The former New Zealand under-20's representative said as a result of playing Rugby 08, Leicester were the only team he wanted to sign for.
"If I ever found myself in the Northern Hemisphere, that was the team I wanted to support or play for," said Kitto.
"In New Zealand, Manchester United is the only soccer team you hear about and Tigers are the same for rugby."
Kitto currently plays behind England international scrumhalf Ben Youngs, and has a powerful midfield combination of Jean De Villiers and Manu Tuilagi outside of him.
Fellow New Zealanders Brendon O'Connor and Mike Fitzgerald also play for the Tigers, as does Super Rugby players Peter Betham and Telusa Veainu.
However, it's hard to believe any of them have as obscurely brilliant a reason for joining Leicester as Kitto does.
Perhaps one day Kitto can sport Tigers colours on a Playstation game of his own.