Yuya Saito
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Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Rugby biography Template:Nihongo 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Japanese rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- Japan international rugby union players
- Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Tokyo Sungoliath players
- Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union players from Tokyo
- Meiji University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Asian Games silver medalists in rugby union