 While attending high school in 1984, Saito won the third annual "Miss Magazine" Grand Prix contest run by Kodansha in "Weekly Shōnen Magazine".She made her singing debut in 1985 with her single release "Sotsugyō" and her debut album, "Axia".That same year, Saito took the leading role in "Sukeban Deka", a TV series following the exploits of Saki Asamiya, a high school delinquent who is pressed into service as a yo-yo-wielding undercover police officer sent to a high school known for its vicious gangs.