Career
She was the leader of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-popular group formerly within Hello! Project, until its disbandment in 2010. In August 2010, less than three months after Melon Kinenbi"s disbandment, Saito married comedian Jirō Hachimitsu (born Jirō Takano) of duo "Tokyo Dynamite". On October 15, 2011, it was announced that Hitomi and Tokyo Dynamite"s Hachimitsu Jiro have divorced Radio.