SAITO was a member of Chu-Nibantai troops in Byakkotai suicide corps and was remotely related to Gisaburo SHINODA who committed a suicide in Mt. Iimori (Fukushima Prefecture).
白虎隊士中二番隊に属し、飯盛山(福島県)で自刃した篠田儀三郎とは遠縁にあたる。