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Yuichiro Saito (齋藤 優一郎) is a Japanese film producer. Producer and Chief Executive Officer of animation film studio, Studio Chizu.

Biography
Born November 5, 1976 in Ibaraki prefecture. After studying in the U.S., he joined Mad House in 1999. Under the tutelage of Producer Masao Maruyama, he participated in numerous animation projects (EX: Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Gisaburō Sugii, Toshio Hirata, Takeshi Koike, Morio Asaka Film）, co-productions with foreign animation studios, and live-action collaborations. He also produced two Hosoda films, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). After he left Mad House in 2011, he established Studio Chizu with Mamoru Hosoda from which time he has exclusively produced Hosoda films, such as Wolf Children (2012) and The Boy and the Beast (2015).On July 20, 2018, Director Mamoru Hosoda's latest work Mirai will be released in Japan.

Major

 * The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (film, 2006)
 * Summer Wars (film, 2009)
 * Wolf Children (film, 2012)
 * The Boy and the Beast (film, 2015)
 * Mirai of the Future (film, 2018)