(Although we don't know this encounter really happened- see below.)ĭuring SAC season 1 Time of the Machines, a Tachikoma states that Saito has only a prosthetic eye and arm, placing him as one of the least prosthetic-enhanced of the team with exception of Togusa. She then complimented him on his rifle skills and added that he 'belonged to her, now'. Approaching his position immediately after, without giving him a chance to recover, she was able to pin his arm to a wall using her knife. He grazed the Major's cheek with his shot, while she hit his scope, causing a shard of glass to strike his left eye. Saito misjudged the Major's skill, and took a shot after coming out from his cover. It was revealed in the same episode of 2nd Gig that it was the Major who took out his left eye and left arm, after a sniper confrontation on the roof. Saito was genuinely scared of the Major, 'down to the soles of boots', as is mentioned in an episode of 2nd GIG. This ability is mentioned when Saito and the Major first met. 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. His left eye was replaced with the 'Hawkeye', a prosthetic eye that interfaces with satellites to allow for shots of incredible accuracy.

He can handle any automatic firearm with deadly accuracy and precision, but his primary role is as the unit's tactical sniper. Among the members of Section 9 he is regarded as one of the least cyberized. Yutaka Izumihara Saito (サイトー Saitō) is the ace sniper of Section 9.

Ghost in the shell sniper