| Shinji Saito | |
| Birth Name: | Saitō Shinji |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Fukushima, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | yo-yo performer |
is a Japanese competitor and a performer in yo-yo. He won the World Yo-Yo Contest 8 times in 2A and 4 times in CB. He has the most world titles of any yo-yoer in the history of yo-yo competition.
He started practicing yo-yo in March 1998. As soon after starting yo-yo, he joined THP Japan Pro Spinners, Japanese branch of Team High Performance.
On April 5, 1998, he was certified as "Pro Spinner" who passed Hyper-level skills set by BANDAI at Toyland Fukushima.[1]
In 2005, he scored 100 points which is a perfect score in 2A. It was the first time in the history of the World Contest for someone to earn a perfect score.
In March 2008, he graduated Fukushimakita High School.
In April 2008, he was matriculated in Faculty of Business Administration of Asia University.[2]
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| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 5th | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 6th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | East Japan Yo-Yo Contest | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | Tokyo Regional Yo-Yo Contest | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | ||||||||||||||
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| align=left | World Yo-Yo Contest | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | ||||||||||||
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| align=left | Japan National Yo-Yo Contest | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Japan Yo-Yo Contest | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=#000000 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships was established in 2003. The black colored cells mean "The event was not held in that year, or it does not exist anymore." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||