| Shinji Saito | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saitō Shinji (1989-06-29) June 29, 1989 (age 35) Fukushima, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | yo-yo performer |
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.
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
| 2A | ||||||||||||||||
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| Event | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| World Yo-Yo Contest | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||||||||||
| Japan National Yo-Yo Contest | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 3rd | |||||||||
| East Japan Yo-Yo Contest | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | |||||||||||||
| Tokyo Regional Yo-Yo Contest | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| CB | ||||||||||||||||
| World Yo-Yo Contest | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||||
| 1A | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan National Yo-Yo Contest | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| East Japan Yo-Yo Contest | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships was established in 2003. The black colored cells mean "The event was not held in 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)
- Hyper Yo-Yo Japan Championships Final, Free Style Division 4th place (September 24, 2000 / BANDAI)
- JYYA Yo-Yo Contest 2001, Yo-Yo Free Style Division AA champion (November 5, 2001 / JYYA)
References
- 福島県のプロスピナー
- ヨーヨー世界大会で本学学生が優勝
- 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
- JCSファイナル Archived 2013-02-18 at archive.today
- JYYAヨーヨーコンテスト