Seigo Saito, Date of Birth

    

Seigo Saito

Japanese judoka

Date of Birth: 04-May-1977

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Seigo Saito

  • Seigo Saito (?? ??, Saito Seigo, born 4 May 1977) is a retired Japanese judoka. Saito is from Sapporo, Hokkaido.
  • He belonged to Asahi Kasei after graduation from Kokushikan University in 2000. Saito was good at Uchimata and Newaza in high-school days and was expected to get medal of Olympic Games or World Championships in the future.
  • But he was not able to use the skill of them by the trouble of knee like Anterior cruciate ligament injury since 2000.In 2005, he won a gold medal at the Asian Championships and All-Japan Selected Championships with the skill that he learned newly like Kata guruma, Ouchi gari and Kuchiki taoshi.
  • But he was not chosen as a Japanese representative at the World Championships held in Cairo. He has coached judo at Asahi Kasei since 2010.
  • Among his students is Tatsuki Masubuchi Yohei Takai and so on.His younger brother, Masamichi (??) is also famous judoka and won a gold medal at the Kodokan Cup in 2001.

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