Aimi Saito

Aimi Saito
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 32)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Championship titles
2024Kyojo Cup

Aimi Saito (斎藤 愛未, Saito Aimi; born 18 August 1994) is a Japanese racing driver competing in Kyojo Cup for SCS Team TOM'S.

Personal life

Saito is the wife of 2024 Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi.

Career

Saito began karting in 1999, competing until 2021. During her karting career, Saito most notably won the 2017 Toyopet SL Kart Meeting in the Ladies class, as well as finishing runner-up in the 2019 APG Winter Cup and third in the 2018 RMC APG Series, both in Senior Max. In 2020, Saito made her car racing debut, competing for the majority of the Kyojo Cup calendar as a privateer, taking a best result of fourth on debut and ended the season tenth in points.

Joining RaiseUPmotorsport for the 2021 season, Saito scored her maiden podiums at Suzuka and the second Fuji race en route to a fifth-place points finish. Saito then returned as a privateer in 2022, began the year with a third-place finish at the second Fuji race, before ending the year with a second-place finish at the finale to clinch third in overall points. Joining Ai Miura's Team M for her fourth season in the series, Saito finished no lower than fourth across the four-race season to take third in points, with a best result of third in the season finale.

Remaining with Team M for 2024, Saito finished second to Miki Onaga in the season-opener, before taking her maiden series wins in the Super Formula-supported round two to take the points lead. Following that, Saito took two wins in the final three races to secure her first Kyojo Cup title. In 2025, Saito joined series newcomers TOM'S for the series' first season of the Kyojo Formula era. After finishing no higher than seventh in the season-opening round, Saito took her only win of the season in round two's sprint race, and four other podiums to end the year third overall. During 2025, Saito also competed for Rn-sports in the F110 Cup, as well as winning the Fuji 24 Hours in ST-Q for TOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing.

At the start of 2026, Saito raced at the Dubai 24 Hour for Rookie Racing in the TC class alongside Onaga, Rio Shimono, Kokoro Sato and Rami Sasaki. For the rest of the year, Saito returned to TOM'S for her seventh campaign in Kyojo Cup.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2001 Nakai Inter Circuit Kids Kart Festa – Normal 30
2002 APG Challenge Cup – TRY
Oi Matsuda Kart Series – TRY
2003 APG Challenge Cup – TRY
Oi Matsuda Kart Series – TRY
2004 East Japan Junior Championship – JII
Oi Matsuda Kart Series – JII
SL National Championship – Cadet 5th
2005 Oi Matsuda Kart Series – TIA-Jr
SL National Championship – TIA-Jr
2006 All-Japan Karting Championship – Junior
Oi Matsuda Kart Series – Yamaha-Jr
Shin Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – S
SL National Championship – Yamaha-Jr
2007 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – FA-B
2010 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
APG Challenge Cup – SS
2011 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
2012 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
2013 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
2014 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
2016 New Tokyo Circuit NTCCUP – SS
Motegi Kart Race – SS
2017 APG Winter Cup – Senior Max 4th
Toyopet SL Kart Meeting – Ladies Super License 1st
2018 RMC APG Series – Senior Max 3rd
JAF Regional Kart Championship – FS-125
RMC Japan Festival – Senior Max Zi-ViVre RT 7th
2019 APG Winter Cup – Senior Max Zi-ViVre RT 2nd
RMC APG Series – Senior Max
RMC Mizunami Series – Senior Max Zi-ViVre RT 12th
2020 All-Japan Junior Karting Championship – FS-125 Zi-ViVre RT 34th
Junior Kart West Region Championship – FS-125 16th
2021 All-Japan Karting Championship – OK Rosa Drago Corse 30th
Sources:

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Kyojo Cup Aimi Saito 3 0 0 0 0 10 10th
2021 Kyojo Cup RaiseUPmotorsport 4 0 0 0 2 27 5th
2022 Kyojo Cup Aimi Saito 4 0 0 0 2 56 3rd
2023 Kyojo Cup Team M 4 0 0 0 1 46 3rd
2024 Kyojo Cup Team M 6 4 3 2 5 115.5 1st
2025 F110 Cup Rn-sports 6 0 0 0 0 9 16th
Kyojo Cup BigBoss W Team TOM'S 10 1 2 2 5 74 3rd
Super Taikyu – ST-Q TOYOTA GAZOO ROOKIE Racing 1 1 0 0 1 0‡ NC‡
2025–26 24H Series Middle East – TC Toyota Gazoo Rookie Racing 1 0 0 0 1 54 NC
2026 Kyojo Cup SCS Team TOM'S 2 0 0 1 1 16* 3rd*
Sources:

Complete Kyojo Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2020 Privateer FUJ1
4		 SUZ
 FUJ2
8		 FUJ3
Ret		 10th 10
2021 RaiseUPmotorsport FUJ1
9		 SUZ
3		 FUJ2
3		 FUJ3
8		 5th 27
2022 Privateer FUJ1
4		 FUJ2
3		 FUJ3
4		 FUJ4
2		 3rd 56
2023 Team M FUJ1
4		 FUJ2
4		 FUJ3
5		 FUJ4
3		 3rd 46
2024 Team M FUJ1
2		 FUJ2
1
1		 FUJ2
2
1		 FUJ3
1		 FUJ4
12		 NC
1
 NC
2
 FUJ5
1		 1st 115.5
2025 BigBoss W Team TOM'S FUJ1
SPR
14		 FUJ1
FIN
7		 FUJ2
SPR
11		 FUJ2
FIN
2		 FUJ3
SPR
191		 FUJ3
FIN
10		 FUJ4
SPR
5		 FUJ4
FIN
2		 FUJ5
SPR
32		 FUJ5
FIN
3		 3rd 74
2026 SCS Team TOM'S FUJ1
SPR
53		 FUJ1
FIN
3		 FUJ2
SPR
2		 FUJ2
FIN
1		 FUJ3
SPR
3		 FUJ3
FIN
3		 FUJ4
SPR
5		 FUJ4
FIN
18		 FUJ5
SPR
 FUJ5
FIN
 3rd* 69*

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