Saitō
Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh are the 20th and 21st most common Japanese surnames respectively. Less common variants are,, and. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aiko Saito, Japanese sailor
- Akane Saito, Japanese women's footballer
- Akihiko Saito, Japanese security guard taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
- Akio Saito, Japanese baseball player
- Akira Saitō, Japanese actress
- Akira Saito, Japanese motorcycle racer
- Akitoshi Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Asuka Saitō, Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model
- Asuto Saitō, Japanese shogi player
- Ayaka Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Saito, Japanese karateka
- Ayako Saitoh, Japanese wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
- Ayumu Saito, Japanese playwright, director, actor and theatre producer
- Chiho Saito, Japanese manga artist
- Saitō Chikudō, Japanese Confucian scholar, historian, and poet
- Chisato Saito, Japanese long-distance runner
- Chiwa Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Daigo Saito, Japanese drifting driver
- Daisuke Saito, Japanese footballer
- Daisuke Saito, Japanese footballer
- Saitō Dōsan, Japanese samurai and daimyō
- Eishiro Saito, Japanese businessman
- Fumio Saito, Japanese basketball player
- Fusae Saitō, the married name of Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician and Japan's first female prefectural governor
- Giyo Saito, Japanese swimmer
- Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai and Shinsengumi third unit captain
- Harley Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Haruka Saito, Japanese softball player
- Hideko Saito, Japanese cross-country skier
- Hideo Saito, a ring name of Captain New Japan, Japanese professional wrestler
- Hideo Saito, Japanese musician
- Hiro Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Hiroko Saito, Japanese swimmer
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese basketball player
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese diplomat
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese footballer
- Hiroshi Saitō, Japanese politician from Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese mathematician
- Hiroshi Saitō, Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese modern pentathlete
- Hiroshi Saito, Japanese rower
- Hiroya Saito, Japanese ski jumper
- Hisaharu Saito, Japanese water polo player
- Hitohiro Saito, Japanese teacher of aikido and son of Morihiro Saito
- Hitomi Saito, Japanese singer, idol and radio personality
- Hitomi Saito, Japanese speed skater
- Hitoshi Saito, Japanese judoka
- Ichirō Saitō, Japanese film score composer
- Ikuzo Saito, Japanese sport wrestler
- James Saito, American actor
- Jiro Saito, Japanese voice actor
- Jiro Saito, Japanese businessman
- Jitsuko Saito, Japanese speed skater
- Jumpei Saito, Japanese footballer
- Juniti Saito, Brazilian military officer and the former commander of the Brazilian Air Force
- Katsuya Saito, Japanese cyclist
- Katsuyuki Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kazuki Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kazuko Saito, Japanese communist politician
- Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player
- Kazuo Saito, Japanese footballer and manager
- Kazuo Saito, Japanese racewalker
- Kei Saito, Japanese speed skater
- Keiko Saito, Japanese actress
- Keiko Saito, Japanese women's footballer
- Keita Saito, Japanese footballer
- Ken Saitō, Japanese politician
- Ken'ichi Saitō, better known as Hiroshi, Japanese owarai comedian
- Kenkichi Saito, Japanese swimmer
- Kikuo Saito, Japanese-born American painter
- Kimiko Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Kinoto Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kiyonori Saito, better known as Daisuke Ban, Japanese actor
- Kiyoshi Saitō, Japanese printmaker
- Kiyoshi Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kiyoshi Saito, Japanese table tennis player
- Kōichi Saitō, Japanese cinematographer
- Kōichi Saitō, Japanese film director
- Kōichi Saitō, Japanese photographer
- Kōji Saitō, Japanese photographer
- Koji Saito, Japanese Paralympic athlete
- Koki Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kōsei Saitō, Japanese film director
- Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ and composer
- Kosuke Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kota Saito, Japanese footballer
- Koya Saito, Japanese footballer
- Kozo Saito, Japanese electrical engineer
- Kunihiko Saitō, Japanese diplomat
- Kyoji Saito, Japanese mathematician
- Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
- Kyujiro Saito, Japanese weightlifter
- Saitō Makoto, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- Makoto Saitō, Japanese graphic designer
- Makoto Saitō, also known as K-ness., Japanese professional wrestler
- Makoto Saito, Japanese sport wrestler
- Manabu Saitō, Japanese footballer
- Marina Saito, Japanese javelin thrower
- Masaki Saito, Japanese baseball player
- Masaki Saito, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Saito, better known as Masa Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Masaru Saito, Japanese baseball player
- Masato Saito, Japanese footballer
- Masaya Saito, Japanese footballer
- Miki Saito, Japanese swimmer
- Minoru Saito, Japanese sailor
- Mitsuki Saito, Japanese footballer
- Miuna Saito, Japanese pop singer
- Mizuho Saito, the Japanese drummer of ZONE
- Mokichi Saitō, Japanese poet
- Momoko Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Momoko Saito , Japanese women cricketer
- Morihiro Saito, Japanese aikidoka
- Saitō Myōchin, Japanese daimyō and monk
- Nana Saitō, Japanese model
- Naoko Saito, Japanese field hockey player
- Naoto Saito, Japanese rugby union player
- Neko Saito, Japanese musician
- Nobuharu Saito, Japanese volleyball player
- Osamu Saito, Japanese rower
- Rika Saito, Japanese weightlifter
- Rin Saitō, Japanese manga artist
- Ryo Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryo Saito, Japanese footballer
- Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman and art collector
- Saitō Ryokuu, Japanese writer
- Ryuji Saito, Japanese footballer
- Ryusei Saito, Japanese footballer
- Ryu Saito, Japanese footballer
- Sachiko Saito, Japanese speed skater
- Saizo Saito, Japanese footballer
- Sakae Saitō, Japanese writer
- Saitō Satoshi, Japanese kobudoka
- Seigo Saito, Japanese judoka
- Seiichi Saito, Japanese footballer
- Seiji Saito, Japanese footballer
- Shigemi Saito, Japanese sport shooter
- Shinji Saito, Japanese yo-yo performer and competitor
- Shintarō Saitō, Japanese shogi player
- Shinya Saito, Japanese biathlete
- Shiori Saito, Japanese badminton player
- Shirō Saitō, Japanese actor and voice actor
- Shogo Saitoh, Japanese baseball player
- Shota Saito, Japanese footballer
- Shota Saito, Japanese footballer
- Shuka Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Sōma Saitō, Japanese voice actor and singer
- Syuusuke Saito, Japanese actor and singer
- Tadashi Saito, Japanese rower
- Taichi Saito, Japanese badminton player
- Takako Saito, Japanese artist
- Takako Saito, Japanese sport wrestler
- Takao Saito, Japanese manga artist
- Takao Saito, Japanese cinematographer
- Saitō Takao, Japanese politician
- Takashi Saito, Japanese baseball pitcher
- Takashi Saito, Japanese footballer
- Takashi Saito, Japanese sumo wrestler who died due to injuries sustained in the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal
- Takashi Saito, Japanese weightlifter
- Takeshi Saito, Japanese footballer
- Takeshi Saito, Japanese ice hockey player
- Takeshi Saito, Japanese mathematician
- Neko Saito, Japanese violinist
- Taki Saito, Filipino actress
- Taku Saito, Japanese basketball coach
- Takumi Saito, Japanese actor
- Takumi Saito , Japanese racewalker
- Tamaki Saitō, Japanese psychologist
- Tatsuo Saitō, Japanese actor
- Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō
- Tetsuo Saito, Japanese politician
- Tetsuya Saito, Japanese ice hockey player
- Tomoharu Saitou, Japanese Magic: the Gathering player
- Tomohiro Saitō, birth name of Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, writer and model
- Saitō Tomonobu, Japanese samurai
- Tomoyuki Saito, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Torajirō Saitō, Japanese film director
- Toshihide Saito, Japanese footballer and manager
- Saito Toshikazu, Japanese samurai
- Saitō Toshimitsu, Japanese samurai
- Saitō Toshinaga, Japanese daimyō
- Toshitsugu Saito, Japanese politician
- Tsukasa Saito, Japanese comedian
- Tsuneyoshi Saito, Japanese composer and arranger
- William Saito, Japanese-American businessman
- Yasuka Saitō, Japanese actor
- Yasuo Saitō, Japanese diplomat
- Yasuo Saitō, better known as Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese comedian and voice actor
- Yoot Saito, Japanese video game designer
- Yoshifumi Saito, Japanese water polo player
- Yoshihiko Saito, Japanese hurdler and sprinter
- Yoshihiro Saito, Japanese gymnast
- Saitō Yoshitatsu, Japanese samurai and daimyō
- Yoshitsugu Saitō, Japanese general
- Yoshiyuki Saito, better known as Super Shisa, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yōsuke Saitō, Japanese footballer
- Yuka Saitō, Japanese essayist
- Yuka Saitō, Japanese voice actress
- Yuki Saito, Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, essayist and poet
- Yuki Saito, Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
- Yuki Saito, Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
- Yuriko Saito, professor of philosophy at Rhode Island School of Design
- Yasuka Saitō, Japanese actor
- Yuya Saito, Japanese rugby union player
Fictional characters
- Saito, a character in the film Inception
- Aaya Saitō, a character in the OVA series Kuttsukiboshi
- Aoi Saitou, a character in the novel series Sound! Euphonium
- Saitō Hajime, a character in the manga series Rurouni Kenshin
- Kaede Saitou, a character in the manga series Angelic Layer
- Kaede Saitō, a character in the manga series Encouragement of Climb
- Kaori Saito, a character in the manga series Ice Blade
- Nagisa Saito, a character in the manga series Squid Girl
- Saito Hikari from the Mega Man Battle Network video game series
- Shou Saito, a character in the Black Mirror episode "Playtest"
- Yakumo Saito, a character in the novel series Psychic Detective Yakumo
- Yui Saito, a character in the light novel series And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?''