Naoto Saitō

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Naoto Saitō

Date of birth

26 August 1997 (age 27)

Place of birth

Kanagawa, Japan

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Current team	Stade Toulousain
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2020	Sunwolves	6	(0)
2021–2024	Tokyo Sungoliath	41	(88)
2024–	Stade Toulousain		()
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019–2023	Japan XV	4	(11)
2021–	Japan	15	(15)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Naoto Saitō (斉藤直人, Saitō Naoto, born 26 August 1997) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Stade Toulousain and the Japan national team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career statistics

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List of international tries

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As of 14 November 2022 ^[4]

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
1	Ireland	Dublin, Ireland	Aviva Stadium	2021 July rugby union tests	3 July 2021	Loss	39 – 31
2	England	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	2022 Autumn Nations Series	12 November 2022	Loss	52 – 13

References

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^ "Naoto Saito itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Naoto Saito". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "2020シーズンチームスコッド（第一次）・シーズンスローガン発表" (Press release) (in Japanese). Sunwolves. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Naoto SAITO profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

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Naoto Saito at ESPNscrum
Naoto Saito at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Tokyo Sungoliath – current squad
Forwards	Blake Gibson Kienori Go Ryuga Hashimoto Will Hay Harry Hockings Kosuke Horikoshi Kotaro Hosoki Koji Iino Shintaro Ishihara Ryosuki Iwaihara Shinnosuke Kakinaga Yasuaki Katakura Kenta Kobayashi Wataru Kobayashi Callum McDonald Sean McMahon Tatsuya Miyazaki Yukio Morikawa Shunta Nakamura Kan Nakano Muneshi Ohga Sota Oketani Naoki Ozawa Kenji Shimokawa Genki Sudo Masahiko Sagara Takayasu Tsuji Hendrik Tui Simoni Vunirangi Kai Yamamoto
Backs	Tony Alofipo Aaron Cruden Shota Emi Ryosuke Kawase Samu Kerevi Takahiro Kimura Cheslin Kolbe Hiroki Kumoyama Tevita Li Kotaro Matsushima Keisuke Moriya Yutaka Nagare Ryōto Nakamura Shōgo Nakano Takaaki Nakazuru Hideto Niguma Shinnosuke Oka Genki Okoshi Seiya Ozaki Taiga Ozaki Isaiah Punivai Naoto Saitō Mikiya Takamoto Hikaru Tamura Kenta Tsukamoto
Coach	Kiyonori Tanaka

v t e Japan squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Cornelsen Dearns Fakatava Fukui Gunter Halasili Himeno (c) Horie Horikoshi Inagaki Kakinaga Koo Ji-won Labuschagné Leitch Millar Sakate Saumaki Shimokawa
Backs	Fifita Fukuda Lee Seung-sin Lemeki Masirewa Matsuda Matsushima Nagare Naikabula Nakamura Ogura Osada Riley Saitō Yamanaka (replaced Masirewa)
Head coach: Joseph

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