer
  • Miki Saito (born 1968), Japanese Olympic swimmer
  • Minoru Saito (1934), Japanese solo yachtsmen
  • Mitsuhide Hirasawa (born 1982), real name of Hideo Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
  • Miuna Saito (born 1987), Japanese pop singer
  • Mizuho Saito, the Japanese drummer of ZONE
  • Mokichi Saitō (1882-1953), Japanese poet
  • Momoko Saitō (born 1982), Japanese voice actor
  • Momoko Saito (cricketer) (born 1982), Japanese cricketer
  • Morihiro Saito, (1928–2002), teacher of Aikido
  • Naoko Saito (born 1976), Japanese field hockey Olympian
  • Naoto Saito (born 1988), Japanese figure skater
  • Rika Saito (born 1983), Japanese Olympic weightlifter
  • Rin Saitō, Japanese manga artist
  • Ryo Saito (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Ryoei Saito (1916-1996), the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing
  • Ryu Saito (born 1979), Japanese footballer
  • Sachiko Saito (born 1947), Japanese Olympic speed skater
  • Saizo Saito (1908-2004), Japanese footballer
  • Sakae Saitō (born 1933), Japanese author of popular fiction
  • Seigo Saito (born 1977), retired Japanese judoka
  • Shinji Saito (born 1989), Japanese professional yo-yo performer and competitor
  • Shirō Saitō (born 1956), Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Takako Saito (1929), Japanese artist
  • Takako Saito (wrestler) (born 1983), female Japanese wrestler
  • Takao Saito (born 1936), Japanese manga artist
  • Takao Saito (cinematographer) (born 1920), Japanese cinematographer
  • Takashi Saito (born 1970), Japanese baseball pitcher
  • Takashi Saito (ca.1990-2007), sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
  • Takeshi Saito (born 1981), Japanese professional ice hockey player
  • Takeshi Saito (footballer) (born 1979), former Japanese football player
  • Takumi Saito (born 1981), Japanese actor
  • Takumi Saito (racewalker) (born 1993), Japanese Olympic racewalker
  • Tamaki Saitō (born 1961), Japanese psychologist
  • Tetsuo Saito (born 1952), Japanese politician
  • Tomoharu Saitou (born 1983), professional Magic: the Gathering player
  • Tomohiro Saitō (born 1984), birth name of Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, writer and model
  • Torajiro Saito (1905-1982), Japanese film director
  • Toshihide Saito (born 1973), Japanese footballer
  • Toshitsugu Saito (born 1944), Japanese politician
  • Tsuneyoshi Saito, Japanese composer and arranger
  • William Saito (born 1971), Japanese entrepreneur
  • Yasuka Saitoh (born 1987), Japanese actress
  • Yasuo Saitō (diplomat) (born 1948), Japanese diplomat and current Ambassador to Russia
  • Yasuo Saitō (born 1976), real name of Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese comedian and voice actor
  • Yoot Saito, Japanese video game designer
  • Yoshifumi Saito (born 1958), Japanese Olympic water polo player
  • Yoshihiko Saito (born 1972), Japanese hurdler and sprinter
  • Yoshitsugu Saito, Japanese army commander during the Battle of Saipan
  • Yoshitsugu Saitō (1890-1944), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
  • Yoshiyuki Saito (born 1970), the real name of Japanese professional wrestler Super Shisa
  • Yōsuke Saitō (footballer) (born 1988), Japanese footballer
  • Yuka Saitō (essayist) (born 1962), Japanese essayist, daughter of Morio Kita and a grandchild of Mokichi Saitō
  • Yuka Saitō (voice actress) (born 1986), Japanese voice actress
  • Yuki Saito (actress) (born 1966), Japanese actress, singer, writer, poet
  • Yuki Saito (pitcher, born 1987), Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  • Yuki Saito (pitcher, born 1988), Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  • Yuriko Saito, professor of philosophy at Rhode Island School of Design
  • Yasuka Saitoh (born 1987), Japanese actor
  • Yuya Saito (born 1977), Japanese rugby union footballer

    • Historical people

  • Saitō clan, clan during the Sengoku period of Japan
  • Saitō Chikudō (1815-1852), Japanese confucian scholar, historian, and poet
  • Saitō Dōsan (1494–1556), daimyō
  • Saitō Hajime (1844–1915), Shinsengumi third unit captain
  • Saitō Makoto (1858–1936), former Governor-General of Korea, former Prime Minister of Japan
  • Saitō Musashibō Benkei (1155–1189), fighting monk of folklore
  • Saitō Myōchin (1411–1480), monk and military chieftain during the Muromachi period
  • Saitō Ryokuu (1867–1904), author
  • Saitō Sanemori (1111–1183), shogun of Genpei war
  • Saitō Takao (1870-1949), Japanese opposition politician during World War II
  • Saitō Tatsuoki (1548–1573), daimyo from Mino Province
  • Saito Tomonobu (1527-1591), an officer under the Uesugi clan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century
  • Saito Toshikazu (unknown-1582), lord of Ikuchiyama in Tamba Province
  • Saitō Toshimitsu (1534-1582), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
  • Saitō Toshinaga (unknown-1460), daimyo from Mino Province
  • Saitō Yoshitatsu (1527–1561), daimyo from Mino Province

    • Fictional characters

  • Saito (Ghost in the Shell), of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • Saitō Hajime (Rurouni Kenshin), of Rurouni Kenshin
  • Saito Hajime of Peacemaker Kurogane
  • Kaede Saitou, of Angelic Layer
  • Kaori Saito, of Jiraishin / Ice Blade
  • Hiraga Saito, of Zero no Tsukaima
  • Saito Hikari (Hub Hikari) from the Mega Man Battle Network video game series
  • Colonel Saito of The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Mr. Saito of Inception

    • References

    Saito (surname) Wikipedia
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