Career
Saito is from Sapporo, Hokkaidō. He belonged to Asahi Kasei after graduation from Kokushikan University in 2000. But he was not able to use the skill of them by the trouble of knee like Anterior cruciate ligament injury since 2000.
But he was not chosen as a Japanese representative at the World Championships held in Cairo.
He has coached judo at Asahi Kasei since 2010. Among his students is Tatsuki Masubuchi Yohei Takai and so on.
1994 - All-Japan Junior Championships (-86 kg) 2nd 2004.