Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh (written: or ) are the 20th and 21st most common Japanese surnames respectively. 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 Genki Saito (born 2001), Japanese para swimmer , 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 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 , better known as Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor , Japanese printmaker , 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 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 voice actress , Japanese voice actor and singer , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese rower , Japanese badminton player Takako Saito (1929–2025), 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 , a character in the manga series Gintama 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? Saito, a character in the anime series Tiger & Bunny
See also Saitō Musashibō Benkei (1155–1189), Japanese warrior monk of folklore Saitō clan, a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period
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