What is "saito"

Saito (齋藤, 斎藤, 斉藤, 齎藤, 西都, 彩都, さいとう, サイトウ) may refer to:

Locations

• 2615 Saito, a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1951
• Saitō Garden (Ishinomaki), a garden in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
• Saito, Miyazaki (西都 (lit. "west capital")), a city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
• Sushi Saito, a sushi restaurant in Tokyo directly across from the US embassy

People with the given name

• Saito Nagasaki (b. 1981), a Singaporean musician, DJ, and promoter

Transportation

• Osaka Monorail Saito Line, the monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Banpaku-Kinen-Koen in Suita, Osaka Prefecture to Saito-nishi Station
• Saito-nishi Station, a monorail station on the Osaka Monorail located in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Other

• Itakura–Saito distance, a measure of the perceptual difference between an original spectrum and an approximation of that spectrum
• Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, an annual classical music festival held in the Japanese Alps near Matsumoto
• Saito suplex, an offensive move named for Masa Saito used in professional sport wrestling
• Saito, a Ghost in the Shell character

is a fictional character from the anime series, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.. Among the members of Section 9, he is regarded as one of the least cyberized. He can handle any automatic firearm with deadly accuracy and precision, but his primary role is as the unit's tactical sniper. His left eye was replaced with the "Hawkeye", a prosthetic eye that interfaces with satellites to allow for shots of incredible accuracy. He is also valued for his ability to think like enemy snipers; on two separate occasions his ability at determining sniping locations impacted Section 9's actions.

He also appears in the manga, but has no major role with his Hawkeye on his right eye instead of his left in the English version of the manga due to it being reversed. Saito has a video game appearance in the Stand Alone Complex PSP game as a main character alongside Motoko, Batou and Togusa, using his position as Section 9 sniper.

He is voiced by Tōru Ōkawa in the Japanese version and by Dave Wittenberg in the English version.

Saito is a Japanese surname. Variant Romanizations include Saitou, Saitoh, or Saitō. People with the surname include: __TOC__