Shinji Saito is a Japanese 2A yo-yo player. He is a thirteen-time concurrent World 2A Champion, and is considered by many in the yo-yo community to be the greatest competitive yo-yo player of all time. Though he mainly plays in 2A (two-handed looping), he also boasts considerable skill in 1A (string play).
Formerly a long-time member of Team Yomega, Saito was briefly affiliated with YoYoFactory, and is currently sponsored by Turning Point. During the late 1990s, he was a member of Team High Performance Japan, which was vital to Bandai's Hyper Yo-Yo promotions in Japan.
Signature Yo-yos
- Yomega Raider (signature edition)
- Yomega Fireball (siganture edition)
- YoYoFactory Loop 900
- Turning Point Leviathan 1 (Gunmetal edition)
- Turning Point Paranoid
Achievements
2001
- UTYJ Tokyo Regional - 2A Division - 2nd Place
- JYYA Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2002
- UTYJ Tokyo Regional - 2A Division - 3rd Place
- UTYJ National - 2A Division - 3rd Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2003
- East Japan Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 3rd Place
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 5th Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2004
- East Japan Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 4th Place
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 1A Division - 6th Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2005
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2006
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - Combined Division - 1st Place
2007
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - Combined Division - 1st Place
2008
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 2nd Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - Combined Division - 1st Place
2009
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - Combined Division - 1st Place
2010
- Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championships - 2A Division - 1st Place
2011
- Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championships - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2013
- East Japan Yo-Yo Contest A-Block - 1A Divison - 2nd Place
2014
- East Japan Yo-Yo Contest A-Block - 2A Division - 3rd Place
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 6th Place
- Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championships - 2A Division - 1st Place
- Duncan International Yo-Yo Championship - 2A Division - 1st Place
2015
- North Japan Yo-Yo Contest A-Block - 2A Division - 1st Place
- Japan National Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 3rd Place
- Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championships - 2A Division - 1st Place
- World Yo-Yo Contest - 2A Division - 1st Place
2016
- Asia-Pacific Yo-Yo Championships - 2A Division - 2nd Place
- Japan Open Yo-Yo Championship - DL (2A) Division - 1st Place
2017
- Japan Open Yo-Yo Championship - DL (2A) Division - 1st Place
