| Saito | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | メカニック斎藤 Mekanikku Saito |
| Profile | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Engineer for Apollon Media |
| Media Portrayal | |
| Debut | Episode 1 All's well that ends well |
| Seiyū | Hiroshi Iwasaki
Dave Wittenberg(English) |
Saito (メカニック斎藤, Mekanikku Saito) is the brilliant tech engineer who created the new armored suits for Barnaby and Kotetsu.
Personality[]
Saito has a quiet nature and often can't be heard by his soft whispering - though in front of a telecom, his voice increases ten-fold. Saito is much louder when he is speaking through other devices which irritates the two, and remains quiet in person which gave some difficulty for anyone to hear him. He is very excited and particular about his inventions, as he enjoys showing them off, bragging about them, having hero experiment with them, and seeing the reactions of people who see his work. He seems to have a mildly rude noisy personality at times, as evidenced when he refers to Ben's car as a dump and once constantly asking Tiger if he was getting sleepy in his new sleep chamber. He its very intelligent and also very careful, helping Tiger and Bunny infiltrate Justice Tower and maneuvering them, along with activating the safety mode of the H 01 models, ultimately saving the hero.
Abilities[]
Saito is an extremely talented inventor where he invented the suits of the hero and also makes other inventions such as a bug spy camera and even figuring out the safety activation of the H 01 robots which were invented by Barnaby's parents. He is also the person to give Tiger and Bunny their "Good-Luck Modes" which does absolutely nothing, but was designed just to make them look cooler in battle which however, the two used it to defeat a diamond-armored NEXT named Pauly.
In Season 2, he invents "Hyper Nano System" to Tiger and Bunny, where their now nanite-made suits are kept inside their Storage Bangle, and are capable to activate "Hyper Good-Luck Modes" with additional face mask.
Etymology[]
- The surname Saito means "religious purification/purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike" (斎) (sai) and "wisteria" (藤) (to).
Trivia[]
- Saito's suit designs end up being mecha suits, lacking the aesthetic of other hero suits.