Saito (Ghost in the Shell)

Saito
Ghost in the Shell character
Saito of Section 9, as portrayed in the anime series
First appearance	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Created by	Masamune Shirow
Voiced by	Japanese Tōru Ōkawa Nobuyuki Hiyama (PlayStation game) Takuro Nakakuni (Arise) English Dave Wittenberg Brian Drummond (OVA)
Portrayed by	Yutaka Izumihara (2017 film)

Saito (Japanese: サイトー, Hepburn: Saitō^?) is a fictional character from the anime series Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C.. Section 9's resident tactical sniper is an exceptional crack-shot with very few cyberized implants. He can handle any automatic firearm with deadly accuracy and precision. His left eye was replaced with the "Hawkeye satellite-connected ocular system", a prosthetic eye that interfaces with satellites to allow for shots of incredible accuracy. He is also valued for his ability to think like enemy snipers; on two separate occasions his ability at determining sniping locations impacted Section 9's actions.

He also appears in the manga, but has no major role with his Hawkeye on his right eye instead of his left in the English version of the manga due to it being reversed. Saito has a video game appearance in the Stand Alone Complex PSP game as a main character alongside Motoko, Batou and Togusa, using his position as Section 9 sniper.

He is voiced by Tōru Ōkawa in the Japanese version and by Dave Wittenberg in the English version.

Saito had been mentioned by Motoko and Batou when they are talking to Togusa that he had no cyber implants on him. Saito only has his Hawkeye and left arm as artificial prosthetic with the rest of his body being natural, being needed for his sniper duties. His Hawkeye is not foolproof as it can be hacked by another party as proven when a rogue HAW-206 multi-ped think tank vehicle overwrites his Hawkeye use in order to confuse him.