Famous People with Name Saito

Saito Masaru            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Saito Masaru: was a Japanese author and critic who lived during the Meiji Era.In 1896, with Mori Ogai (? ???) and Koda Rohan (?? ???), Ryokuu started a literary journal, Mezamashi gusa (??????) in which Takekurabe (??????) by Higuchi Ichiyo (?? ?? ?) was met with high critical acclaim. After Ichiyo died on November of this year, Ryokuu helped her mother and sister make a living although he was far from well-off. His literary friends include Kotoku Shusui (?? ???), Baba Kocho (?? ???) and Yosano Tekkan (??? ???).

Saito Makoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Saito Makoto: was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, two-time Governor-General of Korea from 1919 to 1927 and from 1929 to 1931, and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from May 26, 1932 to 8 July 8, 1934.In 1884, Saito went to the United States for four years to study as a military attaché.In 1888, after returning to Japan, he served as a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.

Takako Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Takako Saito: a Japanese artist, born in Sabae-Shi, Fukui Province in Japan in 1929. Closely associated with Fluxus, the international collective of avant-garde artists that was active primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, she currently lives in Dusseldorf in Germany. She is most famous for her Silent Music piece and for her disrupted Chess sets.

Naoto Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Naoto Saito: a Japanese figure skater. He placed 13th at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, Vienna. He attends Tohoku Fukushi University.

Hiroshi Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroshi Saito: a former governor of Yamagata Prefecture. He was first elected in 2005. A native of Yamagata, Yamagata, he joined the Bank of Japan upon graduation from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1981. He also received MIPP in 1989 and MA in 1990 from Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.He was defeated for reelection in an upset by Mieko Yoshimura an Education Committee member for Yamagata Prefecture.

Tetsuo Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tetsuo Saito: a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election[1] and is the Minister of the Environment.A native of Ochi District, Shimane, he attended Tokyo Institute of Technology as an undergraduate studying applied physics, graduating in 1976, and received a Ph.D in engineering from the same school. His first employment was with the major construction firm Shimizu Corporation. Saito was a visiting researcher at Princeton University for three years beginning in 1986. He was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993.[1]

Toshitsugu Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Toshitsugu Saito: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fuji, Shizuoka and graduate of Sophia University, he attended Waseda University for graduate study and business school at the University of Washington in the United States. He was elected for the first time in 1986.