Saitō Explained

Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh (written: or) are the 10th and 11th most common Japanese surnames respectively.^[1] Less common variants are,, and . Notable people with the surname include:

Notable people with the surname

• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sailor
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese security guard taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese motorcycle racer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese karateka
• Ayako Saitoh (born 1956), Japanese wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
• , Japanese playwright, director, actor and theatre producer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese Confucian scholar, historian, and poet
• , Japanese long-distance runner
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese drifting driver
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese samurai and daimyō
• , Japanese businessman
• Eva Saito-Noda (1921-2004), Canadian composer
• , Japanese basketball player
• , the married name of Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician and Japan's first female prefectural governor
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese samurai and Shinsengumi third unit captain
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese softball player
• , Japanese cross-country skier
• Hideo Saito, a ring name of Captain New Japan (born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese basketball player
• , Japanese diplomat
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
• , Japanese modern pentathlete
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese water polo player
• , Japanese teacher of aikido and son of Morihiro Saito
• , Japanese singer, idol and radio personality
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese film score composer
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• James Saito (born 1955), American actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese footballer
• Juniti Saito (born 1942), Brazilian military officer and the former commander of the Brazilian Air Force
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese communist politician
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese racewalker
• , Japanese singer-songwriter
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , better known as Hiroshi, Japanese owarai comedian
• , Japanese swimmer
• Kikuo Saito (1939–2016), Japanese-born American painter
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese footballer
• , better known as Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor
• , Japanese printmaker
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese table tennis player
• , Japanese philosopher and historian of economic thought
• , Japanese cinematographer
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese Paralympic athlete
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese DJ and composer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Kozo Saito, Japanese electrical engineer
• , Japanese diplomat
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese idol
• , Japanese weightlifter
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• , Japanese graphic designer
• , also known as K-ness., Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese javelin thrower
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , better known as Masa Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese sailor
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese pop singer
• Mizuho Saito, the Japanese drummer of ZONE
• , Japanese poet
• , Japanese voice actress
• Momoko Saito (cricketer) (born 1981), Japanese women cricketer
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese daimyō and monk
• , Japanese model
• , Japanese field hockey player
• , Japanese rugby union player
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese weightlifter
• Rie Saito (斉藤 里恵, born 1984), Japanese politician and writer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese businessman and art collector
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese speed skater
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese kobudoka
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese yo-yo performer and competitor
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese biathlete
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese actor and voice actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese actor and singer
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese badminton player
• Takako Saito (born 1929), Japanese artist
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese cinematographer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese baseball pitcher
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
• , Japanese weightlifter
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese violinist
• Taki Saito (born 2000), Filipino actress
• , Japanese basketball coach
• , Japanese actor
• Takumi Saito (racewalker) (born 1993), Japanese racewalker
• , Japanese psychologist
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese ice hockey player
• , Japanese Magic: the Gathering player
• , birth name of Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, writer and model
• , Japanese samurai
• Tomoyuki Saito, Japanese mixed martial artist
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese samurai
• , Japanese samurai
• , Japanese daimyō
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese comedian
• , Japanese composer and arranger
• William Saito (born 1971), Japanese-American businessman
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese diplomat
• , better known as Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese comedian and voice actor
• , Japanese video game designer
• , Japanese water polo player
• , Japanese hurdler and sprinter
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese visual artist
• , Japanese samurai and daimyō
• , Japanese general
• , better known as Super Shisa, Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese essayist
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, essayist and poet
• , Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
• , Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
• , professor of philosophy at Rhode Island School of Design
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese rugby union player

Fictional characters

• , a character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• , a character in the manga series Mitsuboshi Colors
• Colonel Saito, a character in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Saito, a character in the film Inception
• , a character in the OVA series Kuttsukiboshi
• , a character in the novel series Sound! Euphonium
• , a character in the manga series Laid-Back Camp
• , a character in the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
• , a character in the manga series Angelic Layer
• , a character in the manga series Encouragement of Climb
• Kaori Saito, a character in the manga series Ice Blade
• , a character in the manga series Squid Girl
• Saito Hikari (Hub Hikari) from the Mega Man Battle Network video game series
• Shou Saito, a character in the Black Mirror episode "Playtest"
• , a character in the novel series Psychic Detective Yakumo
• , a character in the light novel series And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

See also

• Saitō Musashibō Benkei (1155–1189), Japanese warrior monk of folklore
• Saitō clan, a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period

Notes and References

1. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company – National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-09-27.