Seigo Saito
Seigo Saito (齋藤 制剛, Saitō Seigō, born 4 May 1977) is a retired *anese judoka.
Saito is from Sapporo, Hokkaidō. 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-*an Selected Championships with the skill that he learned newly like Kata guruma, Ōuchi gari and Kuchiki taoshi. But he was not chosen as a *anese representative at the World Championships held in Cairo.
He has coached judo at Asahi Kasei since 2010. Among his students is Tatsuki MasubuchiYohei Takai and so on.
His younger brother, Masamichi (順道) is also famous judoka and won a gold medal at the Kodokan Cup in 2001.
Achievements
- 1994 - All-*an Junior Championships (-86:kg) 2nd
- 1995 - Kodokan Cup (-86:kg) 2nd
- 1996 - Jigoro Kano Cup (-86:kg) 3rd
- 1997 - Kodokan Cup (-90:kg) 2nd
- 1998 - All-*an University Championships (-90:kg) 3rd
- 1999 - Kodokan Cup (-90:kg) 3rd
- 2000 - All-*an Businessgroup Championships (-90:kg) 2nd
- 2001 - All-*an Selected Championships (-90:kg) 2nd
- 2002 - All-*an Selected Championships (-90:kg) 3rd
- 2003 - Kodokan Cup (-90:kg) 2nd
- 2004 - Kodokan Cup (-90:kg) 1st
- 2005 - Asian Championships (-90:kg) 1st
- 2006 - All-*an Selected Championships (-90:kg) 1st
- 2007 - Jigoro Kano (-90:kg) 3rd
- 2008 - All-*an Businessgroup Championships (-90:kg) 2nd
- 2009 - All-*an Businessgroup Championships (-90:kg) 2nd