Shinji Saito

Shinji Saito (斎藤 慎司, Saitō Shinji, born June 29, 1989) is a Japanese competitor and a performer in yo-yo. He won the World Yo-Yo Contest 8 times in 2A and 4 times in CB. He has the most world titles of any yo-yoer in the history of yo-yo competition.

Shinji Saito
Born
Saitō Shinji

(1989-06-29) June 29, 1989
Fukushima, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupationyo-yo performer

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.[1]

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.[2]

Results
2A
Event 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
World Yo-Yo Contest1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships1st1st
Japan National Yo-Yo Contest1st3rd5th4th1st
East Japan Yo-Yo Contest3rd1st
Tokyo Regional Yo-Yo Contest2nd3rd
CB
World Yo-Yo Contest1st1st1st1st
1A
Japan National Yo-Yo Contest6th
Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships was established in 2003.
The　black coloured cells mean "The event was not be held int that year, or it does not exist anymore."
  • Other results
    • 4th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary Tohoku, Championship Division winner (1998 / BANDAI)
    • 5th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary Hokkaido, Free Style Division 3rd place (August 15, 1999 / BANDAI)
    • 5th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Final, Free Style Division 3rd place (1999 / BANDAI)
    • 6th Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Preliminary　Hokkaido, Free Style Division champion (August 13, 2000 / BANDAI)[3]
    • Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Final, Free Style Division 4th place (September 24, 2000 / BANDAI)[4]
    • JYYA Yo-Yo Contest 2001, Yo-Yo Free Style Division AA champion (November 5, 2001 / JYYA)[5]

References
  1. 福島県のプロスピナー
  2. ヨーヨー世界大会で本学学生が優勝
  3. ８／１３　ＪＣＳ北海道（札幌コミュニティードム内）　２ページ目 Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ＪＣＳファイナル Archived 2013-02-18 at Archive.today
  5. ＪＹＹＡヨーヨーコンテスト
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