After the Battle of Bonari Pass, when Hijikata decided to retreat from Aizu, Saito parted with Hijikata and continued to fight with the Aizu army until the very end of the Battle of Aizu. After the outbreak of the Boshin War (1868–1869), Saito took part in Shinsengumi's fight during the Battle of Toba–Fushimi and the Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma, before withdrawing with the Shinsengumi's survivors to the Aizu domain.ĭue to Hijikata Toshizou being incapacitated as a result of the injuries sustained at the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, Saito became the commander of the Aizu Shinsengumi around May 26, 1868, under the name Yamaguchi Jirou (山口 次郎). Together with the rest of the Shinsengumi, he became a hatamoto in 1867. At Nishi Hongan-ji in April 1865 he was assigned as the third unit's captain.
In the reorganization of the ranks in late 1864, he was first assigned as the fourth unit's captain. Despite prior connections to Aizu, his descendants dispute that he served as a spy. His duties included being a kenjutsu instructor. His original position within the Shinsengumi was assistant to the vice commander. He went to Kyoto and taught in the dojo of a man named Yoshida, who had relied on Saito's father Yuusuke in the past. According to the published records of his family, Saitō left Edo in 1862, after accidentally killing a hatamoto. He was born Yamaguchi Hajime (山口 一) to Yamaguchi Yuusuke, an ashigaru of the Akashi Domain, who had bought the rank of gokenin.
Very little is known about his early life. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous wars of the Bakumatsu period. Saber's True Name is Hajime Saito ( 斎藤 一, Saitō Hajime ?), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi.
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