{{Short description|Japanese field hockey player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Kenji Kitazato | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | height = 1.74 m | weight = | position = Forward | currentclub = Alder Hanno | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalteam1 = Japan | nationalcaps1 = 162 | nationalgoals1 = 50 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta|Team}} }} '''Kenji Kitazato''' (北里 謙治, ''Kitazato Kenji'', born 19 May 1989) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1316845-kitazato-kenji.htm|title=Hockey KITAZATO Kenji|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725143511/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1316845-kitazato-kenji.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was a part of the Japan squad which won their first Asian Games gold medal in hockey in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan |url=https://tms.fih.ch/teams/4604#players |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=25 November 2018}}</ref>
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{{Japan FH Squad 2018 Asian Games}} {{Japan FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitazato, Kenji}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Japanese men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:Olympic field hockey players for Japan Category:Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen Category:Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey Category:Asian Games field hockey players for Japan {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}