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Hitoshi Saito

1961 - 2015

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Hitoshi Saito (斉藤 仁, Saitō Hitoshi; January 2, 1961 – January 20, 2015) was a Japanese judoka who won two consecutive gold medals at the Olympic games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hitoshi Saito is the 318th most popular wrestler (down from 271st in 2024), the 1,819th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,732nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Hitoshi Saito ranks 318 out of 1,027. Before him are Armen Nazaryan, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Davey Boy Smith, D-Von Dudley, Umaga, and Rick Rude. After him are Mr. Fuji, Marc Alexandre, Hakuhō Shō, Don Frye, Rikishi, and Soslan Andiyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Hitoshi Saito ranks 466. Before him are Monika Fagerholm, Satoshi Tsunami, John Logan, Tarsem Singh, Gyrðir Elíasson, and Martín Lasarte. After him are Blanche Barton, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Tawny Kitaen, Benny Chan, Joseph Jouthe, and Simon Russell Beale. Among people deceased in 2015, Hitoshi Saito ranks 450. Before him are Abu Anas al-Libi, Andy Fraser, Steve Strange, Edward Brooke, Bassel Khartabil, and M. H. Abrams. After him are Alberta Watson, Martin Milner, Ray Lumpp, Ferenc Juhász, Robert Spitzer, and Edward Egan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitoshi Saito ranks 1,819 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Masaaki Shirakawa (1949), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Yoshiyuki Okumura (1993), and Yuki Imamura (1976). After him are Rie Miyazawa (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), Masafumi Mizuki (1974), Ryukishi07 (1973), Seiji Aochi (1942), and Hideaki Kaetsu (1974).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Hitoshi Saito ranks 18. Before him are Jiichiro Date (1952), Asuka (1981), Yuji Takada (1954), Shohachi Ishii (1926), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), and Kiyomi Kato (1948). After him are Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Takanohana Kōji (1972), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Shohei Ono (1992), and Toshihiko Koga (1967).

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