Shinji Saito


Shinji Saito 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.

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.
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.

Results