Saitō

Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh (written: 斎藤 or 斉藤) are the 10th most common Japanese surnames respectively. Less common variants are 齋藤, 齊藤, 才藤 and 齎藤. Notable people with the surname include:

Notable people with the surname

 * Koki Saito (斉藤 光毅), Japanese footballer
 * Aiko Saito (齋藤 愛子), Japanese sailor
 * Akane Saito (齊藤 あかね), Japanese women's footballer
 * Akihiko Saito (斎藤 昭彦), Japanese security guard taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
 * Akio Saito (斉藤 明雄), Japanese baseball player
 * Akira Saito (motorcyclist) (斉藤 明), Japanese motorcycle racer
 * Akitoshi Saito (斎藤 彰俊), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Asuka Saitō (齋藤 飛鳥), Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
 * Asuto Saitō (斎藤 明日斗), Japanese shogi player
 * Ayaka Saitō (齋藤 彩夏), Japanese voice actress
 * Ayaka Saito (karateka) (齊藤 綾夏), Japanese karateka
 * Ayako Saitoh (born 1956), Japanese wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
 * Ayumu Saito (斎藤 歩), Japanese playwright, director, actor and theatre producer
 * Chiho Saito (さいとう ちほ), Japanese manga artist
 * Saitō Chikudō (斉藤 竹堂), Japanese Confucian scholar, historian, and poet
 * Chisato Saito (齊藤 千聖), Japanese long-distance runner
 * Chiwa Saitō (斎藤 千和), Japanese voice actress
 * Daigo Saito (斎藤 太吾), Japanese drifting driver
 * Daisuke Saito (footballer, born 1974) (斎藤 大輔), Japanese footballer
 * Daisuke Saito (footballer, born 1980) (斉藤 大介), Japanese footballer
 * Saitō Dōsan (斎藤 道三), Japanese samurai and daimyō
 * Eishiro Saito (斎藤 英四郎), Japanese businessman
 * Eva Saito-Noda (1921-2004), Canadian composer
 * Fumio Saito (斎藤 文夫), Japanese basketball player
 * Fusae Saitō (齊藤 房江), the married name of Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician and Japan's first female prefectural governor
 * Giyo Saito (斎藤 魏洋), Japanese swimmer
 * Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一), Japanese samurai and Shinsengumi third unit captain
 * Harley Saito (ハーレー 斉藤), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Haruka Saito (斎藤 春香), Japanese softball player
 * Hideko Saito (斎藤 ひで子), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Hideo Saito, a ring name of Captain New Japan (born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Hideo Saito (musician) (齋藤 秀雄), Japanese musician
 * Hiro Saito (斎藤 弘幸), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Hiroko Saito (斎藤 弘子), Japanese swimmer
 * Hiroshi Saito (basketball) (斎藤 博), Japanese basketball player
 * Hiroshi Saito (diplomat) (斎藤 博), Japanese diplomat
 * Hiroshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 浩史), Japanese footballer
 * Hiroshi Saitō (governor) (斎藤 弘), Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
 * Hiroshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 裕), Japanese mathematician
 * Hiroshi Saitō (mayor) (斉藤 博), Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
 * Hiroshi Saito (pentathlete) (才藤 浩), Japanese modern pentathlete
 * Hiroshi Saito (rower) (斎藤 宏), Japanese rower
 * Hiroya Saito (斉藤 浩哉), Japanese ski jumper
 * Hisaharu Saito (斉藤 久治), Japanese water polo player
 * Hitohiro Saito (斎藤 仁弘), Japanese teacher of aikido and son of Morihiro Saito
 * Hitomi Saito (斉藤 瞳), Japanese singer, idol and radio personality
 * Hitomi Saito (speed skater) (斎藤 仁美), Japanese speed skater
 * Hitoshi Saito (斉藤 仁), Japanese judoka
 * Ichirō Saitō (斎藤 一郎), Japanese film score composer
 * Ikuzo Saito (斎藤 育造), Japanese sport wrestler
 * James Saito (born 1955), American actor
 * Jiro Saito (voice actor) (斉藤 次郎), Japanese voice actor
 * Jiro Saito (businessman) (斎藤 次郎), Japanese businessman
 * Jitsuko Saito (斎藤 実子), Japanese speed skater
 * Jumpei Saito (斎藤 純平), Japanese footballer
 * Juniti Saito (born 1942), Brazilian military officer and the former commander of the Brazilian Air Force
 * Katsuya Saito (斎藤 勝也), Japanese cyclist
 * Katsuyuki Saito (斎藤 克幸), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuki Saito (齊藤 和樹), Japanese footballer
 * Kazuko Saito (斉藤 和子), Japanese communist politician
 * Kazumi Saito (斉藤 和巳), Japanese baseball player
 * Kazuo Saito (斉藤 和夫), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Kazuo Saito (athlete) (斎藤 和夫), Japanese racewalker
 * Kazuyoshi Saito (斉藤 和義), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Kei Saito (齋藤 慧), Japanese speed skater
 * Keiko Saito (斉藤 慶子), Japanese actress
 * Keiko Saito (footballer) (斉藤 圭子), Japanese women's footballer
 * Keita Saito (齋藤 恵太), Japanese footballer
 * Ken Saitō (齋藤 健), Japanese politician
 * Ken'ichi Saitō (斉藤 健一), better known as Hiroshi, Japanese owarai comedian
 * Kenkichi Saito (斎藤 兼吉), Japanese swimmer
 * Kikuo Saito (1939–2016), Japanese-born American painter
 * Kimiko Saitō (斉藤 貴美子), Japanese voice actress
 * Kinoto Saito (斉藤 乙), Japanese footballer
 * Kiyonori Saito (斎藤 清憲), better known as Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor
 * Kiyoshi Saitō (artist) (斎藤 清), Japanese printmaker
 * Kiyoshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 紀由), Japanese footballer
 * Kiyoshi Saito (table tennis) (斎藤 清), Japanese table tennis player
 * Kohei Saito (斎藤 幸平), Japanese philosopher and historian of economic thought
 * Kōichi Saitō (cinematographer) (斉藤 幸一), Japanese cinematographer
 * Kōichi Saitō (film director) (斎藤 耕一), Japanese film director
 * Kōichi Saitō (photographer) (齋藤 康一), Japanese photographer
 * Kōji Saitō (photographer) (斎藤 鵠児), Japanese photographer
 * Koji Saito (athlete) (斉藤 晃司), Japanese Paralympic athlete
 * Kōsei Saitō (斎藤 光正), Japanese film director
 * Kosuke Saito (斉藤 広祐), Japanese DJ and composer
 * Kosuke Saito (footballer) (齋藤 功佑), Japanese footballer
 * Kota Saito (斎藤 宏太), Japanese footballer
 * Koya Saito (斎藤 広野), Japanese footballer
 * Kozo Saito, Japanese electrical engineer
 * Kunihiko Saitō (斎藤 邦彦), Japanese diplomat
 * Kyoji Saito (齋藤 恭司), Japanese mathematician
 * Kyōko Saitō (齊藤 京子), Japanese idol
 * Kyujiro Saito (斎藤 久治郎), Japanese weightlifter
 * Saitō Makoto (斎藤 実), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
 * Makoto Saitō (designer) (サイトウ マコト), Japanese graphic designer
 * Makoto Saitō (wrestler) (斎藤 誠), also known as K-ness., Japanese professional wrestler
 * Makoto Saito (amateur wrestler) (斎藤 真), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Manabu Saitō (齋藤 学), Japanese footballer
 * Marina Saito (斉藤 真理菜), Japanese javelin thrower
 * Masaki Saito (baseball) (斎藤 雅樹), Japanese baseball player
 * Masaki Saito (footballer) (齋藤 将基), Japanese footballer
 * Masanori Saito (斎藤 昌典), better known as Masa Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Masaru Saito (齊藤 勝), Japanese baseball player
 * Masato Saito (斉藤 雅人), Japanese footballer
 * Masaya Saito (斎藤 雅也), Japanese footballer
 * Miki Saito (斉藤 美紀), Japanese swimmer
 * Minoru Saito (斉藤 実), Japanese sailor
 * Mitsuki Saito (齊藤 未月), Japanese footballer
 * Miuna Saito (斉藤 美海), Japanese pop singer
 * Mizuho Saito, the Japanese drummer of ZONE
 * Mokichi Saitō (斎藤 茂吉), Japanese poet
 * Momoko Saitō (斎藤 桃子), Japanese voice actress
 * Momoko Saito (cricketer) (born 1981), Japanese women cricketer
 * Morihiko Saito (斎藤 盛彦), Japanese mathematician
 * Morihiro Saito (斉藤 守弘), Japanese aikidoka
 * Saitō Myōchin (斎藤 妙椿), Japanese daimyō and monk
 * Nana Saitō (齋藤 奈々), Japanese model
 * Naoko Saito (齋藤 尚子), Japanese field hockey player
 * Naoto Saito (斉藤 直人), Japanese rugby union player
 * Neko Saito (斎藤 ネコ), Japanese musician
 * Nobuharu Saito (齋藤 信治), Japanese volleyball player
 * Osamu Saito (斎藤 修), Japanese rower
 * Rika Saito (斎藤 里香), Japanese weightlifter
 * Rie Saito (斉藤 里恵, born 1984), Japanese politician and writer
 * Rin Saitō (斉藤 倫), Japanese manga artist
 * Ryo Saito (斎藤 了), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ryo Saito (footballer) (齋藤 遼), Japanese footballer
 * Ryoei Saito (齊藤 了英), Japanese businessman and art collector
 * Saitō Ryokuu (斎藤 賢), Japanese writer
 * Ryuji Saito (才藤 龍治), Japanese footballer
 * Ryusei Saito (齊藤 隆成), Japanese footballer
 * Ryu Saito (齋藤 竜), Japanese footballer
 * Sachiko Saito (斎藤 幸子), Japanese speed skater
 * Saizo Saito (斎藤 才三), Japanese footballer
 * Sakae Saitō (斉藤 栄), Japanese writer
 * Saitō Satoshi (齋藤 聰), Japanese kobudoka
 * Seigo Saito (齋藤 制剛), Japanese judoka
 * Seiichi Saito (斉藤 誠一), Japanese footballer
 * Seiji Saito (斉藤 誠司), Japanese footballer
 * Shigemi Saito (斎藤 繁美), Japanese sport shooter
 * Shinji Saito (斎藤 慎司), Japanese yo-yo performer and competitor
 * Shintarō Saitō (斎藤 慎太郎), Japanese shogi player
 * Shinya Saito (齊藤 慎弥), Japanese biathlete
 * Shiori Saito (齋藤 栞), Japanese badminton player
 * Shirō Saitō (斎藤 志郎), Japanese actor and voice actor
 * Shogo Saitoh (斉藤 彰吾), Japanese baseball player
 * Shota Saito (footballer, born 1994) (齋藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shota Saito (footballer, born 1996) (斎藤 翔太), Japanese footballer
 * Shuka Saitō (斉藤 朱夏), Japanese voice actress
 * Sōma Saitō (斉藤 壮馬), Japanese voice actor and singer
 * Syuusuke Saito (斉藤 秀翼), Japanese actor and singer
 * Tadashi Saito (斎藤 直), Japanese rower
 * Taichi Saito (齋藤 太一), Japanese badminton player
 * Takako Saito (born 1929), Japanese artist
 * Takako Saito (wrestler) (斉藤 貴子), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Takao Saito (斎藤 隆夫), Japanese manga artist
 * Takao Saito (cinematographer) (斎藤 孝雄), Japanese cinematographer
 * Saitō Takao (politician) (斎藤 隆夫), Japanese politician
 * Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆), Japanese baseball pitcher
 * Takashi Saito (footballer) (齋藤 恭志), Japanese footballer
 * Takashi Saito (sumo wrestler) (斉藤 俊), Japanese sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
 * Takashi Saito (weightlifter) (斎藤 隆), Japanese weightlifter
 * Takeshi Saito (footballer) (斉藤 武志), Japanese footballer
 * Takeshi Saito (ice hockey) (齊藤 毅), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Takeshi Saito (mathematician) (斎藤 毅), Japanese mathematician
 * Takeshi Saito (musician) (斎藤 毅), Japanese violinist
 * Taki Saito (born 2000), Filipino actress
 * Taku Saito (斎藤 卓), Japanese basketball coach
 * Takumi Saito (斎藤 工), Japanese actor
 * Takumi Saito (racewalker) (born 1993), Japanese racewalker
 * Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環), Japanese psychologist
 * Tatsuo Saitō (斎藤 達雄), Japanese actor
 * Saitō Tatsuoki (斎藤 右兵衛・大筆 龍興), Japanese daimyō
 * Tetsuo Saito (斉藤 鉄夫), Japanese politician
 * Tetsuya Saito (斉藤 哲也), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Tomoharu Saitou (齋藤 友晴), Japanese Magic: the Gathering player
 * Tomohiro Saitō (齋藤 智裕), birth name of Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, writer and model
 * Saitō Tomonobu (斎藤 朝信), Japanese samurai
 * Tomoyuki Saito, Japanese mixed martial artist
 * Torajirō Saitō (斎藤 寅次郎), Japanese film director
 * Toshihide Saito (斉藤 俊秀), Japanese footballer and manager
 * Saito Toshikazu (齋藤 俊一), Japanese samurai
 * Saitō Toshimitsu (斎藤 利三), Japanese samurai
 * Saitō Toshinaga (斎藤 利永), Japanese daimyō
 * Toshitsugu Saito (斉藤 斗志二), Japanese politician
 * Tsukasa Saito (斎藤 司), Japanese comedian
 * Tsuneyoshi Saito (斎藤 恒芳), Japanese composer and arranger
 * William Saito (born 1971), Japanese-American businessman
 * Yasuka Saitō (齋藤 ヤスカ), Japanese actor
 * Yasuo Saitō (diplomat) (齋藤 泰雄), Japanese diplomat
 * Yasuo Saitō (斎藤 恭央), better known as Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese comedian and voice actor
 * Yoot Saito (斉藤 由多加), Japanese video game designer
 * Yoshifumi Saito (斉藤 好史), Japanese water polo player
 * Yoshihiko Saito (斎藤 嘉彦), Japanese hurdler and sprinter
 * Yoshihiro Saito (斉藤 良宏), Japanese gymnast
 * Yoshishige Saitō (斎藤 義重), Japanese visual artist
 * Saitō Yoshitatsu (斎藤 義龍), Japanese samurai and daimyō
 * Yoshitsugu Saitō (斎藤 義次), Japanese general
 * Yoshiyuki Saito (斉藤 義之), better known as Super Shisa, Japanese professional wrestler
 * Yōsuke Saitō (斎藤 陽介), Japanese footballer
 * Yuka Saitō (essayist) (斎藤 由香), Japanese essayist
 * Yuka Saitō (voice actress) (斉藤 佑圭), Japanese voice actress
 * Yuki Saito (actress) (斉藤 由貴), Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, essayist and poet
 * Yuki Saito (pitcher, born 1987) (齊藤 悠葵), Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
 * Yuki Saito (pitcher, born 1988) (斎藤 佑樹), Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
 * Yuriko Saito (斉藤 百合子), professor of philosophy at Rhode Island School of Design
 * Yasuka Saitō (齋藤 ヤスカ), Japanese actor
 * Yuya Saito (斉藤 祐也), Japanese rugby union player

Fictional characters

 * Saito (Ghost in the Shell) (サイトー), a character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
 * Saitō (斎藤), 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
 * Aaya Saitō (斉藤 亜綾), a character in the OVA series Kuttsukiboshi
 * Aoi Saitou (斎藤 葵), a character in the novel series Sound! Euphonium
 * Ena Saitō (斉藤 恵那), a character in the manga series Laid-Back Camp
 * Saitō Hajime (Rurouni Kenshin) (斎藤 一), a character in the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
 * Kaede Saitou (斉藤 楓), a character in the manga series Angelic Layer
 * Kaede Saitō (斎藤 楓), a character in the manga series Encouragement of Climb
 * Kaori Saito, a character in the manga series Ice Blade
 * Nagisa Saito (斉藤 渚), 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"
 * Yakumo Saito (斉藤 八雲), a character in the novel series Psychic Detective Yakumo
 * Yui Saito (斉藤 結衣), a character in the light novel series And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?