About Yuya Saito
Born 1977. Yuya Saito is a Japanese rugby union player.
is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as No. 8, currently for Toyota Jido Shokki. He graduated from Meiji University and used to play for Suntory Sungoliath before he went to play professional rugby in France for about one season.
He's a regular at Japan national rugby union team, having played at the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals. He played at full back (No. 15) for the first time for the Steelers versus Suntory in a game on Christmas Day 2004.
He married former Olympic gold medalist swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki.
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Who is Yuya Saito?
Japanese rugby union footballer
When was Yuya Saito born?
Yuya Saito was born on 28 April 1977 in Tokyo.
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Yuya Saito is a rugby union player.
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Yuya Saito is Japanese.
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