Yuya Saito


Yuya Saito is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as No. 8, currently for Toyota [Jido Shokki (rugby union club)|Toyota Jido Shokki]. He graduated from Meiji University and used to play for Suntory Sungoliath before he went to play professional rugby in France for about one season.
He's a regular at Japan national [rugby union team], having played at the 2003 [Rugby World Cup] finals. He played at full back for the first time for the Steelers versus Suntory in a game on Christmas Day 2004.
He married former Olympic gold medalist swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki.