Shinji Saito


Shinji Saito is a Japanese yo-yo competitor and performer. He is a 13-time champion of the World Yo-Yo Contest, the most world titles, where he is an eight-time 2A division and a four-time CB division champion.

Biography

He started practicing yo-yo in March 1998. As soon after starting yo-yo, he joined THP Japan Pro Spinners, Japanese branch of Team High Performance.
On April 5, 1998, he was certified as "Pro Spinner" who passed Hyper-level skills set by BANDAI at Toyland Fukushima.
In 2005, he scored 100 points which is a perfect score in 2A. It was the first time in the history of the World Contest for someone to earn a perfect score.
In March 2008, he graduated Fukushimakita High School.
In April 2008, he was matriculated in Faculty of Business Administration of Asia University.

Results

  • Other results
  • *4th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary Tohoku, Championship Division winner
  • *5th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary Hokkaido, Free Style Division 3rd place
  • *5th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Final, Free Style Division 3rd place
  • *6th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary Hokkaido, Free Style Division champion
  • *Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Final, Free Style Division 4th place
  • *JYYA Yo-Yo Contest 2001, Yo-Yo Free Style Division AA champion